Re: Temporary Tim
Tim Sherwood has wasted no time in getting stuck into the Tottenham players. That is according to Danny Rose, who revealed interim head coach Sherwood laid down the law at his very first training session.
Sherwood has written a new rule book the players must follow while he is in charge and has made it clear he will not stand for any nonsense.
The 44-year-old is hoping to be told he has got the Spurs job at a meeting with chairman Daniel Levy on Monday. Louis van Gaal has ruled out a job share, but suggested he would be interested in the post when his contract as Holland boss expires after the World Cup.
“People may think that Tim is not a big name or doesn’t have a big CV, but you know he will take no nonsense from anybody,” said Rose. “His first training session, a couple of lads rolled out on to the training pitch late and he got us in a circle and said it was unacceptable.
“Fortunately, it wasn’t me who was late. Tim set out some new rules and you know not to mess with him, and that’s good.”
Asked what Sherwood’s rules are, Rose replied: “Punctuality, when we go down to eat, team meetings. Stuff on the training pitch as well. When he speaks, you’ve got to listen. It’s great.”
Left-back Rose had problems with his own discipline early in his Tottenham career and the 23-year-old is grateful to Sherwood for helping him realise he needed to work harder.
“Tim came to the club and probably about four years ago I sat down with him and Harry Redknapp, and they told me I needed to train a lot harder to have a chance in the team,” said Rose.
“I didn’t get that many chances under Harry. But from when I did change my attitude on the training pitch, I won Tim over and from then he has always been pushing me to try to get into the team – along with others like Jake Livermore, Nabil Bentaleb and Andros Townsend as well.
“I never wanted to properly leave the club. I’ve been unhappy and I wanted more chances. But I’ve never wanted to leave. If I had wanted to leave, then I would have made sure I left.
“Tim and Harry helped me with my attitude to training. I went out on loan last season and did very well, and that was down to Martin O’Neill, and I came back and I started the season well and that was down to Andre (Villas-Boas). But Tim has been backing me and a lot of the other youngsters for a good three or four years.”
Despite his strict approach, Sherwood has brought controversial striker Emmanuel Adebayor in from the cold and has been rewarded with three goals in two games from the Togo international.
Things got so bad for Adebayor under previous head coach Andre Villas-Boas that he was sent to train with the reserves and forced to apologise to his team-mates for his behaviour from a raised platform.
“The fact he apologised shows you Ade wants to play for the club,” said Rose. “It goes without saying, he’s not short of money so he could have just sat and not done anything. But he apologised and that’s that. Whatever happened with the previous manager, it’s up to the manager.
“We had meetings about the situation. If a manager thinks something about someone, then we’ve all got to respect it. We might not agree with it, but we have to respect it.
“We are all just happy Ade’s back now. When he plays like he has in the last two games, you can see why he’s played for a lot of great clubs.
“Soldado and Defoe are great goalscorers, but Ade gives us another dimension. He can finish, hold the ball up and he wins defensive headers from set-pieces. He’s definitely like a new signing.”
Sherwood’s attacking approach has impressed Tottenham supporters who wanted more entertainment and Rose believes it will have gone down well with Levy and director of football Franco Baldini.
“It has showed the way he plans to go and it’s from upstairs as well,” said Rose. “Recently, we’ve not played the Tottenham way, attacking and counter-attacking, and it’s been hard with only one striker up front.
“Tim has said he doesn’t know if he’ll get the job, but that’s how Tottenham should be playing – like we did in the second half against Southampton – and that’s what we’re trying to do, play attacking football. At times we know we may concede, but we want to be scoring quite a few goals every game.
“I’d be over the moon if Tim gets the job as manager. Tim’s backed me for a good three or four years now and I know if I’m fully fit that I’ll play. And I know if I do things wrong, he’ll pull me to the side and tell me it’s unacceptable. I know if I want to work on something, he’ll take me on to the training pitch and work with me, just like he will with others.
“But, I have to be honest, I really don’t mind whoever the manager is. It doesn’t change how I approach training or games. I want to give 100 per cent for my team-mates and my club. It’s great I’ve got 90 minutes under my belt with Tim. We don’t know what’s going to happen, but nobody’s principles should change how they approach every day and game situations.”
The victory at Southampton meant Spurs are four points behind fourth-placed Everton with two home games to come against West Brom and Stoke.
“The top four is still the aim, we want to win as many games as possible,” said Rose. “We’ve got two home games now that we will be looking to win. You never know, Arsenal play Chelsea, somebody will slip up, Liverpool play City, so you never know.
“But the aim for this club is to finish in the top four. It was the aim under the previous manager, he wanted to win a trophy and finish in the top four, and it should be the same whoever comes in now or for Tim. Personally, I want to finish in the top four. The club flourished playing Champions League football and that’s the aim.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/10535046/Tim-Sherwood-writes-new-rule-book-which-Tottenham-players-must-follow.html
Tim Sherwood has wasted no time in getting stuck into the Tottenham players. That is according to Danny Rose, who revealed interim head coach Sherwood laid down the law at his very first training session.
