Like I said Sandy, I will support Sherwood, just like I'd support any manager. Any fan that doesn't is not really a supporter and is just making it difficult for the team to succeed.

That still doesn't change my opinion of Levy and he still has to answer for his actions with managers, what the hell is going on with the stadium and why exactly we're making profit every transfer window.

He'll get my backing like any manager but I wont apologise for being underwhelmed by this appointment.

A couple weeks back if you had of asked people who would you like to replace AVB, Tim Sherwood would be nowhere near the top of the list. You're right though no one knows what hes like really. If he can get us playing attractive football and challenging for the top 4 thats great. Its all about ambition I suppose, he represents in my eyes a bigger gamble than an experienced manager no matter where they're from. Sometimes gambles pay off tho.

I don't get all this "I will back any Spurs manager but not Levy". It's Levy who employs the manager so if you are backing Tim, you are back Levy too.

IMO Levy was right to sack AVB and hire Tim knowing that FDB and co are not available or unwilling to take the job now.

COYS

Yes but messiah in football things change and incredibly quick aswell. If you would of told me Sherwood would be spurs manager by xmas in the summer then I probably would of done my nut in but fact of the matter is AVB as much as I liked and backed him was far to stubborn and we were getting worse and worse under him. Tim Sherwood has come in (only 1 game) and immediately transformed a positive performance and formation which is the most excited I have been watching Spurs all season. He could turn out to be an absolute flop who knows but Sandy is right. The high calibur fancy name foreign manager didn't work with AVB so let's just go back to basics and get a guy in who knows the club, fans and players.

Luka, not really.

12 managers in 12 seasons or whatever? Announcing a new stadium in 2007 and making no real progress on it, with no real updates. Not financially backing the club, don't mention the 100+ million spent in summer seeing as though me made profit in the summer.

I don't think that anyone is truly against sherwood - I think that we are actually against how symbolically this whole thing has been managed by Levy.

Maybe we are missing something. In truth, I would love to know why Levy decided to get rid of AVB with it seemingly looking like there was no plan.

the disappointing issue here is that it appears that spurs/Levy do not have a on- going plan , why continually sack managers when there is no one immediately lined up to replace them,or was this the plan, really hope Tim does well, good to see

What would you have done after losing 5-0 to Liverpool? A team we have finished above in the last couple of seasons. On top of losing 6-0 away, and home defeats to West Ham and Newcastle? Same old story.

It was a huge low point and the fact AVB never a plan B or was unwilling to use kids and play strong teams in the mickey mouse europa league sacrificing the Prem - I agree with Levy 100% !

I will give Sherwood a chance, he seems to know what he wants and does not appear to take any shiet from anybody.

Hopefully Sherwood will soon settle on his strongest PL XI and stick to it, leaving rotation and squad utilisation to the cups.

That was one of AVB`s mistakes imo, he tried to rotate and utilise the squad for the sake of it, giving players game time to keep them happy. When instead he should have been sticking with in form players and players that did well rather than rotating for the sake of it.

I hope Sherwood does not end up another Shearer, time will tell but his lack of experience is a worry.

Pochettino can speak English pretty well as he's shown in a few interviews but he's said that he continues to use a interpreter so that his message gets across to the players/managers fully.

To dismiss him as a capable manager for that reason is pretty weak.

My first impressions are that he's not going to be good enough to perform to our expectations. You look at him, his personality, his inexperience, his footballing philosophy, and I just can't see a manager that's going to win rave reviews and out-think the other managers we're competing against for top 4 and silverware.

Hope he does well though.

Serious question, can anyone remember a similarly inexperienced manager being a success in the premiership?

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Serious question, can anyone remember a similarly inexperienced manager being a success in the premiership?
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Pochettino isn't that experienced is he? Although it's quite early for him to be judged.

How many examples are there?

Kelly Is God

Pochettino can speak English pretty well as he's shown in a few interviews but he's said that he continues to use a interpreter so that his message gets across to the players/managers fully.

To dismiss him as a capable manager for that reason is pretty weak.




Added to the fact he has not won a prem game for weeks.

Kamikaze_Bitter_Sky_Blue

Serious question, can anyone remember a similarly inexperienced manager being a success in the premiership?




Billy Nicholson. No previous managerial experience. Not prem I know, but still top division.

Di-Matteo could probably be classed as inexperienced at the top level and many Chelsea fans still see his tenure as a success.
I doubt any Chelsea fan expected very much in terms of results when he was appointed, but the FA cup win and Champions League results speak for themselves.
Sherwood may surprise everybody...........but caretakers are always easy scapegoats. Getting booed at the first bad result might not help

Added to the fact he has not won a prem game for weeks.

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Their fixture list since they last won against Hull has been very tough though - Newcastle, Chelsea, Arsenal away, and Man City, Spurs at home. Only game they ought to have won was Villa at home, and they pretty much outplayed them.

Not prem I know, but still top division.

World has changed since then Sandy. Prem demands immediate success. DiMatteo was a good example. I just couldn't think of one. It is a high risk strategy.

Nobody had heard much of Keith Burkinshaw when he took over, and look what happened there.

Give Sherwood a chance, he has a great opportunity to succeed with this squad of players, unlike many of his predecessors who had vastly inferior squads to work with.

Well said Sandy

I for one am excited with the appointment of Sherwood, from what ive heard Chris Ramsey is extremely well thought of in the game too.
Yes Sherwood has no real management experience but every manager had no experience at one point.
Sherwood has impressed me already with his attacking tactics, although some serious training work needs doing on the defensive side of our game.
At least we now have a manager who knows Spurs through and through, the ethics of our club, the backroom staff, the tea lady and the first team squad and youths.
Talking of youth players we have seen two very promising performances from Fredericks and Bentaleb. I predict Veljkovic will be the next kid to shine.

Of course its unknown territory for us at the moment and who knows how it will pan out, but at least it looks like we will have our old spurs back.

I cant wait to see what the future holds.

COYS !!

Not sure if I really want the old Spurs back. Mediocrity springs to mind.....

Here's a fact for you guys...out of all the 16 managers who are currently in the last 16 of the CL, 9 of them started off managing straight at a top club. In other words they weren't all highly successful managers beforehand and have gone onto become top managers. I'm not saying Sherwood will go down this route but we don't have to have a manager who is very experienced to get this lot playing well.

Just talking to a mate whos a celtic fan about neil lennon, now I know they get no respect cos of the league theyre in but its very similar situation to ours.

Kamikaze_Bitter_Sky_Blue

Not prem I know, but still top division.

World has changed since then Sandy.




I didn`t know the game of football had changed since the 1870s. Still played to my knowledge with 11 players a side and a ball.