Tim Sherwood is my hero. For the first time in my spurs supporting life I feel like the manager is one of us and he truly gives a flying fuck about not only tottenham and its heritage but the fans to. He is just as much a fan as he is the manager. I think his comments today were 100% spot on and I am so glad he actually had the balls to come out and say that. He looked like he was gonna cry in that interview and that means alot to me as a fan cos it shows he truly does care. He was absolutely gutted, a broken man. I feel for him and I hope he stays with us and becomes our most successful manager ever (until ledley becomes manager obviously).
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At the end he said, sort of catching his throat:
"they're talkin' bout fourth......the club talkin' 'bout fourth (and looked up in a gesticulation) , tssk...... wake up"
Don't agree it mirrored AVB's post Liverpool interviews at all.Not quite, there's constructive 'sacking' which can be mutual consent. Our board has never failed to publicly support the manager, with both AVB and Redknapp they made their own bed - difference being, I believe AVB had the guts to admit he needed to go whereas Redknapp couldn't bring himself to admit he'd let us down. Won't go over the Swansea thing again.
Sherwood's emotions mirrored that of a broken AVB which is a concern, but I don't know if he'll come off well with his last comment which seemed to be aimed at the board somewhat.
http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/9203601/sherwood-slams-players
for anyone who hasn't seen.
First time I've seen him look upset and it might be a reality check.
I'd bet good money that Vertonghen is one of the ones who aren't bothered. Probably Gylfi, and perhaps Walker too. (speculating totally though!)
I think the dressing room is missing a Scotty P in times like these
I think Tim has basically let rip on some of the bang average players we have. Average for a top 4 aspiring club anyway, I think he probably knows he won't be given the job full time unless he gets top 4 or if something radical happens and players start to really all pull in the same direction and follow his lead.
I agree that I saw today what I'm been hoping to see from him since Dec 22 - a sign that he actually cares in front of the microphone.
I do think that he would learn a lot from van Gaal as an assistant though
Enjoyed that interview with Tim. Unrealistic mindsets from the players and board from some of the decisions made. Even if it was him who told Levy we needed no one in the January window, they were never going to adequately fix some of the positions we left gapingly open in August unless we had a major midseason overhaul, which no one would favor.
Interesting he continues to play some of the players who clearly lack the most passion though. Lennon and Paulinho shouldn't be seeing the field based off such a premise. Wish he could bench Vertonghen, but he doesn't really have a choice. Hell, fuck it, league goals are gone so throw Velkjovic in there maybe he'll give a toss.
Interesting he continues to play some of the players who clearly lack the most passion though. Lennon and Paulinho shouldn't be seeing the field based off such a premise. Wish he could bench Vertonghen, but he doesn't really have a choice. Hell, fuck it, league goals are gone so throw Velkjovic in there maybe he'll give a toss.
Not disagreeing with you here simply clarifying; but It's not a lack of quality, it's as he said a lack of character and passion. I don't blame him for being frustrated considering he gets an opportunity like this and he's faced with fielding players who don't give a fuck and a board that makes entirely irrational decisions.
Yeah I wish he could bench our most gifted centre back as well.
Crocodile tears from a man bang out of his depth.
I really don't know where we go from here
I really don't know where we go from here
This is probably the answer to "why can't a rookie manage a troubled top club"
Because players won't listen to you when the going gets tough.
Sherwood should slide aside for Van Gaal to be his mentor. A top, experienced manager is somethin we've not had since Venables. Francis wasn't a top manager, Gross, Jol, Santini & Ramos were all 'hype' managers, Redknapp was a Tony Pulis care package..
We need a big crazy 'orrible cunt of a guy to come in, beat his chest like a gorilla, fling faeces at the soulless players and build a big ass youth side using Sherwood's knowledge which will then be set up, Utd style, for 10-15 years of success with Sherwood taking over when Luis gets sectioned.
(Then we'll appoint a ginger guy probably called Mavid Doyes who will re-sign all the nobs we got rid of)
Sorry I thought you meant the actual interview where AVB looked like a lost child. At least Tim is honest - as brutal as it may be.
I wouldn't be surprised if he was referring to Paulinho today - although he didn't start today, I was sat behind Tim v Cardiff and he went absolutely batshit at Paulinho on more than one occasion and Paulinho just ignored him when he was trying to get his attention.
Fuck me
You'd be lucky.
So..is this the end of Timmy's reign? If he can't stomach the players then things will turn sour pretty soon.
You're talking about form though, mainly. Ability wise, Sandro & Paulinho definitely. Soldado on normal form, why not..
We can't really judge any of our players this year because, short of Ade's AVB-spiting fuelled form and Lloris being Lloris, our players have been too crappy to judge
I was thinking he might step back.Yeah we'll sack the manager with nine games left.aulinhofacepalm: