It's not Sherwood!

[supertom]

Our dog gets the 'Zoomies' if that helps.

Basically means he goes mental, running around and barking after he's had his bath. It's quite common amongst canines apparently.

It's how Andi Wiemann plays his football too.

[Villa in Denmark]

I think he's just doing his best with his limited experience and it doesn't help not having his most trusted Backroom team in place.

He's a work in progress manager at the exact time when we needed someone with some experience and nous. Although I'm not blaming him for our current position at all this was a baffling appointment, especially as we apparently didn't speak to anyone else at all according to Fox.

Maybe if we were a safe mid table team you'd take a gamble on him but in our position...... Madness.

And that's exactly why he shouldn't have been within a hundred light years of the job.
I never subscribed to the view that anyone could do a better job than Lambert, but I was convinced anyone who knew what they were doing could.

He got 20 games at Spurs when Levy threw his rattle out of his pram then realised he couldn't get anyone he wanted from outside of the club before the summer.

On that basis we should be looking at John Carver if he's interested come June.

[brontebilly]

I thought Sherwood spoke some sense after the game re the effort and heart being fine but thats its producing quality under pressure that wins game and we arent doing it at the moment. Creating chances wasnt a problem yesterday and we are getting more players into the box. Sinclair, Gabby, Benteke and Cleverley all had chances yesterday.

Can the likes of Benteke, Gabby and Sinclair provide more quality in the last 12 games than the likes of Johnson, Defoe, Wickham (Sunderland), Austin, Fer, Zamora (QPR), Ings, Barnes (Burnley), Jelavic, Ndoye and Ramirez (Hull)?

Some of the other bland platitudes Sherwood comes out with like "getting control of the football", "making things happen", "12 cup finals" and "pressure is on his players" are hopefully just media talk and not the kind of shite he is coming out with in the dressing room. Spurs fans were very critical of how light the midfield was in his spell there, if we play Westwood in a midfield two we are going to be open on the counter. The longer the second half went on yesterday, maybe as a result of Delph's heavy fall, the more we surrendered control of midfield.

Definitely think we should be lining up with three in midfield with Bacuna in there for his set piece ability and energy.

--Sanchez/Westwood
Bacuna---------Delph
Sinclair/Cleverley, Benteke, Gabby/Gil

[Damo70]

The title 'It's Sherwood!' sounds like a seventies or eighties comedy show like The Paul Squires Show. Unfortunately, complete with exclamation mark it reminds me even more so of Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt!, suggesting the title character, in our case Sherwood, is a hapless loser.

[django]

I watched last nights match of the day and couldnt help compare the inteviews of Sherwood and Swanseas Gary Monk. It struck me Sherwood's a less articulate, less experienced, less likeable and seemingly less capable version of Gary fucking Monk. A truly baffling appointment, again.

[Villa in Denmark]

I watched last nights match of the day and couldnt help compare the inteviews of Sherwood and Swanseas Gary Monk. It struck me Sherwood's a less articulate, less experienced, less likeable and seemingly less capable version of Gary fucking Monk. A truly baffling appointment, again.

I have a nasty feeling Fox checked the contacts list on his phone, sorted for football managers and the only name that popped up was nice but Tim.

Christ, even Scott Marshall in his only pre-match presser said it needed an experienced head.

I get even more suspicious when Sherwood has been seen in the hospitality suits and directors boxes at 2 or 3 games as Fox's guest and various comments suggest he was the only person we spoke to about the job.  I can't help but wonder if Tim's been "on a promise" for a good while, it just needed Fox to persuade Lerner to sack Lambert.

[Ron Manager]

To be honest I had forgotten Sherwood played for England.....three times!  What I hadn't forgotten is that he also played for Coventry City.

[Villa in Denmark]

To be honest I had forgotten Sherwood played for England.....three times!  What I hadn't forgotten is that he also played for Coventry City.

So did his bestest mate David Batty.  We've really been blessed with some mediocre midfielders over the years.

