A game of two halves, a saying no more prominent than depicted on Saturday evening. Tim Sherwood's troops looked to be holding Chelsea to a creditable 0-0 draw at Stamford Bridge at half time, however the second half opened the flood gates and calamity james seemed to strike on 4 occasions to burst Tim's bubble. The half was an amalgamation of mistakes, bad luck and poor decision's by both players and referee.
Yet Sherwood seemed to claim the deciding factor was a distinct lack of character within the Spurs ranks and indicated that a change in attitude and personnel was required sooner rather than later. The same spurs side that Sherwood has been using for the past few months and praising their mentality when they win, were suddenly chastised for capitulating against the Blues.
The media has spoke of Sherwood's post match interview as an outburst, which rather exaggerates what was just a manager stating his belief that his side had let themselves down. Sherwood stating Tottenham aren't likely to finish top four this year is no different than every pundit and fan has been saying for months. However the interesting aspect of Sherwood's comments has come with many sections of the media leaping to his defence and reiterating the sentiment that a young English coach should be stuck by and given time. Whilst there is some gravtias to this viewpoint, Tim has only been in charge for 17 games, which hardly allows an individual to implement his style on a side, it doesn't detract from the fact that the same pressure is thrust upon foreign managers in the league. Pepe Mel at West Brom is already being spoke of in the unemployment queue after 8 games, Felix Magath is being questioned on his decisions after only 3 games. The hyperbolic nature of the Premier League brings out thise pressure on a regular occasion, however why should an English manager be exempt from such a situation?
Yet Sherwood seemed to claim the deciding factor was a distinct lack of character within the Spurs ranks and indicated that a change in attitude and personnel was required sooner rather than later. The same spurs side that Sherwood has been using for the past few months and praising their mentality when they win, were suddenly chastised for capitulating against the Blues.
The media has spoke of Sherwood's post match interview as an outburst, which rather exaggerates what was just a manager stating his belief that his side had let themselves down. Sherwood stating Tottenham aren't likely to finish top four this year is no different than every pundit and fan has been saying for months. However the interesting aspect of Sherwood's comments has come with many sections of the media leaping to his defence and reiterating the sentiment that a young English coach should be stuck by and given time. Whilst there is some gravtias to this viewpoint, Tim has only been in charge for 17 games, which hardly allows an individual to implement his style on a side, it doesn't detract from the fact that the same pressure is thrust upon foreign managers in the league. Pepe Mel at West Brom is already being spoke of in the unemployment queue after 8 games, Felix Magath is being questioned on his decisions after only 3 games. The hyperbolic nature of the Premier League brings out thise pressure on a regular occasion, however why should an English manager be exempt from such a situation?