West Ham: Roy Keane issues brutal assessment of 'odd group' after Graham Potter appointment | OneFootball

The Manchester United legend isn’t convinced Graham Potter and West Ham are a good fit

Roy Keane has warned Graham Potter about West Ham’s treatment of managers as well as the players at his disposal.

"It seems an odd bunch at West Ham in terms of players and what goes on at board level, we see the way they treat managers," he said on ITV ahead of kick-off between the Hammers and Aston Villa in the FA Cup third round. “What they’ve done with the previous manager, probably not giving him enough time.

“Look at the way they treated David Moyes towards the end in terms of there’s a contract and then withdrawing it. They treat their managers really badly I think at West Ham, so it's a big job for him.

"The players look an odd group, they look like a difficult bunch to manage. A lot of ability in some of the attacking players, defensively they’re all over the place.

"Is it a good fit? I'm not so sure, time will tell of course."

Potter’s first game in charge of West Ham ended in defeat against Aston Villa following two quick-fire second half goals from Amadou Onana and Morgan Rogers to cancel out Lucas Paqueta’s ninth minute opener.

Speaking afterwards, Keane outlined where the Hammers need to strengthen.

“In terms of West Ham going forward and their attacking play, I think there’s a lot of good stuff,” he added. “Obviously they’ve got one or two injuries again tonight but in general, it’s the defence. They are too open, we saw it in the second half and that’s their big problem.

“In terms of a bit of quality going forward, I think there’s enough for them to work on but defensively is the big problem for West Ham going forward and they will probably have to invest in January.

“They have got to be harder to beat. As much as we’re giving them praise they gave up two goals, it could have been a lot more. Defensively is the big problem going forward.”