So did we also show Berba, Modric and Bale respect?
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We showed them respect. They didnt show us any.
The difference is, we needed them.
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So did we also show Berba, Modric and Bale respect?
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It's worth remembering that he's also a member of the transfer committee .Of course he does, which is why Fitch is essentially asking, "To what extent?" A manager will always get a say, but Sherwood is effectively an interim manager on a longer leash for the time being, so people will wonder just how much say he does have.
Why don't we need Holtby - young player with great potential - far more than someone like Chadli for example or even SigWe showed them respect. They didnt show us any.
The difference is, we needed them.
Why don't we need Holtby - young player with great potential - far more than someone like Chadli for example or even Sig
He does, have a read of his tweets.He doesn't insinuate it is, he's merely pondering how much the gaffer's opinion is being weighed.
He does, have a read of his tweets.
Funny isn't it that berbatov is now at Fulham and has tried to engineer a move to the scum but by the sound of things the peado ain't interested. I hope he gets stuck there and feels the joy of relegation. We could pick up a very talented striker for just two million who would more than replace Defoe but the thought of cheering berbatov, not good.We showed them respect. They didnt show us any.
The difference is, we needed them.
Before Sherwood, alot of people were very happy to win at any cost, playing any way and all that mattered was 3pts.
With Sherwood, the way we are winning is now a major concern to many of those same people.
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not sure if this has been posted already but a quick explanation of sherwood's formation/tactics from the man himself
Speaking to former Spur Garth Crooks on BBC Football Focus this past weekend, the Tottenham boss went into further detail about a tactical ideology that is pragmatic to say the least.
"I like to play an offensive style. I like attacking players to play in attacking areas of the field and I like defenders to be responsible at the right times. I don't buy into formations too much. Players win football matches, not formations. I think that's where I try to put my point across to the players. It's not about how we set you out on the board, or on a TV screen. Its about what we're asking you to do on the field of play"
Levy takes Timmeh aside and says "Timmmeh my boy, I have a great investment oppertunity for you, but the club wants to relocate you overseas"!!For me, it's the role they play in the Levy cycle.
New, likely foreign manager with a 'system' or a 'project' = a step up. So you show more patience and are perhaps more flexible in your thinking and perhaps kid yourself that the good times are around the corner.
New extended interim manager, likely English or tactically simplistic (apparently) = style matters because there is an assumed glass ceiling.
Perhaps it isn't fair but that's certainly how I view it. Do I think Sherwood will take us to the next level? Probably not. Do I think AVB could have? Yes - and he may have had an idea as to what to do next.
On a separate note, I'm concerned what happens if Sherwood DOES take us to the Champions' League. Levy is left in a bit of an Abramovic situation - does he fire the successful manager who wasn't meant to succeed to replace him with Van Gaal (or whoever)? Or does he stick with him, miss out on the next 'step up' manager and potentially have to draft in a new manager by November?
I was rereading The Glory Game the other day and Bill Nicholson says almost exactly the same thing.
Nicholson states, "I regret the day that the theories of 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 came in. People think one is an attacking formation and the other defensive. There's no such thing. It misleads people, including players. Players think they are to defend rather than attack. It makes so-called defensive midfield men think he should always drop back rather than push forward, even when he's got the chance. I never talk about 4-3-3 or 4-4-2. It restricts thinking."
Almost prophetic, innit?
“I’ve got a certain amount of trust in other players before some others, but the longer I’m with them on the training field, the more I’m getting to know them and the more I’m getting attached to some of the new players as well.
He added: “All I can say with regards to Etienne Capoue is that he’s never caused me a minute’s problem here. We have a good relationship. He realises that I’ve used Nabil Bentaleb in front of him – not only him but Lewis Holtby and a few other players in the midfield area – because I knew the young boy and I trusted him.
“Etienne has played, he played at Old Trafford, and he’s been asked to play in reserve games to keep up his fitness, along with other players.
“The fact is I’m still getting to know some of these new players and I know the other ones better.”
See, the thing is that Levy has put himself in a difficult position. I'm still not convinced by Weasel, but while he's getting results I'm happy to sit back and try and look at things objectively. But the fact is that inexperience is not just about tactics on the pitch, it's the whole job of being manager. Whether or not it's Levy's plan to ship out Weasel at the end of the season, the fact is that he has to be seen to back Sherwood otherwise we come out looking ever more absurd for sacking AVB without a backup plan. So I think we could very well see Sherwood messing around with the squad because otherwise the daggers will be out for Levy immediately for undermining Weasel before he's really had a chance to be judged long term.Sorry but this is not on. For starters, Tim Sherwood is not the manager to take us forwards and anyone who thinks he will be in charge at the start of next season should think again, therefore he is in no position to decide which players he wants to take us forward. If players want to leave because they aren't played enough or because Sherwood doesn't even know much about them (which by the way is ridiculous for a 'professional' coach) then so be it but the likes of Holtby and Capoue are good players so surely loan them out if they HAVE to go and let the manager next season decide if he wants them or not.
I cannot believe our plan after sacking AVB was to employ Tim Sherwood long term, he surely is just temporary whether he likes it or not. Sure he is doing okay but this is mainly due to the freedom the players have on the pitch compared to the tactics of AVB but he seems to have little tactical knowledge other than all out attack in a 4-4-2
See, the thing is that Levy has put himself in a difficult position. I'm still not convinced by Weasel, but while he's getting results I'm happy to sit back and try and look at things objectively. But the fact is that inexperience is not just about tactics on the pitch, it's the whole job of being manager. Whether or not it's Levy's plan to ship out Weasel at the end of the season, the fact is that he has to be seen to back Sherwood otherwise we come out looking ever more absurd for sacking AVB without a backup plan. So I think we could very well see Sherwood messing around with the squad because otherwise the daggers will be out for Levy immediately for undermining Weasel before he's really had a chance to be judged long term.
But I agree with you, this notion that he's playing youth players over the summer signings purely because he knows them better absolutely beggar's belief. It's comments like this that betray his extreme inexperience. That's not to say I think think there is no talent in players like Bentaleb, I absolutely do, but what the fuck has Sherwood been doing for all the years he's been at the club? He's supposedly been to and watched every single first team game over god knows how many years. So why doesn't he have an idea about the senior players and what they can do? Or does he need to know them as mates before he'll play them? This kind of attitude worries me greatly, and the idea of shipping out players after only 6 months seems beset by the worst kind of short termism. Hopefully it won't happen- well, that is unless Weasel has been ordered to sell before he can buy, that wouldn't be a first now would it?