TBF, his point wasn't that aiming for 4th was wrong. His point was we weren't good enough to be 4th.
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TBF, his point wasn't that aiming for 4th was wrong. His point was we weren't good enough to be 4th.
There was definitely some disdain in the ‘everyone in the club talks about fourth’ bit.
Ange in
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Levy out
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People finally wising up it seems.
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Levy out
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People finally wising up it seems.
He fucked up at Spurs, called Vertonghen out as not being able to sort his feet out and didn’t pick him . Then got the tin tack from Villa , was even worse at Swindon .He then became a pundit and managed to call a penalty instead of a free kick because he mixed up which team was attacking which goal.
He seemed to dislike foreign players with the exception of Adebayor IMHO , it was like having Farage as manager , I think he was a total plank . Clearly trying to shift the blame in my view.
Talk about people trying to rewrite history with this guy
Decent leader as a Captain if I am trying to be fair
Still more fun to watch than AVB though.
But it wasn't in terms of its being a poor goal. It was in context of the fact we'd finished 4th twice in 20+ years, had just finished 5th and were on our way to 6th with a club which couldn't bring the fight and resolve to beat the "big" teams.
People are packing a decade of hindsight into that and misconstruing what he's saying.
We'd just lost to Chelsea 4-0, and fallen 6 points off 4th in March. Chelsea were leaders and 10 points clear with 10 remaining. City were 8 points ahead in 2nd.
I don't think Tim was saying we ought to be focused on the title. He was saying we didn't have the mental toughness to realistically compete for 4th year in and year out and needed to sort the squad out.
I’m afraid anyone who could not see how good a player Jan was is not worth listening to . Especially someone who worked with him daily and still couldn’t see it .
Him not you
Sherwood is a bitter twat and a shite manager with almost zero football knowledge but even a stopped clock is right twice a day. The quiet, timid attitude has been an issue for years.
Just look at this Redknapp era article from 12 years ago:
Right Hush Lane: Redknapp wants to turn timid Tottenham into quiet assassins
Tottenham have held a string of team-meetings at their Chigwell HQ in an effort to save their crumbling season. A run of one win in eight Premier League games has left Spurs' top four hopes hanging in the balance.
‘We have a lot of quiet boys - a very quiet team,' said Redknapp.
'Even William [Gallas] and Ledley [King] are quiet boys. We've not got one who I would say was very vocal in there. Only Michael Dawson, who we lost with injury, is a bit of a leader.’
Sorry I see it as , we just got stuffed 4 nil , don’t blame me . I admit all my views on Sherwood are biased as I genuinely think he is a fool . Nothing will convince me his opinions warrant listening too
He’s actually got worse despite so much experience. He should be getting better.
Haha farage
I dunno. I thought it was a bit double edged. Like, everyone at this Club is obsessed with fourth and we can’t even achieve that anyway sort of deal. Maybe projection.
I don’t either. I do think there was some sort of dig in there at the putting of fourth on a pedestal in general.
Like, we are nowhere near this, and this shouldn’t be the aim anyway. We should aim to win stuff. Not necessarily the title but finishing in fourth place shouldn’t be the aim.
He’s a bit of an idiot. But that rant was still extremely on point.
Stupid people say correct things sometimes.
Agree he was a wanker. He was an embarrassment as one manager. However he said some correct things along with some of our players forgetting about the game before they got on the bus.
The way gerrard carried & got Liverpool over the line I think was from a lot of love & desire for the city. Compare that to ndembele. Terry putting his body on the line for Chelsea every week. You can’t buy that passion & heart. To be successful You need good technical players obviously. But you also need 1 or 2 with a lot of heart & fight when things are falling apart. Kompany really took to Manchester & he was vital in getting them over the line many times. & puyol for Barcelona was a good example too.
I think the other problem with ENIC & levy not striving for success on the pitch. Some Players join us for an easy ride in London on decent money with no pressure to succeed & win things & in lovely facilities. It’s levy & ENICs Tottenham, they don’t do winning. Everyone knows that. It’s just about profit & property portfolios.
You don’t realise how much I want to strike it from the record
& to rub salt in the wounds we get told to thank levy for sacking his bad appointment choice who failed.