11 games Pochettino vs Sherwood
Far too many people like to make excuses, excuses are for the weak minded, they are not for winners. If you have a winning mentality you don't make excuses, you don't look to blame anyone else, you take responsibility for your own actions and their results.
The players are adapting to a new system, well they were under Tim Sherwood so there is an immediate comparison we can make with Mauricio Pochettino. These are not Pochettino's players, well 6 are they were bought during his first window, Sherwood wasn't allowed to bring any players in so none were his players, again an immediate comparison can be made.
Now don't get me wrong I'm not clamouring for the return of Sherwood or the sacking of Pochettino. Fans may not have liked the way he said things but what he was saying towards the end of last season was spot on, as is being proven now. Pretending there are not problems will not make the problems go away but as the players can't even see the major problem they have then there is no hope of it being cured while they remain at the club.
Tim Sherwood was charged with scoring more goals and entertaining the crowd more, which by and large he achieved. To improve sometimes you have to take a step backwards before moving forwards and we have certainly taken at least one step backwards.
The season is now 11 Premier League games old, over a quarter of the way through, both managers have had to contend with UEFA Europa League ties, albeit Sherwood having to cope with tougher ties in later rounds so each have had Premier League disturbances. All in all conditions are very similar for the pair.
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P11 W4 D2 L5 F14 A16 PTS 14 - Win Percentage 36.36%
Tim Sherwood
P11 W7 D2 L2 F21 A12 PTS 23 - Win Percentage 71.10%
After 11 games under very similar conditions a huge 9 points difference. Spurs currently sit 12th, Sherwood's points tally would have us sitting 3rd above Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, Everton with only Chelsea and Southampton above us.
WBA (h) DRAW 1-1
Stoke City (h) WON 3-0
Man Utd (a) WON 2-1
Crystal Palace (h) WON 2-0
Swansea (a) WON 3-1
Man City (h) LOST 5-1
Hull City (a) DRAW 1-1
Everton (h) WON 1-0
Newcastle United (a) WON 4-0
Norwich City (a) LOST 1-0
QPR (h) WON 4-0
Liverpool (h) LOST 0-3
Sunderland (a) DRAW 2-2
WBA (h) LOST 0-1
Arsenal (a) DRAW 1-1
Southampton (h) WON 1-0
Man City (a) LOST 4-1
Newcastle United (h) LOST 1-2
Aston Villa (a) WON 2-1
Stoke City (h) LOST 1-2
Record against the same sides - Sherwood vs Pochettino
Southampton (a) WON 2-3 vs (h) WON 1-0
WBA (h) DREW 1-1 vs (h) LOST 0-1
Stoke City (h) WON 3-0 vs (h) LOST 1-2
Man City (h) LOST 5-1 vs (a) LOST 4-1
Newcastle United (a) WON 0-4 vs (h) LOST 1-2
Tim Sherwood
P5 W3 D1 L1 F12 A8 PTS 10
Mauricio Pochettino
P5 W1 D0 L4 F4 A9 PTS 3
Whichever way you look at it Pochetino should be doing better with what he has. Tim Sherwood's results show us what Mauricio Pochettino should be producing. The worrying trend is that Fazio was sent off against Manchester City, Ryan Mason should have been sent off against Aston Villa and Kyle Naughton was sent off against Stoke City.
That rather shows desperation and that comes about because the side is feeling the pressure. When that happens we unfortunately turn into a team of individuals and team work goes out the window. Regularly you will see Younes Kaboul on the right wing which just throws everything out. You applaud his attitude that he wants to do something about the situation but there is a right way and a wrong way, turning up on the right wing is the wrong way.
I read in the comments from this mornings article that we are too good to go down and will finish safely in mid table. I got lambasted for suggesting that was where we will finish a couple of weeks ago when I could see we were no better than a mid table team but last season 13 teams were involved in a relegation battle for a good portion of the season, make no mistake we are already in one.
That may sound pessimistic but if a side doesn't create chances it can't score goals and if it can't score goals it's a relegation candidate. We are hopeless at home, we create nothing, we hardly troubled Asmir Begovic in the Stoke goal and we were so open a side with 5 losses on the trot with no goals was tearing us apart.
The next few games are very serious indeed, Hull City (a), tough, Everton (h) second favourites, Chelsea (a) very strong second favourites. How many points are we going to pick up from those games? 1,3,4, 6 looks unlikely. Where will we be then in the table?
We are staring a relegation battle square in the face. We had better react to that now.
