After getting the Tottenham job on a permanent basis till the end of the next season, onus is on the former Premier League winner to change the club’s fortunes.
On Sunday, the then Tottenham Hotspur caretaking manager Tim Sherwood picked up an attacking side to lock horns with Premier League’s highflyers Southampton.
The Englishman’s squad selection for this game signalled his desire to have a team that deals with goals as long as he is in charge. Indeed, after winning the highly entertaining encounter 3-2, Spurs ship has stabilised for the time being.
A few days later, Levy chose to make Sherwood the head coach of the team till the end of the next campaign which shows the confidence he commands from the Spurs’ board. One also has to admit that Levy had run out of options to replace Andre Villas-Boas and never really had any one lined up to replace the Portuguese even before he was sacked. All the touted managers chose not to join a club with a president ready to wield the axe at his convenience.
Names such as Mauricio Pochetinno, Carlos Queiroz, Michael Laudrup and Frank De Boer were cited in many newspapers but for these managers, the option to take the Spurs job is as risky as taking a sip from a poisoned chalice.
He might not have been the most glamorous of options out there but there is something about Sherwood that says that he has it in him to defy Levy while also get his approval.
It is always the little things you do that make you a manager worth keeping. And with the way he has seemingly turned things around for a club that was simply sinking gives an idea about how things will look like by the end of the campaign.
The decision to switch to a 4-4-2 formation got many people’s approval and shows that Sherwood is keen on using the team’s midfield talent to full use. Indeed, having some of the finest midfielders in the country should be a boon for Sherwood and the club as a whole. What AVB failed to do during his stay at White Hart Lane, the new man in charge has already started avoiding which will hold him in good stead in front of his president and the media.
With the game at home to West Bromwich Albion looming large, Sherwood knows that there is still quite a lot of work to be done. Defence has been the club’s problem and the case was quite evident at Saint Mary’s. The five goals they conceded against Liverpool at home could have been avoided and West Brom, regardless of their own managerial issues, will be eager to expose them.
After finally getting a job he had always wanted a few days before Christmas, Tim Sherwood will be out to defy his critics once again when he plays his first Premier League home game as a manager against a side that drew 1-1 at White Hart Lane last season.
The Englishman’s squad selection for this game signalled his desire to have a team that deals with goals as long as he is in charge. Indeed, after winning the highly entertaining encounter 3-2, Spurs ship has stabilised for the time being.
A few days later, Levy chose to make Sherwood the head coach of the team till the end of the next campaign which shows the confidence he commands from the Spurs’ board. One also has to admit that Levy had run out of options to replace Andre Villas-Boas and never really had any one lined up to replace the Portuguese even before he was sacked. All the touted managers chose not to join a club with a president ready to wield the axe at his convenience.
Names such as Mauricio Pochetinno, Carlos Queiroz, Michael Laudrup and Frank De Boer were cited in many newspapers but for these managers, the option to take the Spurs job is as risky as taking a sip from a poisoned chalice.
He might not have been the most glamorous of options out there but there is something about Sherwood that says that he has it in him to defy Levy while also get his approval.
It is always the little things you do that make you a manager worth keeping. And with the way he has seemingly turned things around for a club that was simply sinking gives an idea about how things will look like by the end of the campaign.
The decision to switch to a 4-4-2 formation got many people’s approval and shows that Sherwood is keen on using the team’s midfield talent to full use. Indeed, having some of the finest midfielders in the country should be a boon for Sherwood and the club as a whole. What AVB failed to do during his stay at White Hart Lane, the new man in charge has already started avoiding which will hold him in good stead in front of his president and the media.
With the game at home to West Bromwich Albion looming large, Sherwood knows that there is still quite a lot of work to be done. Defence has been the club’s problem and the case was quite evident at Saint Mary’s. The five goals they conceded against Liverpool at home could have been avoided and West Brom, regardless of their own managerial issues, will be eager to expose them.
After finally getting a job he had always wanted a few days before Christmas, Tim Sherwood will be out to defy his critics once again when he plays his first Premier League home game as a manager against a side that drew 1-1 at White Hart Lane last season.
