Re: Tim Sherwood -Your Manager! 18 month contract confirmed!
Or they're brown nosing the new boss
Could be that too but did you see Danny Rose's comments? seemed like it was very genuine.
Danny Rose backs tough guy Tim Sherwood to take the Tottenham hotseat
Clamping down: Danny Rose has hailed Tim Sherwood's no-nonsense stance
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SIMON JOHNSON
Published: 23 December 2013 Updated: 17:41, 23 December 2013
Tottenham left back Danny Rose today revealed that an angry
Tim Sherwood has got tough with the underachieving squad and introduced a new set of rules to turn the club’s season around.
Sherwood, who wants to be given the manager’s job on a permanent basis after being put in charge following the dismissal of Andre Villas-Boas last week, won his first League game 3-2 against Southampton yesterday.
Chairman Daniel Levy is still considering turning to someone else though and is targeting Holland coach Louis van Gaal, while he is expected to interview former boss Glenn Hoddle.
But Rose believes Sherwood has already proved he should be given the position full-time after clamping down on ill-discipline within the ranks, which casts more doubts about the Villas-Boas regime.
When asked whether Sherwood’s chances of getting the post could be harmed because he is not a big name, Rose said: “People may think that, but you know that Tim won’t take nonsense from anybody.
“At his first training session a couple of us rolled out for it late, he got us all in a circle and told us it was unacceptable in polite words. He set out some new rules and you know not to mess with Tim and that’s good.
“The rules were regarding lateness, punctuality and when we go down to eat, stuff like that. We have meetings and stuff on the training pitch as well, you know that when he speaks you’ve got to listen. It’s great.
“Supposedly he’s said he’s not sure if he will get the job. Me personally, I’d be over the moon if Tim is there. Tim’s backed me for a good three or four years now and I know that if I’m fully fit, I’m going to play and when I’m doing things wrong, he’s going to pull me aside and tell me it’s unacceptable.
“I know if I want to work on things he’s take me out on the training pitch and work with me, just like the others.”
And in what looked like another dig at former coach Villas-Boas, Rose believes Sherwood has already got the team playing with an exciting style again having played with two strikers in his first couple of matches.
Spurs have struggled to score goals for the most part of the campaign and the club's fans were getting frustrated with the quality of football on offer.
Rose added: “Recently we’ve not played the Tottenham way, attacking and counter attacking. I suppose it’s been harder having just one striker up front.
“That’s (the way they beat Southampton) is how Tottenham should be playing – like we did in the second half. We tried to play attacking football. At times we know we may concede, but we want to be scoring a few goals every game.”
Van Gaal has hinted he is interested in a move to White Hart Lane, but won’t consider the post until after he steps down as Holland coach following the World Cup next summer.
He said: “I've always said that I want to work in the Premier League, so there's a chance.
"But I've also read that Frank de Boer and Guus Hiddink were in the picture. Everyone who knows me knows I won't do two jobs at the same time."
