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Absolutely this
milo
Jack L. Jones
Have you got anything to back this up or is it an assumption based on Ashton writing some negative stuff about AVB recently?
Craig_J
Mido
You missed out the part where Chelsea finish filth and win the Champions League meaning our top four spot counts for nothing again.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
There was a story about it published the other day:
"For those Tottenham fans who do not want to see Tim Sherwood managing their side, even on an interim basis, there are plenty of reasons to justify their position: Sherwood is just an ex-player with no management experience, no career wins, and nothing on his CV which validates his suitability to lead a club of Spurs’ size. That he is reportedly an Arsenal fan is a side-issue, and not overly relevant, but that will doubtless be one of the additional stones thrown.
Beyond all of that, though, the most troubling issue with Sherwood is his relationship with the media.
As events at White Hart Lane have occurred over the past six-months, it’s become increasingly clear that someone within the organisation has been briefing the press and has been playing political games within the club. Information from a very well-informed source has continually found its way into the newspapers, and at times that’s had an extremely destabilising effect on the club as a whole. ‘Exclusives’ about player mutinies, about Andre Villas-Boas, about transfer-targets, about relations between the chairman and the manager…some of those articles have been fabricated, obviously, but a lot of those stories have been leaked.
Whilst the libel laws prevent me from making an outright accusation, it should be fairly obvious who the rat is. Who’s benefited most from Villas-Boas’ departure? Who now seems to have an awful lot of support from journalists who were previously very hostile towards everything to do with Tottenham?
Either Tim Sherwood has been talking out of school, or this is just one huge, unlikely coincidence.
Tottenham will probably lose today, but, on the basis that Southampton are having some form difficulties of their own, they might come away from St Mary’s with a point or better – either way though, nothing which happens this afternoon should disguise the reality that Sherwood is a liability, and someone who simply cannot be trusted to manage a Premier League club at this stage of his career.
Working on the basis that he is, in fact, in possession of Neil Ashton’s phone-number, and he does enjoy his fair share of politicking, does anybody really believe that the flow of information that he’s presumably been providing will stop if he’s given long-term managerial responsibilities?
Let’s be realistic: once somebody is in the media’s pocket, they never really leave.
If there’s a disagreement in training, a problem at board-level, or an issue with a player, the logical assumption should be that, with Sherwood in charge, the usual ambulance-chasers in the press will get to know about it – and, that’s just not an acceptable situation in the modern day Premier League.
I’ve heard it said that Tim Sherwood deserves a chance, and that he should be given the opportunity to prove himself as a manager.
“Pep Guardiola was successful without experience! So was Tito Villanova!”
They were, yes, but they were also loyal to their employers and they were managers who could be trusted not to put their own best interests ahead of the team’s – and that’s something which Sherwood probably needs to learn.
Ex-players always believe that they’re entitled to ‘have a go’ at management, and invariably there’s someone willing to give them a job – but a club like Tottenham, at which millions of pounds are continually at stake, are not in a position to let someone ‘play manager’ for a bit on the off-chance that it might work out.
Officially, this is someone whose personality and professionalism comes with a question-mark. But, more realistically, Sherwood is probably an overly-ambitious snake-in-the-grass who Daniel Levy would do well to remove before much longer."
www.thepremierleagueowl.com/why-tim-sherwood-is-dangerous-to-tottenham/
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Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
He's AVBs mentor's mentor, so there is lineage.
spurs' magna carter
Ronnie Rosenthal
BrainOfLevy
Michael Carrick
LvG would be perfect for the make up of our squad, from reading the book extracts on the previous page.
A young squad, not too many 'superstar' personalities, (other than Ade, which is obviously why AVB didn't want him, as he is guy that will perform as an individual and not perform as well when playing to a system) and a squad that has everything to learn, everything to win.
I like system managers, because a system could be the thing that allows is to over-perform compare to our finances. They just all need time to be implemented properly, and if we aren't going to give them time then there is no point hiring them.
