It's not Sherwood!

[Brend'Watkins]

The only doubts about TS are his substitutions and the timing of them in reaction to the oppositions substitutions.   We were very good in the first half against Leicester were those people doubting TS then?

[themossman]

Of course it's also possible that a manager's words in an interview do not necessarily present a full and reliable view of their thoughts on the issues...

Not saying that I don't also have concerns about what if anything TS has learned from Sunday. Just that his actions in future games are a better basis on which to judge what he has taken from it.

[olaftab]

The only doubts about TS are his substitutions and the timing of them in reaction to the oppositions substitutions.   We were very good in the first half against Leicester were those people doubting TS then?

Yes Villa were in control in the first half and our lead was described by the BBC Commentator as totally justified at HT however I think the issue is that whenever opposition coaches make a change to counter act his set up they succeed. Bmouth did not change anything and we won that match.

[Phil from the upper holte]

He needs to learn from his mistakes and fast! You do not need a degree in football to know that you don't replace a midfielder with a striker with 20 minutes to go away from home, I'm still pissed off about the result

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The only doubts about TS are his substitutions and the timing of them in reaction to the oppositions substitutions.   We were very good in the first half against Leicester were those people doubting TS then?

There was a few of us on here at half time that very much enjoyed the first half performance but questioned what would happen if Leicester changed their tactics, made subs and if/how Sherwood would react. It's not as if Sunday was a one off.

[brian green]

I supported Sherwood's appointment and I shall continue to supporting him because all other things apart I became fed up with a personal mind set of manager dissatisfaction. He either will or will not learn from his mistakes and that is entirely down to him. The best thing he can do to secure the support of those loyal to him is to moderate his own opinion of his own managerial gifts. At the moment he is a boy among men and yes, Allardyce and Pulis and Pardew are dour percentage managers but they are above him in the table for a reason.

[Risso]

I supported Sherwood's appointment and I shall continue to supporting him because all other things apart I became fed up with a personal mind set of manager dissatisfaction. He either will or will not learn from his mistakes and that is entirely down to him. The best thing he can do to secure the support of those loyal to him is to moderate his own opinion of his own managerial gifts. At the moment he is a boy among men and yes, Allardyce and Pulis and Pardew are dour percentage managers but they are above him in the table for a reason.

Allardyce isn't.

[brian green]

Point taken.

[themossman]

I supported Sherwood's appointment and I shall continue to supporting him because all other things apart I became fed up with a personal mind set of manager dissatisfaction. He either will or will not learn from his mistakes and that is entirely down to him. The best thing he can do to secure the support of those loyal to him is to moderate his own opinion of his own managerial gifts. At the moment he is a boy among men and yes, Allardyce and Pulis and Pardew are dour percentage managers but they are above him in the table for a reason.

I agree with the sentiment Brian but I wouldn't want him to be too chastened by this sort of thing. His USPs (to borrow a terrible phrase from the terrible phrase thread) are 1. his willingness to be different from established managers. And 2. the galvanising effect of his supreme self confidence. I think a TS who started to doubt himself would be the worst of all worlds.

[Hookeysmith]

What I have noticed is the animated standing up posturing of his first few games has been replaced with several long periods sat back in the dug out 0 read into that what you will.
I am still in the camp that he is a very young and inexperienced manager still and he is as raw and as naïve as some of the new players

I really hope he learns quickly as his appointment turned me around with the Villa when I thought after so many years I was being bored away from the club I love. His football excites me enough to want to see the next game - if only to put the previous one to memory

[Savospit]

If we lose to the Baggies and the Blues he will be having his collar felt.

[brian green]

I don't want him to lose his swagger, his cockiness or his bravura. I want to feel behind all of it there is a maturing process going on. There is a very common aphorism which has been used down the years by artists, writers, actors and the rest which basically says "it has taken me a lifetime of hard work to make it seem so easy". The one that always sticks in my mind is Val Doonican who said it had taken him forty years of hard work to become an overnight sensation.

[ChicagoLion]

I don't want him to lose his swagger, his cockiness or his bravura. I want to feel behind all of it there is a maturing process going on. There is a very common aphorism which has been used down the years by artists, writers, actors and the rest which basically says "it has taken me a lifetime of hard work to make it seem so easy". The one that always sticks in my mind is Val Doonican who said it had taken him forty years of hard work to become an overnight sensation.

And that gave us Paddy Mcgintys Goat,


Marvellous

[themossman]

Agree, Brian.

[villa `cross the mersey]

If we lose to the Baggies and the Blues he will be having his collar felt.

With Big Sam in attendance?