Anyway I digress, I didn't know he'd played for them.  I'm guessing whilst still not old enough to know better?

[Monty]

I just want to know why he's telling us his psychological plans for the team. He's said he wants a siege mentality, then he says he's 'ramping up the pressure' on the players, confiding that it's 'reverse psychology' but maybe we need it. I just don't quite know what that means, exactly.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Our dog gets the 'Zoomies' if that helps.

Basically means he goes mental, running around and barking after he's had his bath. It's quite common amongst canines apparently.

Ours does too. Runs up and down the garden then into and out of the house leaping any obstacles I can put in front of him before he jumps into his bed and spins around until he is completely exhausted.

[rob_bridge]

I have been very jet lagged - did I hear or dream the phrase 1 million percent used?

[Villa in Denmark]

I just want to know why he's telling us his psychological plans for the team. He's said he wants a siege mentality, then he says he's 'ramping up the pressure' on the players, confiding that it's 'reverse psychology' but maybe we need it. I just don't quite know what that means, exactly.

I think it's code for "I want to sound clever but haven't got a f%&king clue what I'm on about"  see also The Thick Of It and 2012 for prime examples.

[aj2k77]

I just want to know why he's telling us his psychological plans for the team. He's said he wants a siege mentality, then he says he's 'ramping up the pressure' on the players, confiding that it's 'reverse psychology' but maybe we need it. I just don't quite know what that means, exactly.

It seems he's suggesting that the players haven't realised what trouble they are in, have lacked urgency and have been told everythings ok for too long, so he's trying to get across the reality of it and that they need to step up as players and leaders now and make things happen.

Most top sportsmen admit to getting nervous before big games and say it's the pressure and nerves that push them that little further to concentrate and perform, rather than when they are totally comfortable and relaxed.

I agree with him.

[andyh]

I didn't particularly want him, infact, I was pretty deflated when he was confirmed.
I think we missed an opportunity to get some real quality in.

That said, I don't want to turn against him yet.
To be fair to him, he has had 2 games, and they have resulted in 2 narrow defeats. We could just as easily be sitting here with 2 draws from those games.
Along with the total lack of confidence, and poor quality we are having absolutely no luck whatsoever.
I really think he can do something on the first point. If he can get the confidence levels raised, and we can nick a win tomorrow, then maybe we will see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Despite all that, if we do manage to survive, and then get sold in the summer, I would hope that Timmy gets a golden handshake and someone with real quality and experience is then brought in.

[Villa in Denmark]

I just want to know why he's telling us his psychological plans for the team. He's said he wants a siege mentality, then he says he's 'ramping up the pressure' on the players, confiding that it's 'reverse psychology' but maybe we need it. I just don't quite know what that means, exactly.

It seems he's suggesting that the players haven't realised what trouble they are in, have lacked urgency and have been told everythings ok for too long, so he's trying to get across the reality of it and that they need to step up as players and leaders now and make things happen.

Most top sportsmen admit to getting nervous before big games and say it's the pressure and nerves that push them that little further to concentrate and perform, rather than when they are totally comfortable and relaxed.

I agree with him.

I think the biggest difference (over and above natural ability) is the way people react to that pressure.

The top players use that pressure to perform, based on a belief in their own ability and technique.
The lesser players get "rabbit frozen in headlights" syndrome if they don't have that basic belief in their own abilities. When you're there and worrying about if you're good enough to cope, you're more likely to screw up.  Have enough set-backs and instead of questioning your abilities you end pretty much convinced that you're not good enough and the first set back in a game proves this and head drops.  The whole thing becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. (see also England in penalty shoot-outs)

I don't agree that they're not aware off how much trouble in they're in, I think the fact that they're painfully aware of how much trouble they're in is the problem, and it's that lacking self belief that's missing. (And after the season they've had up to now it would be a miracle if they'd got any left, which is why I though that a more experienced head than Sherwood would have been a better bet.  Someone the players could look at and think to themselves "well he's been around a bit and he knows what he's talking about." rather than "What the hell does he know about this."