But LvG seems to play a system that will satisfy Spurs fans when it works, where as AVBs in general didn't. I think he'd be a very good appointment. Depending on FDBs style, it would be interesting to see who is best out of the two of them.
A young squad, not too many 'superstar' personalities, (other than Ade, which is obviously why AVB didn't want him, as he is guy that will perform as an individual and not perform as well when playing to a system) and a squad that has everything to learn, everything to win.
I like system managers, because a system could be the thing that allows is to over-perform compare to our finances. They just all need time to be implemented properly, and if we aren't going to give them time then there is no point hiring them.
But LvG seems to play a system that will satisfy Spurs fans when it works, where as AVBs in general didn't. I think he'd be a very good appointment. Depending on FDBs style, it would be interesting to see who is best out of the two of them.
Kingdawson
Banned
Sorry but i shaked my head in a sort of 'not this **** again' notion when i read that.
spurs' magna carter
Ronnie Rosenthal
To be fair mate how else is he going to know anything about him, phone him up for a quick or shout through his letter box?
Stenno
Banned
Because reading books and having clearly developed tactics is sooo much worse than 'get out there and go gung ho, run round a bit innit'
Kingdawson
Banned
To say somebody would be "perfect for the make up of our squad" and base it that opinion on reading extracts from a book is just....well it's something i've heard before not so long ago and that didn't really go according to plan.
lurker of old
Gus Poyet
Thanks to whoever posted the page from the book about the contrast in styles; emphasis on the system versus emphasis on the (star) player's individual strengths. Managing Adebayor clearly needs the latter approach! My take on Tim's potential is that he is an arrogant, ambitious, self-serving snake, but he could well be the man to lead us to a brilliant second half of the season.
There is an assumption that he isn't tactically aware enough, but how can any of us possibly know? He does know English football, he is a much younger version of HR, so that will mean his perspective is different, and success breeds success. If he goes into the manUre game on the back of 3 PL wins, and confirmed as manager, who knows how far we will get under him?
There is an assumption that he isn't tactically aware enough, but how can any of us possibly know? He does know English football, he is a much younger version of HR, so that will mean his perspective is different, and success breeds success. If he goes into the manUre game on the back of 3 PL wins, and confirmed as manager, who knows how far we will get under him?
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Apparently Dutch radio are now reporting that LvG has agreed a deal with us for after the WC.
Hope there's still time to 'do a Holtby' and still be able to negotiate an interim arrangement with the Dutch FA as well.
Hope there's still time to 'do a Holtby' and still be able to negotiate an interim arrangement with the Dutch FA as well.
suffolkspur
Ben Thatcher
If accurate i'm not overly happy. It throws up to many potential issues for me. This will mean we will have to have an interim manager till the end of the year which isn't great for stability. Think someones said it above but what if the interim does really well and we manage to get into the top four. Do we turn around and say thanks for that but now Van Gaal is coming in dont let the door hit you on the way out? Wouldn't they deserve a chance to carry on the work they've done?
It also suggests to me that the board are writing off this season as a bad job. I guess it depends on the players.
If we could get LVG signed up to take over in teh summer then that would be eff-ing superb! He's a far bigger, more experienced name than we could deserve to attract. For an outsider, they'll look at Spurs as a club who, whilst we have ambition, have won next to nothing in the past tens of years, have only been in teh CL once and who reguarly sack their managers - thats not too tempting a proposition. Getting Van Gaal would be a real coup!
Regarding now til the summer, Temporary Tim has saod that he wouldnt do it so lets bring in Hoddle who said he will
Regarding now til the summer, Temporary Tim has saod that he wouldnt do it so lets bring in Hoddle who said he will
LvG to be manager and NBD to carry out his instructions until the summer whilst LvG is busy?
I could live with that but I suspect NBD is a little too arrogant to accept it.