It's not Sherwood!

[silhillvilla]

The board were all in US last week to meet Lerner. Sherwood not present. Kind of says it all really.

Yes, it says he was doing the job of managing the team.

A good chunk of whom were thousands of miles away too on international duty

[richard moore]

The "he'll keep us up and be gone by november" soothsayers look like they could be bang on the money.

Absolutely. I thought he was a good appointment and defended it at the time, but when I read people saying that, it did kinda nag at the back of your brain as probably being spot on.

[rob_bridge]

I really wish Sherwood would just fuck off, and sharpish. He's actually more of a wanker than I had feared when he joined.

Appropriate and sanctioned use of foul language.

[silhillvilla]

I didn't think he'd keep us up, he did and he deserves a lot of credit for that. But now I think it's over.

[Chris Smith]

The board were all in US last week to meet Lerner. Sherwood not present. Kind of says it all really.

If he had been there you would have been moaning that he wasn't around working with the players.

[john e]

I really wish Sherwood would just fuck off, and sharpish. He's actually more of a wanker than I had feared when he joined.

Agreed, but when was the last time you heard of a manager resigning out of principle? No doubt he'll stick around waiting for the pay off.

Brian Little

[silhillvilla]

The board were all in US last week to meet Lerner. Sherwood not present. Kind of says it all really.

If he had been there you would have been moaning that he wasn't around working with the players.

Well I'd have said if Lerner wanted to meet the manager he should have got his sorry arse onto his Lear jet and come over.
That wasn't my point though. Meetings are now happening with sherwood excluded regardless of location.

[dave.woodhall]

The board were all in US last week to meet Lerner. Sherwood not present. Kind of says it all really.

Yes, it says he was doing the job of managing the team.

A good chunk of whom were thousands of miles away too on international duty

At the risk of getting into a long and incredibly tedious debate, so what if some of the players were away? The others didn't have the week off and his job is to manage them as well as keep an eye on those who were away and the rest of football in general.

[saunders_heroes]

I really wish Sherwood would just fuck off, and sharpish. He's actually more of a wanker than I had feared when he joined.

Agreed, but when was the last time you heard of a manager resigning out of principle? No doubt he'll stick around waiting for the pay off.

Brian Little

Graham Taylor. Since then it's all about the money.

[Ger Regan]

I really wish Sherwood would just fuck off, and sharpish. He's actually more of a wanker than I had feared when he joined.

Appropriate and sanctioned use of foul language.

He's getting close to DOL-levels of irritation for me.

[saunders_heroes]

If anything Lerner should be flying over to meet Sherwood, not the other way around.

[curiousorange]

I hate these periods in football when everybody can see two parties are inevitably going to part ways. It's so tedious as they start to close ranks with their support. I'd just like Sherwood gone so we can try again with somebody who's competent.

[Pete]

The board were all in US last week to meet Lerner. Sherwood not present. Kind of says it all really.

If he had been there you would have been moaning that he wasn't around working with the players.

Well I'd have said if Lerner wanted to meet the manager he should have got his sorry arse onto his Lear jet and come over.
That wasn't my point though. Meetings are now happening with sherwood excluded regardless of location.

I'm sure it's commonplace for board meetings to be held without the manager present, here and at many other clubs. After all, managers are rarely also directors.

[Ger Regan]

I really wish Sherwood would just fuck off, and sharpish. He's actually more of a wanker than I had feared when he joined.

Agreed, but when was the last time you heard of a manager resigning out of principle? No doubt he'll stick around waiting for the pay off.

Brian Little

Graham Taylor. Since then it's all about the money.

Just to be clear, I don't for a split second believe that sherwood would ever consider doing the decent thing and resigning. He clearly lacks the most basic of self-awareness to see his terminal shortcomings as a manager. I want fox to bin him, and bin him quickly.

[dave.woodhall]

I really wish Sherwood would just fuck off, and sharpish. He's actually more of a wanker than I had feared when he joined.

Agreed, but when was the last time you heard of a manager resigning out of principle? No doubt he'll stick around waiting for the pay off.

Brian Little

Graham Taylor. Since then it's all about the money.

Just to be clear, I don't for a split second believe that sherwood would ever consider doing the decent thing and resigning. He clearly lacks the most basic of self-awareness to see his terminal shortcomings as a manager. I want fox to bin him, and bin him quickly.

To be a football manager you've got to amongst other things have the hide of a rhino and self-esteem that makes prime Muhammed Ali seem modest. Given that, it's highly unlikely that any manager is ever going to think he isn't good enough for a job or can't turn round any situation.