Three positives of Tim Sherwood being our manager....

[john e]

I'm very excited about Sherwood I think he's just the right man for the Villa,
 he's always been my first choice anyway

[john e]

In 3years time regurgitate one of them posts to show how brilliant I am about football knowledge

[Toronto Villa]

I'm very excited about Sherwood I think he's just the right man for the Villa,
 he's always been my first choice anyway

Fickle, I knew O'Liary was right all along

[Salsa Party Animal]

I have my doubts but he done well so far, I will give him a clean slate. It is first big job for him and he will want to make sure it is a success. Managers in 2nd or 3rd management job doesn't do well for Villa. ie Paul Lambert.

[nigel]

Three great quotes from his press conference:

When asked if he'll enjoy walking to the dug out for the first time.
I'll prefer the walk back after we've got three points

When asked if he'll give the players a talk about Stoke's strengths.
Of course, but they (Stoke) will have more to say about ours

When mentioned that Peter Crouch will be a threat.
So's Benteke

Loved what he had to say. This is going to be one heck of a final 13 league games.

[Smoke]

Okay! I finally have three things:

1) His (largely unearned) swagger and confidence might well rub off on the players, which I think would near-certainly keep us up;
2) I like the look of Seamus Brady, the performance analyst (also, we now have a performance analyst);
3) I'm pleased to see KMac back.

Long term, I'm still not sure it will end in anything but an almighty conflagration, and possibly with us being dragged through the media as ungrateful a la MON (never mess with Henry Winter's favourites), but those three things stand us in good stead for now at the very least. And, of course, if he wins us the Cup and keeps us up I will paint a picture of me getting obese from humble pie and walk from Edinburgh to VP with it balanced on my head.

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You've said it, I trust you are a man of your word.

[Dave]

Managers in 2nd or 3rd management job doesn't do well for Villa. ie Paul Lambert.

We were the fifth club that Lambert managed.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I'm happy he's not Lambert
I'm happy he's brought in the experienced KMac
I'm happy Sherwood's no longer orange.

[JUAN PABLO]

He's growing on me

[ozzjim]

He's growing on me

You keep that to yourself

[Risso]

I'm happy he's not Lambert
I'm happy he's brought in the experienced KMac
I'm happy Sherwood's no longer orange.

That'll do for me too.  I'm not convinced that he's a long term option, but keeping us up will do for a start.  I'd have bet my mortgage on Lambert taking us down.  We were completely moribund, and at least he'll inject a bit of enthusiasm.

[exigo]

1. I've enjoyed everything he's had to say about the club this week
2. I like his backroom appointments
3. For the first time in a long time, I'm looking forward to the 250 mile round trip tomorrow.

[richard moore]

I'm very excited about Sherwood I think he's just the right man for the Villa,
 he's always been my first choice anyway

Made me smile John, long may you think that and good for you too!

[SoccerHQ]

A couple of my mates would always wind me up about Lamberts post match interviews as on a few occasions he'd state he was "proud" of the lads, even after we'd been solidly beaten. So without fail after every defeat I'd get a text saying "Lambert must be proud." But that was Lambert. It summed him up. Always so content (it seemed). Getting beaten and beaten convincingly seemed to be acceptable. If we'd managed 2 shots on target we'd "played excellently."

Sherwood might be a bit of a twonk but at the very least he won't be happy with losing (particularly when it's fully deserved). There'll be no hiding it. I rarely remember Lambert acknowledge we were good enough. Sometimes there'd be absolutely no denying, like getting pillocked 8-0.

Lambert to me is like a guy who turns up at an orgy with a semi and a sigh who blindly fumbles for 90 minutes with no result and leaves feeling his done his job.
Timmy is the sort who looks at himself in the mirror before leaving and gives himself a raging hard on. He'll enter the love den with gusto. Sometimes he might give an inspired performance, other times he'll be done and asleep within 4 minutes but at least the intent will be there.

That's a good point.

Early on I was convinced Lambert was like most managers in that he'd say positive stuff to TV but in the dressing room he'd be ripping into them.

However when you see the same weak performance near enough game after game I just assumed he really was saying the stuff he said in interviews in the dressing room as the players wouldn't produce that standard if they were being challenged.

I'm also convinced Sherwood only went into loose cannon mode at Spurs as he knew early on he wasn't going to get the job so had free reign to experiment a bit and see what reactions he'd get from players.

I'd like to think given he will hopefully be here long term he'll modify that approach a little.

[gpbarr]

Love the confidence but it's rather easy to say the right things - whether he can turn the club around is an altogether different question.

He is out of his depth and I fear it will all end in tears and further acrimony but naturally, hope I'm proven wrong.