It's not Sherwood!

[Monty]

At some point we have stop worrying what Sherwood will be like in the long run. Not many managers last much more than 3-4 years now anyway. All that matters is that he has completely transformed the here and now.

Quite. My main concern was what he would be like long-term. But with each passing day and the wheels staying on, the long-term matters less and less. Nearly every manager's tenure ends in anger and disappointment eventually, so it will happen - just as it would eventually happen with any manager we had hired. But it might as well be fun while we wait for it.

And if we win on May 30th then he can have a free pass for the rest of his time with the club as far as I'm concerned.

Ditto.

[Villa in Denmark]

I think what is amazing is in our past couple of games we have not nicked a win or absorbed a ton of pressure to attack on the break we have gone toe to toe with quality opposition. In todays game we were clearly and without any doubts the better team in a game which could have overawed many teams. It is gobsmacking really and I credit Sherwood. I mean, what else has changed? Just the manager. I remain grateful for Lamberts recruitment of some very good players but Sherwood has us playing with a swagger I have not seen for years.

This has been the most impressive thing over the last few weeks.

Even back as far as the first Albion game where we were deep in the shit and struggling for any semblance of form, the self-belief the players exhibited with really crisp 1 and 2 touch passing was  a galaxy away from just 2-3 weeks before.

Some of the stuff yesterday, especially down the left side between Delph, Grealish and Benteke was fantastic.  If it had been a Spanish team everyone would be wanking themselves crazy about the verve and technique.

I'm always proud to be a Villa fan, but yesterday I was proud of the performance as well.  I know Dave W. keeps bringing up the '96 final against Leeds as the only time he can remember us acting like a big club, but yesterday, on the pitch, I thought we did just that.
We turned up with a game plan, put in a great performance, shrugging of conceding a disappointing goal along the way, to control the game in such a way that they rarely looked like bothering us, whilst they were forced into any number of last ditch tackles and interceptions

If the final ball had been a bit better in the second half, we could have been talking about this in the same breath as the 5-1

[ozzjim]

At some point we have stop worrying what Sherwood will be like in the long run. Not many managers last much more than 3-4 years now anyway. All that matters is that he has completely transformed the here and now.

Quite. My main concern was what he would be like long-term. But with each passing day and the wheels staying on, the long-term matters less and less. Nearly every manager's tenure ends in anger and disappointment eventually, so it will happen - just as it would eventually happen with any manager we had hired. But it might as well be fun while we wait for it.

And if we win on May 30th then he can have a free pass for the rest of his time with the club as far as I'm concerned.

He manages to win it, against the most in form side in the country and arguably one their day the best, with a side that he has not had a chance to even buy a player for and had managed 12 points from 21 games in the league, he should get the key to the city. It would be an incredible achievement and for all those that knock him, take the piss of his style and character, I really hope we do it. Lets get safe too first, which again considering the rabble he walked in to would be some achievement.

[Gregorys Boy]

At some point we have stop worrying what Sherwood will be like in the long run. Not many managers last much more than 3-4 years now anyway. All that matters is that he has completely transformed the here and now.

Quite. My main concern was what he would be like long-term. But with each passing day and the wheels staying on, the long-term matters less and less. Nearly every manager's tenure ends in anger and disappointment eventually, so it will happen - just as it would eventually happen with any manager we had hired. But it might as well be fun while we wait for it.

And if we win on May 30th then he can have a free pass for the rest of his time with the club as far as I'm concerned.

He manages to win it, against the most in form side in the country and arguably one their day the best, with a side that he has not had a chance to even buy a player for and had managed 12 points from 21 games in the league, he should get the key to the city. It would be an incredible achievement and for all those that knock him, take the piss of his style and character, I really hope we do it. Lets get safe too first, which again considering the rabble he walked in to would be some achievement.

Yeah lets just enjoy this moment for now, and then focus on getting safe in the league.  It would be nice if we can have a bit of a run towards the end of the season and make it a really special end of the season but that might be tough with our run-in and of course it about staying up first and foremost.  If we stay up and win the cup then I won't be thinking about next season but just partying!

[Clampy]

The long term didn't bother me in the slightest when he came in because we were playing so piss poorly, creating hardly anything in front of goal and had just rolled over to a terrible Hull side. We were in trouble and getting out of it was the main priority. He's been great since he's been here.

[Gregorys Boy]

The long term didn't bother me in the slightest when he came in because we were playing so piss poorly, creating hardly anything in front of goal and had just rolled over to a terrible Hull side. We were in trouble and getting out of it was the main priority. He's been great since he's been here.

I accept that and when you are facing it down the barrel like that then you're only thoughts should be weather we can stay up.  I'm just saying that if we end up back where we have been this season next season then really no prgress would have been made.  Bascially I'm saying that Sherwood will be judged next season not this, unless we lift the Cup in May in which case just forget everything I just said! lol.

[john e]

All the spurs fans I my local which there are many,
all wish they still had Sherwood as their manager, and that's not just since yesterday's result either they genuinely liked the guy

[bob]

But there were a couple of blogs written by teenage Spurs fans and they said he was really rubbish and they didn't like him

[Gerrin]

But there were a couple of blogs written by teenage Spurs fans and they said he was really rubbish and they didn't like him

All the stuff I saw off Spurs fans, they all hated his guts.

[ozzjim]

Yeah everything you read on their blogs and forums seems to continually poke fun at him.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

To be fair, there were Villa fans who thought Lambert was doing a good job, so it's not that unusual Spurs fans don't agree on Sherwood.

I don't know what will happen next season, but I don't really care right now. I just hope we can secure our safety soon!

[Gerrin]

To be fair, there were Villa fans who thought Lambert was doing a good job, so it's not that unusual Spurs fans don't agree on Sherwood.

I don't know what will happen next season, but I don't really care right now. I just hope we can secure our safety soon!

Are there? I liked Lambert as a person, but he wasn't doing a good job in the end, we were in the bottom 3. Lambert's problem is his aura, he just came across so negative. Sherwood is the complete opposite.

[ozzjim]

Just read the albion forum posted on the post match thread. Their utter hate for him and hand wringing at him playing attacking football is very satisfying.

[Dave Cooper please]

The thing with Tim is that he genuinely seems to love his job, he has no affinity with Aston Villa but he acts like he's been a lifelong fan and he's just landed his dream job of managing his boyhood heroes.
I love his enthusiasm, I love the way he reacts to every goal, I reckon I have a bit of man-love for him to be honest!

[ozzjim]

The thing with Tim is that he genuinely seems to love his job, he has no affinity with Aston Villa but he acts like he's been a lifelong fan and he's just landed his dream job of managing his boyhood heroes.
I love his enthusiasm, I love the way he reacts to every goal, I reckon I have a bit of man-love for him to be honest!

I am with you Dave. Think if he is manager of your club, he is the type you can't help loving. I can see how opposition fans would hate him mind!