Tim Sherwood Confirmed As New Aston Villa Manager

Paully D · 14-02-2015 03:53PM #1

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/31470606

Tim Sherwood has been appointed manager at Aston Villa, signing a contract at the club until summer 2018.

Villa sacked Paul Lambert on Wednesday after a winless run of 10 league games in which they scored just two goals.

Sherwood, 46, replaced Andre Villas-Boas as Tottenham manager in December 2013 but parted company with the club at the end of last season and has been out of work since.

"It is a great honour and I can't wait to get started," said Sherwood.
More to follow.

Thoughts on this one then?

Andersonisgod · 14-02-2015 03:59PM

Delighted. Woeful manager but a gold mine of entertainment, something you couldn't say about Villa on the pitch.

Minjor · 14-02-2015 04:03PM

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Delighted. Woeful manager but a gold mine of entertainment, something you couldn't say about Villa on the pitch.

There's no evidence for that assumption. He certainly didn't disgrace himself at Spurs.

GavRedKing · 14-02-2015 04:06PM

They'll stay up this year but I cant see it ending well for Sherwood or Villa in the long run.

ebbsy · 14-02-2015 04:08PM

They are well on the way to going down now. Experienced man needed.

Tim ain't that man.

Winston Payne · 14-02-2015 04:10PM

Minjor wrote: »

There's no evidence for that assumption.

Yes there is. His game management and tactical set ups are appalling. He's the right kind of manager for this situation however. Villa need a motivator. Let's see if it works.

Hank Scorpio · 14-02-2015 04:11PM

Will deserve credit if he turns it around, Villa have the worst form in the league

death1234567 · 14-02-2015 04:12PM

Disastrous appointment if you're a Villa fan.

NIMAN · 14-02-2015 04:12PM

I still fancy them to be fighting to the final day to stay up.

Bounty Hunter · 14-02-2015 04:13PM

tbh I don't think we know if Sherwood is bad or good yet. His time at Spurs was always going to be short term (at least that was the general consensus at the time) despite what seemed like a long contract being given and he didn't do terribly and in comparison to the how they were doing before he was there it could be argued he did fairly well due to his win percentage etc.

That said I'm not convinced by Sherwood but I as I can't say he is a bad choice I'll be optimistic and get behind him. He is after all a lot more likely in my mind to turn out to be a success than a lot of the others being linked with the job. Villa actually have a better squad than they have for the past few seasons, Lambert just did not have them playing any kind of decent football hopefully that can change under Tim and there is loads of time for him to make an impact despite only having to keep Villa up this season to be considered a success.

pavb2 · 14-02-2015 04:16PM

ebbsy wrote: »

They are well on the way to going down now. Experienced man needed.

Tim ain't that man.

We were going down under Lambert anyway and the accepted opinion is that the squad is good enough for mid table.

He's been called the marmite manager and certainly does divide opinion. I posted this link in the Villa forum if nothing else he'll Inject some badly needed passion and energy in to the team.

Ultimately time will tell.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=foYXM3_yaR4

death1234567 · 14-02-2015 04:19PM

NIMAN wrote: »

I still fancy them to be fighting to the final day to stay up.

Burnley at home on the last day. If Villa can't win that they don't deserve to stay up.

JPA · 14-02-2015 04:19PM

Here's hoping he brings in a few coaches with a bit of tactical nous.

JPA · 14-02-2015 04:20PM

He's pretty much the opposite of Lambert anyway,should liven things up.

klose · 14-02-2015 04:22PM

Well he can't really do any worse than lambert has this season I'd imagine.

rob316 · 14-02-2015 04:34PM

Hope villa have a club gilet. Tim loves a gilet.

NukaCola · 14-02-2015 04:41PM

Villa are proper ****ed at the moment. Big risk appointment when an experienced head was needed.

Lamberts Villa were woeful though so a new manager was needed. Would have stayed clear of Tim Sherwood. Sherwood has done nothing really, was strange to see him linked to so many jobs. Pochettino has Spurs playing and performing much better than Tim ever did.

I'd fear for Villa being honest.

COYVB · 14-02-2015 04:43PM

Happy enough with him tbh. But then anyone would be better than Lambert

HalloweenJack · 14-02-2015 04:51PM

I'm undecided on his ability as a manager, he didn't really get enough time or support or Spurs to be fairly judged, imo.

It'll be interesting to see how it goes but I think one thing's for sure, there's no way he'll see out that contract. One way or another, however things go, I can't see him sticking around for a long time.

Paully D · 14-02-2015 04:52PM

I think Villa will be fine this season.

The new manager bounce will probably be worth a couple of wins and they have some nice games coming up. Stoke (H), Newcastle (A), WBA (H), Sunderland (A), Swansea (H), QPR (H), Everton (H), West Ham (H), Burnley (H) all games they'll fancy taking points from. I'd see Sunderland, QPR, Burnley, Leicester and Hull as much more likely to go down. Then again, if I had to guess I'd have said that Lambert would probably have scraped enough to stay up (in spite of him really, just that their games are relatively kind) but the change may see it being more comfortable.

Difficult to say how the appointment will go overall though. 28 games in a job every man and his dog knew was only going to be until the end of the season is too small a sample size to either say he's good or write him off. At least this role will allow us to make a more definitive judgement but I struggle to see how people can say for sure one way or the other at the moment.

GavRedKing · 14-02-2015 04:55PM

rob316 wrote: »

Hope villa have a club gilet. Tim loves a gilet.

Dont worry, hes sorted

CSF · 14-02-2015 05:06PM

One way or another, he has a 1 year and 3 month short task ahead of him.

The next 3 months will be about keeping Villa in the Premier League obviously.

Even if he manages that, doing the same will be just as difficult the following year.

If Villa go down he's going to be in a position where he has to go up at the first attempt to keep his job.

If Villa start season 16/17 as a Premier League club he's done a good job Imo and long-term planning can begin properly.

Turtyturd · 14-02-2015 05:17PM

Obviously had the job the night before Lambert was sacked when he pulled out of the running for the QPR job.

As has been said he can't be any worse than Lambert, and fans should be able to decipher his post match interviews about why Villa were sh*t.

Don't think he will save them but I won't be too upset at that.

COYVB · 14-02-2015 05:24PM

Saving Villa shouldn't be too difficult tbh. Play players in the right positions, using actual tactics and they'll be fine. The reason they're down there is that Lambert didn't do those things

Brendan Flowers · 14-02-2015 05:34PM

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Delighted. Woeful manager but a gold mine of entertainment, something you couldn't say about Villa on the pitch.

Care to explain your reason for calling him a woeful manager?

14-02-2015 06:26PM

I wonder who'll win the 'become a manager for a game' competition this year?

Too Tough To Die · 14-02-2015 06:33PM

Good appointment. Sherwood has the X factor.

pavb2 · 14-02-2015 07:16PM

Well now I know what a gilet is what's the difference between this and a body warmer

eagle eye · 14-02-2015 07:20PM

By the looks of things he is going into the job with little to no expectation from the fans and media. That is about the best place you can start from.

I fancy he might do ok, he likes attacking football and he will get Villa scoring goals. I think they are good enough defensively that if they are scoring a decent amount they will win a lot of games.

BMMachine · 14-02-2015 07:46PM

so... a friend of mine did this

Agent Coulson · 14-02-2015 08:03PM

Pre and post match interviews will be fun at least.

Tim Sherwood Confirmed As New Aston Villa Manager

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