Tottenham Hotspur

[Sarb]

Sherwood comes across more cocky than AVB from a far weaker background . Crazy

[Fosterbloke]

Can't wait until he turns on the fans...

[Roboklopp]

It's his British up & at 'em background. The press love it.

[john316]

Weird how he is lauded and Di Canio was laughed at. Is there much difference between them?

[Bender]

It's his British up & at 'em background. The press love it.

Apples and pears Guvnor.....faakk oooofffff

[Fredo]

He's got a point though.

[BubbaZanetti]

I think he is on relatively strong ground when he suggests that the recent recruitment policy has not been working though.

He's got a lot to learn if he wants to be a manager long term and part of that is to pick his fights and time when he does so. Currently seeming to be wanting to pick a fight with most of his squad and the club hierarchy and anyone on the opposite bench seems a bit insane.

I shall be watching tonight to see how this develops... watch out for flying gilets!

[Shaggy]

Bodywarmers

[BubbaZanetti]

Tim Sherwood insists he has no respect for Benfica manager Jorge Jesus

• Sherwood supported in emails from Benfica fans
• Jorge Jesus claims it is all 'water under the bridge'Share Tweet this

Ed Aarons
The Guardian, Wednesday 19 March 2014 20.28 GMT



The Tottenham manager, Tim Sherwood, in relaxed mood before his side's Europa League tie against Benfica. Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images

It's never been in Tim Sherwood's nature to shirk a confrontation so the Tottenham Hotspur manager's refusal to draw a line under his spat with Benfica counterpart Jorge Jesus ahead of Thursday's Europa League second leg in Lisbon was hardly surprising.

Yet with his tenure at White Hart Lane unravelling by the day, Sherwood will hope to overturn a two-goal deficit in the notoriously hostile Estádio da Luz in Lisbon with a side packed with teenagers after a number of his senior players were ruled out on Wednesday. Hugo Lloris, Kyle Walker, Michael Dawson, Younès Kaboul, Paulinho, and Emmanuel Adebayor are just some of the names missing from Tottenham's squad, with seven players who have yet to play a single minute for the first team drafted in.

"I know exactly where he was coming from and I know what I saw. I have got no respect for the man," Sherwood responded on Wednesdaywhen asked how he would react to facing up to Jesus again after being taunted following Benfica's third goal during the first leg. "I've got respect for the football club and I've got respect for his players. The club is a huge club and we've had a lot of emails from Benfica fans apologising for their manager's behaviour. At the end of the day, I will shake his hand, because they are a giant of a club."

For his part, Jesus insisted it is "water under the bridge", but with his side heavy favourites to progress, the 59-year-old could afford to take the moral high ground.

"We won't run away from the question, it happened," Jesus said. "It is normal as the benches were close together. A lot of coaches in England have similar problems and I did not disrespect the coach. What is important here is that we're not going to start trying to get in more problems, it is water under the bridge. We had a good game in London and we want to do another one here"

[Sarb]

Not like he was a worldy of a player either. He has the arrogance of Bendtner

[Bender]

Not like he was a worldy of a player either. He has the arrogance of Bender

[Bender]

He's got a point though.

Nige please accept his friend request on Twitter

[fah-q]

Sherwood "I'm bigger than Jesus"

[Bender]

Sherwood "I'm bigger than Jesus"

Apparently David Moyes has claimed that Title

[Sarb]

Waiting him to do a post match interview where he says "Nah you know what, Im not having that. Fack that"