The players are adapting to a new system, well they were under Tim Sherwood so there is an immediate comparison we can make with Mauricio Pochettino. These are not Pochettino's players, well 6 are they were bought during his first window, Sherwood wasn't allowed to bring any players in so none were his players, again an immediate comparison can be made.
Now don't get me wrong I'm not clamouring for the return of Sherwood or the sacking of Pochettino. Fans may not have liked the way he said things but what he was saying towards the end of last season was spot on, as is being proven now. Pretending there are not problems will not make the problems go away but as the players can't even see the major problem they have then there is no hope of it being cured while they remain at the club.
Tim Sherwood was charged with scoring more goals and entertaining the crowd more, which by and large he achieved. To improve sometimes you have to take a step backwards before moving forwards and we have certainly taken at least one step backwards.
The season is now 11 Premier League games old, over a quarter of the way through, both managers have had to contend with UEFA Europa League ties, albeit Sherwood having to cope with tougher ties in later rounds so each have had Premier League disturbances. All in all conditions are very similar for the pair.
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Mauricio Pochettino vs Tim Sherwood
Mauricio PochettinoP11 W4 D2 L5 F14 A16 PTS 14 - Win Percentage 36.36%
Tim Sherwood
P11 W7 D2 L2 F21 A12 PTS 23 - Win Percentage 71.10%
After 11 games under very similar conditions a huge 9 points difference. Spurs currently sit 12th, Sherwood's points tally would have us sitting 3rd above Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, Everton with only Chelsea and Southampton above us.
Sherwood Premier League Results
Southampton (a) WON 3-2WBA (h) DRAW 1-1
Stoke City (h) WON 3-0
Man Utd (a) WON 2-1
Crystal Palace (h) WON 2-0
Swansea (a) WON 3-1
Man City (h) LOST 5-1
Hull City (a) DRAW 1-1
Everton (h) WON 1-0
Newcastle United (a) WON 4-0
Norwich City (a) LOST 1-0
Pochettino Premier League Results
West Ham United (a) WON 0-1QPR (h) WON 4-0
Liverpool (h) LOST 0-3
Sunderland (a) DRAW 2-2
WBA (h) LOST 0-1
Arsenal (a) DRAW 1-1
Southampton (h) WON 1-0
Man City (a) LOST 4-1
Newcastle United (h) LOST 1-2
Aston Villa (a) WON 2-1
Stoke City (h) LOST 1-2
Record against the same sides - Sherwood vs Pochettino
Southampton (a) WON 2-3 vs (h) WON 1-0
WBA (h) DREW 1-1 vs (h) LOST 0-1
Stoke City (h) WON 3-0 vs (h) LOST 1-2
Man City (h) LOST 5-1 vs (a) LOST 4-1
Newcastle United (a) WON 0-4 vs (h) LOST 1-2
Tim Sherwood
P5 W3 D1 L1 F12 A8 PTS 10
Mauricio Pochettino
P5 W1 D0 L4 F4 A9 PTS 3
Whichever way you look at it Pochetino should be doing better with what he has. Tim Sherwood's results show us what Mauricio Pochettino should be producing. The worrying trend is that Fazio was sent off against Manchester City, Ryan Mason should have been sent off against Aston Villa and Kyle Naughton was sent off against Stoke City.
That rather shows desperation and that comes about because the side is feeling the pressure. When that happens we unfortunately turn into a team of individuals and team work goes out the window. Regularly you will see Younes Kaboul on the right wing which just throws everything out. You applaud his attitude that he wants to do something about the situation but there is a right way and a wrong way, turning up on the right wing is the wrong way.
I read in the comments from this mornings article that we are too good to go down and will finish safely in mid table. I got lambasted for suggesting that was where we will finish a couple of weeks ago when I could see we were no better than a mid table team but last season 13 teams were involved in a relegation battle for a good portion of the season, make no mistake we are already in one.
That may sound pessimistic but if a side doesn't create chances it can't score goals and if it can't score goals it's a relegation candidate. We are hopeless at home, we create nothing, we hardly troubled Asmir Begovic in the Stoke goal and we were so open a side with 5 losses on the trot with no goals was tearing us apart.
The next few games are very serious indeed, Hull City (a), tough, Everton (h) second favourites, Chelsea (a) very strong second favourites. How many points are we going to pick up from those games? 1,3,4, 6 looks unlikely. Where will we be then in the table?
We are staring a relegation battle square in the face. We had better react to that now.
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