Tottenham Hotspur

[Kenneth]

I take issue with the Gilet problem. I like them.

They are a practical item of clothing.

They never got this bad press when they were called Body Warmers.

I am not surprised tbh.

[red g]

I take issue with the Gilet problem. I like them.

They are a practical item of clothing.

They never got this bad press when they were called Body Warmers.

I never wore them, thought only ****s wore them....MY mum bought me one for christmas and i have hardly taken it off since.

True Story.

Ps she bought me a Body Warmer though

[Shaggy]

Tor-Kristian Karlsen @karlsentk
1) more than anything, there's been no basis for new (any) player to thrive this season. Unsettled environment, no clear structure post AVB

Tor-Kristian Karlsen @karlsentk
2) even players that performed well last season have had negative trend this term, which shows something's fundamentally wrong

Tor-Kristian Karlsen @karlsentk
3) which Spurs players have improved on last season? Townsend? Adebayor? Majority of the rest looking confused, unmotivated, out of sorts

Tor-Kristian Karlsen @karlsentk
4) in such a context, how can one expect any new signings to flourish? I'm sorry, but it doesn't work that way

Tor-Kristian Karlsen @karlsentk
5) from the summer signings, I've seen enough of Paulinho, Eriksen, Lamela (pre joining) to know that they'd strengthen Spurs significantly

Tor-Kristian Karlsen @karlsentk
6) I was unsure/unconvinced about Chadli and Capoue back then, but Chriches - if anything - has surprised me positively

Tor-Kristian Karlsen @karlsentk
7) Soldado has become a problem, starting to look like a lost cause, but he'd profit from clearer structure to the attacking game

Tor-Kristian Karlsen @karlsentk
8) but point is: with seemingly no clear plan, strategy or stability it's completely naive to expect new signings to prosper

Tor-Kristian Karlsen @karlsentk
9) as pointed out at the time of AVB sacking, why didn't Spurs go with a manager whose system would get the best out of the summer signings?

Tor-Kristian Karlsen @karlsentk
10) by appointing an inexperienced manager Spurs seemed to give up on £60-70 million worth of player investment after five months. Bizarre.

Tor-Kristian Karlsen @karlsentk
11) and finally, what's the point of appointing a technical director when he seemingly had no influence in appointment of new manager?

Tor-Kristian Karlsen @karlsentk
12) with all these factors in mind, there's no wonder why Spurs is having a disappointing season. Lack of coherent club strategy

[Alex]

Exactly. People dont understand them. They ridicule, but they have no idea

[Bender]

2 clowns for the price of 1 .... bunch of idiots acting like they have been in management for years

[Reece]

Haha that looks like an awfully choreographed audition for X-Factor or something

[kev776]

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[Fredo]

I know you're playing Est's pantomime villain, Nigey, but this article says it better than I could ...

The Last Word: Tim Sherwood out of his depth at a flawed club

Tim Sherwood was the gaffer reinvented as a geezer. His body language screamed "do you want some?" His gilet was unzipped, and his gimlet eye suggested he had become unglued. The response to the taunts of Benfica coach Jorge Jesus revealed his desperation, inexperience and vanity.

Tottenham's latest interim manager compounded the error by subsequently sounding like a self-possessed estate agent regaling his golf partners with the tale of how he put the waiter at the local gastropub in his place: "He doesn't mind himself, does he, to be fair? Nah. Not for me, thanks."

The ghost of Bill Nicholson winced and retreated still further into the shadows. The dignity he once represented has been replaced by empty sloganeering, corporate cynicism and a Dead Man Ranting. Should Spurs lose today's North London derby, things will turn decidedly ugly at White Hart Lane.

Self-appointed experts on social media have already tied Sherwood to the stake. Feckless multi-millionaire footballers have helped to collect the kindling. All it requires for the inevitable conflagration to begin is for Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy to play with his special set of matches.

Since English managers are as fashionable as Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Sherwood's contemporaries have a vested interest in his success. The virulence of the criticism directed at him poses inconvenient questions about why, and how, he finds himself so exposed.

He is manifestly out of his depth. His selection policy is random and reactive. He is emotionally incontinent and lacks intellectual rigour. His authority has been fatally compromised. He is the product of a dysfunctional system, promoted beyond his pay grade.

It was expedient to appoint him, when Levy lost his nerve and his patience with Andre Villas-Boas. He inherited an unbalanced squad. Franco Baldini, Tottenham's politically adroit director of football, has been allowed to escape responsibility for a £110 million mistake.

Sherwood will pay for having the courage of his convictions. He reminded players of their responsibilities, and chose to publicly belittle them. The recklessness with which he played to the gallery suggested that he knew his 18-month contract had effectively been written in invisible ink.

For the past month he has had to endure managers like Frank de Boer, Louis Van Gaal and Roberto Mancini shamelessly coveting his job. Such jockeying for position is normal, but conventionally conducted under cover or by proxy.

In an age of sterile soundbites, finely calculated agendas and facile mission statements, Sherwood's candour has been refreshing. He deserves praise for getting the best out of Emmanuel Adebayor, and has the ardour of a natural enthusiast.

He once staged a game for promising local schoolboy players on a pitch marked out in the back garden of his Hertfordshire home. After half an hour, he could no longer stand being a spectator. He dashed inside to find his football boots.

Yet he also represents the professional arrogance of the ultimate boys club. He embodies a show-us-your-medals culture, in which the qualities required to win the Premier League as a player are expected to translate seamlessly to management. Former team-mates speak of him warmly as a no-compromise character.

Sherwood excelled in a development role but lacks the necessary qualifications to manage at the highest level. Ironically, given the popularity of his directness in press conferences, the outstanding module in his current coaching course involves media relations.

He will never receive due respect because it is denied at source. Levy has treated him with feudal disregard. Losing the boardroom is ultimately more significant than losing the dressing room. He's Tottenham's Roberto Di Matteo, a human sandbag, destined to be discarded.

Tottenham's players are modern mercenaries with no real conception of their club's culture and traditions. They don't relate to the lyricism of Danny Blanchflower or the defiance of Dave Mackay. They're there for cash and career advancement.

They know also that the gaffer will soon be a gonner.

LINK: The Independent

I'm not playing the pantomime villain, it's just my opinion.

Thing is, it's not Sherwood's fault if he's not cut for the job but was offered the job by an incompetent chairman.

[Reece]

No, but it is his fault that he's a complete and utter cock

[Fredo]

I think he's just inept and is not very bright.

What has he said for you all to say he's being a cock?

[kev776]

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Ang you can bring yer fackin dinner aswell.

[Alex]

[Roboklopp]

[Fosterbloke]

Did someone steal his lunch money?

[EwarWoo]

Did someone steal his lunch money?

Probably Flanno just after he mugged Soldado.