It's not Sherwood!

[LeeB]

he doesn't appear to know his best mindset

I suspect at the moment he struggles to pick a pair of socks in the morning.

And then puts them on his hands in the hope it's a good look.

Nah, he starts off by keeping one in reserve if he completely changes his mind in 45 minutes time and uses the other one as a willy warmer to leave no one in any doubt what he cock he's being.

Then he puts them both on his hands.  It's a good step closer to being how it should be, but in reality nowhere near right.

The gillet he wears was actually a coat, but he pulled the two sleeves off at half time.

[Hookeysmith]

Referring to himself in the 3rd person . A true sign of an ego maniac and wanker

That's not something Hookeysmith would do - ever

[silhillvilla]

Think he's been royally found out . He isn't a manager , he'd be more naturally suited to a chair alongside Stelling and Merse on Gillette Soccer Saturday or even at one of the grounds like Paul Walsh

[Chico Hamilton III]

he'd be more naturally suited to a chair alongside Stelling and Merse on Gillette Soccer Saturday

Gilet Soccer Saturday?

[curiousorange]

One thing which I'm starting to believe is that the players Sherwood signed are not the ones he actually wanted to sign. I just don't see him looking at videos of Rennes, Nantes and Lorient and pinpointing Veretout, for example.

That's not to say our summer signings are terrible - far from it. In fact, I the problem is that data and scouting show they performed exactly the role the team was looking for. However, Sherwood's approach isn't to create a cohesive eleven, it's to pick a team that 'feels' right. So I think what we're doing falls between two stools: a squad which the figures tells us should work, and a manager who doesn't believe it. That's why you always get the impression Sherwood trains with a suggested team for most of the week and then goes with his hunch on a matchday.

For what it's worth, sabermetrics probably isn't applicable to football because of the huge number of variables twenty-two men playing the same game at the same time creates. But if it were, does anybody think a man like Sherwood would take a blind bit of notice?

I also noticed that quote: "We need some men to come out of the woodwork." God, save us from passion over ability, someone.

[aj2k77]

We need a manager to come out of the woodwork because with tactics like play poor first half or 5 at the back against Stoke then we are in trouble.

[Ormy Droid]

I think that one can safely assume that battle lines have already been drawn behind the scenes at Villa Park. If our Director of Football, and our Head of Recruitment are following a perfectly rational approach to transfer policy (using statistical analysis to identify better value in the market) then surely they must be absolutely horrified by a manager who is plaintively irrational in the extreme (the bizarre tactics, random formations and team selections by Tombola). So, it stands to reason that they are working (frantically I hope) behind closed doors to get Timmy! the sack, and put their own man in charge, or at least someone who is conducive to getting the best out of the players we signed and has half a brain.

Is Fox waiting because the cost of terminating Sherwood's contract is still too great (do we have to wait until we're rock bottom, cut adrift or relegated?), will we act after this next run of difficult games to give the new man an easier introduction? Or, is Fox still desperately hoping that Timmy! can still turn things around because it was his appointment in the first place?

I'm sure I can remember a quote from Wilkins in the summer about Sherwood's far reaching knowledge of Europe's young talent, as the reason for us delving into the foreign market, rather than buying all of Tottenham's rejects (which had seemed like the plan all along)...Obviously not.

[Des Little]

Referring to himself in the 3rd person . A true sign of an ego maniac and wanker

That's not something Hookeysmith would do - ever

Nor Des Little

[silhillvilla]

With all these continental players would it not be more logical to have a continental manager and continental approach.

[Nirog72]

I don't care where the manager is from as long as they play proper football using the players they have properly. After the Sunderland game I thought (and posted) that we were 'getting there'. Quite why he has seen some of the football we played that day and managed to keep the crap bits and get rid of the good is beyond me. Buying Lescott and dropping Clark was a pile of shit decision as well.

[silhillvilla]

Appointing Ray wilkins was bizarre too.

[Clampy]

Appointing Ray wilkins was bizarre too.

You keep saying this, but why?

[silhillvilla]

Appointing Ray wilkins was bizarre too.

You keep saying this, but why?

Because I don't like him involved with aston villa

[Villa in Denmark]

One thing which I'm starting to believe is that the players Sherwood signed are not the ones he actually wanted to sign. I just don't see him looking at videos of Rennes, Nantes and Lorient and pinpointing Veretout, for example.

That's not to say our summer signings are terrible - far from it. In fact, I the problem is that data and scouting show they performed exactly the role the team was looking for. However, Sherwood's approach isn't to create a cohesive eleven, it's to pick a team that 'feels' right. So I think what we're doing falls between two stools: a squad which the figures tells us should work, and a manager who doesn't believe it. That's why you always get the impression Sherwood trains with a suggested team for most of the week and then goes with his hunch on a matchday.

For what it's worth, sabermetrics probably isn't applicable to football because of the huge number of variables twenty-two men playing the same game at the same time creates. But if it were, does anybody think a man like Sherwood would take a blind bit of notice?

I also noticed that quote: "We need some men to come out of the woodwork." God, save us from passion over ability, someone.

He came out with similar bollocks in the run up to the blues game.  Something along the lines it would all be blood and thunder and it would need real men to stand up to the challenge.

Must have been great for Grealish and Gil to realise that Sherwood doesn't consider them real men.

[Legion]

An anagram of Tim Sherwood is "Mr Shitewood".