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they tried to flog dawson at the start of the season didn't they? or was that last year?Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back. Oscar Wilde -
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the years go by so quickly.Originally posted by Chazza View Post
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back. Oscar WildeComment
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Tottenham's Tim Sherwood: Assistant role 'not for me'
Tim Sherwood insists he would not work as assistant to Tottenham's new manager if he is not handed the top job.
The Spurs caretaker boss, 44, wants to stake his claim to replace Andre Villas-Boas further when his side travel to Southampton on Sunday.
"It's not for me to be honest, I wouldn't want that," he said when asked if he would accept a number two role.
He added: “I know all about the football club. I played here, it’s my club. I know what the supporters want. I know what they demand. As I say it ain’t my decision to make the appointments and we have to respect the men who take that decision.
Technical co-ordinator Sherwood has coached Tottenham's youth sides since 2008 but has told how he must consider all factors if he accepts the job.
"I need to talk about philosophies, what are we looking to do, are we looking to buy players, or are we looking to bring them through?" he said. "All of this has got to be taken into consideration when I decide whether it is right enough for me or not.
“We have to speak about it long-term with the chairman. If it’s down to me I’m getting a ten-year contract now! Football doesn’t work like that. It’s all about getting results. I listen to managers all the time talking about ‘projects’. The project is you win games or you get sacked. End of story.”Last edited by Shaggy; 20-12-13, 09:39 PM.Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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This fella is genuinely deluded, sadly he's probably talking himself more and more out of a chance by the hour but I'd ****ing love it if they appointed him. He seems like a clueless, arrogant prick. Perfect for that ****ty little nothing club.Comment
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Tim’ll Fix It – Harry Redknapp Backs Englishman Tim Sherwood For Spurs Job Ahead of ‘Foreign and Sexy Names'
Harry Redknapp would love to see Tim Sherwood get the full-time Tottenham Hotspur role, but feels the lack of "a foreign or sexy name" is a problem.
Andre Villas-Boas had been the name to succeed current Queens Park Rangers manager Redknapp at Spurs in 2012, but he lasted just a few months into this season after some less-than-pleasing results.
Sherwood is in caretaker charge – amid talk of Frank de Boer and Glenn Hoddle – but Redknapp would like to see Spurs appoint an Englishman rather than a supposed big name for the sake of it.
"It's not about names, it's about people with abilities," Redknapp told a press conference today. "What is a big name?
"[Sherwood] captained Blackburn to win the Premier League in England, he's been a top player. He played for me at Portsmouth and I saw enough of him there. Why shouldn't he manage?"
Sherwood has already put himself in the frame for the job, even as Spurs search for their first win under him after going down 2-1 to West Ham in the League Cup this week.
"If he had a foreign name or a more sexy name perhaps he might get that job," Redknapp added.
"I hope they don't think they've got to get someone who's Italian or Dutch or French or whatever. Let's hope Tim can get the job.
"Tottenham, they do change managers an awful lot over the years. The only success they had was with an Englishman."Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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I think we should start an online petition to get him the job, if desire counts then he should be top of the listComment
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My Spurs mate with his incredibly inaccurate 'info' reckons it's a two horse race between Sherwood and De Boer, but thinks it is increasingly likely Sherwood will get it until the end of the season.
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Hasn't De Boer said he won't leave Ajax mid season but a few have said he does fancy the job.
Levy looks like he might have ****ed any top 4 chance they had by pulling the trigger.Comment
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Sherwood or Hoddle would be brilliant. ****ing brilliant
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Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs left frustrated in search for manager
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is told that Frank De Boer and Michael Laudrup will not leave Ajax and Swansea mid-season while Franco Baldini's signings are criticised.
Tottenham are becoming increasingly desperate in their efforts to find a new head coach.
It is understood Spurs are yet to settle on a final shortlist of realistic targets or make a firm decision on whether to pursue a short-term or long-term appointment.
Interim head coach Tim Sherwood takes charge of the team again for Sunday’s game against Southampton, but chairman Daniel Levy is struggling to find a permanent replacement for Andre Villas-Boas.
Frank De Boer insists he is happy at Ajax and has no plans to leave the Dutch club mid-season, but that has not stopped Tottenham Hotspur trying to establish whether he could still be a long-term target for the summer.
Spurs are understood to have looked in several different directions already and Levy has asked key allies, both inside and outside the club, for their thoughts and information.
FC Basel’s Murat Yakin and Zenit Saint Petersburg’s Luciano Spalletti are believed to be of interest to Spurs, but Southampton’s Mauricio Pochettino claims he has not spoken to Tottenham and Michael Laudrup insists he would not leave Swansea mid-season.
Sherwood confirmed he would like the job on a permanent basis. But asked if Levy had given him any firm indications of his plans, the former midfielder said: “He can’t can he because the pressure’s on him if it goes wrong. I don’t like to think negatively, but if we weren’t to get a good result ... he’s taking every game as it comes.”
Sherwood is “open-minded” about the prospect of working with director of football Franco Baldini, but he admitted the jury is still out on a number of the club’s summer signings and questioned whether they were better than the English players who were let go.
Baldini helped Tottenham spend £110 million on seven new players, while Steven Caulker, Tom Huddlestone and Scott Parker were sold, and Jake Livermore and Tom Carroll were sent out on loan.
Questioned over whether he would be happy to work with Baldini, Sherwood replied: “I’ve never known anything different, as I’ve never managed without a director of football.
I’m open-minded to it. My style of management would just have to evolve.” A number of Tottenham’s new signings have struggled to make an impact and Sherwood said the club must be careful to only spend money on players who improve the first team.
“Every club that has been successful at bringing players through always buy players as well, that’s the nature of it,” said Sherwood.
“My point of view is I like to buy players who are going to make a difference to your 11. They need time, a lot of these boys that joined in the summer. When you come across and play in a different country, I never did it, but I recognise it does take time.”
Pushed on whether players who were signed in the summer were better than Caulker and Huddlestone, Sherwood said: “The proof’s in the pudding. Let’s give them time to see if they can adapt because in the end they might be better than the ones you mentioned. But, at the moment, you’d have to say there is not much between them.
“You want to keep young players at your club. You’ve worked hard at bringing them through.
“But they can’t all stay and sometimes the manager and the board need to make a decision that they want to bring in what they perceive to be extra quality and then you have to see how it goes. You make that decision and live or die by it.
“The loans have worked for us. Danny Rose is a good example. Nobody really trusted Danny, did they? Not until he had to go and prove himself on loan. I trusted him. Andros Townsend as well. Livermore now is playing every game at Hull, so we have got good players who are good assets for other clubs at the moment.”
Sherwood does not believe Tottenham need to re-enter the transfer market next month, despite the fact the club have been considering a loan move for Juventus forward Mirko Vucinic.
“I don’t know how we fit all the players out there, there are so many players,” he said. “It’s 15-a-side out there. What are we going to do with them all? Unless they’re going to make a difference to your starting 11, I suggest that there’s no spending needed there.”
AVB sacking sounds like a bizarre decision if Levy had not hired a replacement.
AVB for all his flaws is a more proven manager than Sherwood.Comment
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The quotes from these interviews... they all seem made up.
If they're genuine then excellent.
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Queroz wants the jobWas muß, das muß.Comment
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Tottenham are poised to make a move for Roma defender Dodo, 21, when the transfer window re-opens next month.
Full story: Talksport
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He'd fit right in as their defence didn't exist on Sunday. Boom boom.Comment
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