Poll - Sherwood - got rid

[ronshirt]

There's potemtial in the squad but it doesn't seem to manifest until the players are given their head.  I'd give him a chance to turn it round.

The real culprit is Mr Lerner. I think Doug needs to have a word with him and put him right.

And a message to the General: this is the thin - time to ante up.

[Taylor]

There have been signs in matches under him, including this season (bar a couple of matches), where we've looked like we're more than capable of doing ok.

It's not even October.

Without getting peoples backs up (and I'm aware the next few words will do this), but how many people wanting him to go have watched us play under him (matches, not highlights)?

I think we've played better this season that at this point last season (and the seasons before that), but presume we're on less points (?). I feel more optimistic now than I did this time last season.

I agree with this. There is no way he's getting sacked this side of Christmas anyway so it may get worse before it gets better.

[Toronto Villa]

I don't think anyone expected us to be top 6 or anything at this stage but nobody expected to be bottom 2. There's a lot of places in between and a load of better results we should have got by now. It's inexcusable then to tell the fans to judge him next season. That's unacceptable.

[silhillvilla]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34370950

FFS.

That interview is a bag of bollocks as well, at no point was writing this season off as another learning curve for everyone mentioned. PLus we've been here before, we smell bullshit now, it's like a second language to us having heard so much of it pretty much all of this decade and boy is he talking bullshit right now.

Actually he kind of promised this would not happen again
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-3066602/Aston-Villa-won-t-fight-relegation-says-Tim-Sherwood.html

Clearly he's nothing more than a blag artist happy to smile at the cameras throw out the tired old cliches and trouser his £50k a week .
I'd fuck him off ASAP and let him reach his natural destiny which I'd say is Gillette Soccer Saturday , he's in that mould of merson, le tiss, Nicholas , giving a large a little bit woo a little bit way , I'm a geezer ain't i .

[andyh]

Did you seriously expect us to win away at Anfield today?

I'd expect us to have a go. And I'd expect us to beat Sunderland at home, and to win when 2-0 with 20 mins to go against Leicester.

I'd also expect a better interview after 7 games rather than our aim is to avoid relegation.

He is coming across (to me) as an out of depth chancer.

Christ, here we go again.
Do we really believe we can beat the big boys...accept our position in the pecking order.
Followed by a (valid) response that has been used time and time again.

Its fucking déjà vue.
It's Groundhog Day.
It a horrible ride going round and round and round.

5 years of this shit.
When will it all end?

[ldavfc4eva]

I have gone for undecided, what I certainly wouldn't say is I would rather us go down than have Big Sam as the manager. To be honest he may just be what we need to get us back on track, perhaps until the end of the season then once again try and start fresh in the summer.

The reality is though who is there to come in if we sack Sherwood? Moyes seems to be happy in Spain, Klopp/Ancelotti are way out of our league which leaves you with perhaps recruiting from the Championship? it's all a bit Groundhog Day again, very depressing.

[MarkM]

Fuck him off now, we kept with Lemberk and we know how well that went

Sherberk is sinking and will take us with him

[CT Villan]

up until today I was a definite no - he needs time to rebuild, but after the crap he came out with today I've moved to undecided and it won't take much more to get to Yes. He seems to be starting to talk from both sides of his mouth, probably self-preservation kicking in.

Unfortunately, there seems to be a bigger issue here that I can't identify or solve...

[puppyfeat]

I have gone for undecided, what I certainly wouldn't say is I would rather us go down than have Big Sam as the manager. To be honest he may just be what we need to get us back on track, perhaps until the end of the season then once again try and start fresh in the summer.

The reality is though who is there to come in if we sack Sherwood? Moyes seems to be happy in Spain, Klopp/Ancelotti are way out of our league which leaves you with perhaps recruiting from the Championship? it's all a bit Groundhog Day again, very depressing.

I'd take Nigel Pearson if we could be sure we'd get the version of him that motivated Leicester out of relegation in the last 3 months of last season. But with our luck I fear we'd get the version of him that had them rock bottom up until then.

[Chris Jameson]

Not the benefit of hindsight but I thought he was a very poor appointment but people were so relieved to see Lambert go that seemingly anybody would do and the board or whoever went for somebody they didn't need to pay another club any compensation. He's Stuart Pearce in a gillet.

No doubt if things haven't improved by January we can look forward to Allardyce bringing in Kevin Nolan to add some experience.

[dave shelley]

Like thousands of others of us, I would love to sit down with Tom Fox on a one-to-one and ask him just what it was that made him think that Tim Sherwood was a good manager, a man that could rescue a club the size of Aston Villa from the cesspit of football the two previous managers had served up. 

It has been said elsewhere that Tim Sherwood may possibly have the makings of a good manager but it isn't going to be with us.  He had a five minute spell with Spurs where all he touched turned to gold and, likewise to a certain extent it was the same with us.  I'm loath to criticise too much as I'm a non-attender but this is my club and to see the same shit again and again is doing my head in.  So many false dawns, every season escaping relegation by the skin of our teeth with no little help from the fact that there has always been three team that were more shit than we were.  We start the season with what, to me seems the bare minimum spend and over the hill has-beens and untried (at this level) lower league players, this season notwithstanding, due the Benteke and Snake money and what do we get?  in the  bottom three before September is out.  This isn't the end of the world in itself but, this time I really can't see us getting out of it unless someone takes action very quickly, appoints a manager who actually has managerial nous and gets these players performing as well as they can because they can play.

I've seen my fair share of bad players and managers down the Villa over the years and Tim is doing his best to join them.  Why the fuck can't he see that Tuesday's winning formula should have been the one that ended the match started today's, it beggars belief.

Thank you Tim,  you talk a good game but you've failed miserably to convince me.  Time to move on.

[kippaxvilla2]

We picked the wrong time to choose a total novice of a manager as well as buying 10 unproven at this level players.  It's not going to end well in my view.  But I also think we have to give him until Christmas (no later) to try and sort it out.  One thing that did cross my mind bringing someone in like Harry to assist him like Middlesvilla did with Very Tenderballs a few years ago.

[Leicester_Villian]

The problem comes if you get rid who could come in?

Its no point saying Klopp as does anyone honestly think he would join us

As I see it the only guys available are Big Sam and Nigel Pearson - would we honestly want either of them?

Who else is out there? I don't see any Championship managers who would fit the bill

I will throw a name in the hat as I think he will walk from where he currently is before Xmas .....Pullis .....his team at Palace was good, he has little quality currently

I know many would not be in favour but he would keep us up

The only other who I can think of as a possible is Moyes who may want to come back to UK

[kippaxvilla2]

Moyes is under pressure in his job in Spain by all accounts.

[garyshawsknee]

I wouldn't go near Moyes. Struggling in his last two jobs, that's the last thing we need.