Sherwood has written a new rule book the players must follow while he is in charge and has made it clear he will not stand for any nonsense.
The 44-year-old is hoping to be told he has got the Spurs job at a meeting with chairman Daniel Levy on Monday. Louis van Gaal has ruled out a job share, but suggested he would be interested in the post when his contract as Holland boss expires after the World Cup.
“People may think that Tim is not a big name or doesn’t have a big CV, but you know he will take no nonsense from anybody,” said Rose. “His first training session, a couple of lads rolled out on to the training pitch late and he got us in a circle and said it was unacceptable.
“Fortunately, it wasn’t me who was late. Tim set out some new rules and you know not to mess with him, and that’s good.”
Asked what Sherwood’s rules are, Rose replied: “Punctuality, when we go down to eat, team meetings. Stuff on the training pitch as well. When he speaks, you’ve got to listen. It’s great.”
Left-back Rose had problems with his own discipline early in his Tottenham career and the 23-year-old is grateful to Sherwood for helping him realise he needed to work harder.
“Tim came to the club and probably about four years ago I sat down with him and Harry Redknapp, and they told me I needed to train a lot harder to have a chance in the team,” said Rose.
“I didn’t get that many chances under Harry. But from when I did change my attitude on the training pitch, I won Tim over and from then he has always been pushing me to try to get into the team – along with others like Jake Livermore, Nabil Bentaleb and Andros Townsend as well.
“I never wanted to properly leave the club. I’ve been unhappy and I wanted more chances. But I’ve never wanted to leave. If I had wanted to leave, then I would have made sure I left.
“Tim and Harry helped me with my attitude to training. I went out on loan last season and did very well, and that was down to Martin O’Neill, and I came back and I started the season well and that was down to Andre (Villas-Boas). But Tim has been backing me and a lot of the other youngsters for a good three or four years.”
Despite his strict approach, Sherwood has brought controversial striker Emmanuel Adebayor in from the cold and has been rewarded with three goals in two games from the Togo international.
Things got so bad for Adebayor under previous head coach Andre Villas-Boas that he was sent to train with the reserves and forced to apologise to his team-mates for his behaviour from a raised platform.
“The fact he apologised shows you Ade wants to play for the club,” said Rose. “It goes without saying, he’s not short of money so he could have just sat and not done anything. But he apologised and that’s that. Whatever happened with the previous manager, it’s up to the manager.
“We had meetings about the situation. If a manager thinks something about someone, then we’ve all got to respect it. We might not agree with it, but we have to respect it.
“We are all just happy Ade’s back now. When he plays like he has in the last two games, you can see why he’s played for a lot of great clubs.
“Soldado and Defoe are great goalscorers, but Ade gives us another dimension. He can finish, hold the ball up and he wins defensive headers from set-pieces. He’s definitely like a new signing.”
Sherwood’s attacking approach has impressed Tottenham supporters who wanted more entertainment and Rose believes it will have gone down well with Levy and director of football Franco Baldini.
“It has showed the way he plans to go and it’s from upstairs as well,” said Rose. “Recently, we’ve not played the Tottenham way, attacking and counter-attacking, and it’s been hard with only one striker up front.
“Tim has said he doesn’t know if he’ll get the job, but that’s how Tottenham should be playing – like we did in the second half against Southampton – and that’s what we’re trying to do, play attacking football. At times we know we may concede, but we want to be scoring quite a few goals every game.
“I’d be over the moon if Tim gets the job as manager. Tim’s backed me for a good three or four years now and I know if I’m fully fit that I’ll play. And I know if I do things wrong, he’ll pull me to the side and tell me it’s unacceptable. I know if I want to work on something, he’ll take me on to the training pitch and work with me, just like he will with others.
“But, I have to be honest, I really don’t mind whoever the manager is. It doesn’t change how I approach training or games. I want to give 100 per cent for my team-mates and my club. It’s great I’ve got 90 minutes under my belt with Tim. We don’t know what’s going to happen, but nobody’s principles should change how they approach every day and game situations.”
The victory at Southampton meant Spurs are four points behind fourth-placed Everton with two home games to come against West Brom and Stoke.
“The top four is still the aim, we want to win as many games as possible,” said Rose. “We’ve got two home games now that we will be looking to win. You never know, Arsenal play Chelsea, somebody will slip up, Liverpool play City, so you never know.
“But the aim for this club is to finish in the top four. It was the aim under the previous manager, he wanted to win a trophy and finish in the top four, and it should be the same whoever comes in now or for Tim. Personally, I want to finish in the top four. The club flourished playing Champions League football and that’s the aim.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/10535046/Tim-Sherwood-writes-new-rule-book-which-Tottenham-players-must-follow.html
