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Goat wrote:

soundguy wrote:How about Steve Harmison? Currently on an eight game winning run since taking over at Ashington AFC! He'd be a cheap option for Ashley and Carver has already been quoted as saying he'd be welcome at st James to talk tactics.

A manager from the 9th level of english football is nowhere near ready to manage a premier league club yet.

I think it was a joke.

Toondes wrote:

Goat wrote:
A manager from the 9th level of english football is nowhere near ready to manage a premier league club yet.

I think it was a joke.

I'm not even sure to be honest.

Would anyone take Sherwood as manager if he was hypothetically available?

I have to say that I had my doubts about him but now I'm getting more impressed. He has the same win percentage as Pochettino does at Spurs and looked to have kept Villa up with a surprising up-turn in form.

I don't think you can pick anyone from the 'had good half seasons at other clubs' crew without it being a gamble, Sherwood's done nothing for me to show he's better than Pardew.

Colly wrote:I don't think you can pick anyone from the 'had good half seasons at other clubs' crew without it being a gamble, Sherwood's done nothing for me to show he's better than Pardew.

I suppose the question I'm trying to ask is what people's views would be if we did hypothetically hire him. Hate it? Don't mind? Like it?

Goat wrote:

Colly wrote:I don't think you can pick anyone from the 'had good half seasons at other clubs' crew without it being a gamble, Sherwood's done nothing for me to show he's better than Pardew.

I suppose the question I'm trying to ask is what people's views would be if we did hypothetically hire him. Hate it? Don't mind? Like it?

I'd rather wait and see how he does at a one club over a period of a few years. He had half a season at most at Spurs which isn't enough time to properly judge him and he's had even less time at Villa. If he keeps Villa up he should get another season there and that will be the one to judge him on, when he's a manager of a club from the start to the end of a full season. We'll see more of his ideas, tactics, signings etc rather than just putting his spin on the tactical set up and players he's inherited.

If we went five months managerless to appoint Sherwood I'd be less than impressed.

Goat wrote:Would anyone take Sherwood as manager if he was hypothetically available?

I have to say that I had my doubts about him but now I'm getting more impressed. He has the same win percentage as Pochettino does at Spurs and looked to have kept Villa up with a surprising up-turn in form.

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Next up you'll be advocating Pards return as he's hit some form.

Toondes wrote:

Goat wrote:[quotedote="soundguy"]How about Steve Harmison? Currently on an eight game winning run since taking over at Ashingron AFC! He'd be a cheap option for Ashley and Carver has already been quoted as saying he'd be welcome at st James to talk tactics.

A manager from the 9th level of english football is nowhere near ready to manage a premier league club yet.

I think it was a joke.[/quote]
It was a joke, but Carver doesn't look that more capable of a manager than a ninth tier one. And with two Ashes wins Harmison has more experience of being in a winning team than Newcastle at present.

Holystone... wrote:

Goat wrote:Would anyone take Sherwood as manager if he was hypothetically available?

I have to say that I had my doubts about him but now I'm getting more impressed. He has the same win percentage as Pochettino does at Spurs and looked to have kept Villa up with a surprising up-turn in form.

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Next up you'll be advocating Pards return as he's hit some form.

Since when is a question advocating something? All I said was that I'm more impressed with Sherwood lately and asked people what their opinions would be if we did appoint him.

Read it properly.

Goat wrote:Would anyone take Sherwood as manager if he was hypothetically available?

I have to say that I had my doubts about him but now I'm getting more impressed. He has the same win percentage as Pochettino does at Spurs and looked to have kept Villa up with a surprising up-turn in form.

Surprised at how well he's doing. nice to see a young English manager doing well. Still think he's a t** though.

Did Sherwod say that he wouldn't come here or am I making that up?

He said that a good few weeks into the "search", when it was presumed that he'd already been rejected or not considered.

Ah ok.

Goat wrote:

Holystone... wrote: ..
Next up you'll be advocating Pards return as he's hit some form.

Since when is a question advocating something? All I said was that I'm more impressed with Sherwood lately and asked people what their opinions would be if we did appoint him.

Read it properly.

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I did read it. I can't help you having a humour bypass.

Beatski wrote:

Goat wrote:Would anyone take Sherwood as manager if he was hypothetically available?

I have to say that I had my doubts about him but now I'm getting more impressed. He has the same win percentage as Pochettino does at Spurs and looked to have kept Villa up with a surprising up-turn in form.

Surprised at how well he's doing. nice to see a young English manager doing well. Still think he's a t** though.

I'm surprised as well. It's one thing to do half a good season somewhere, but the real test is moving to a different club and doing well there. So far at least, he's managed to do that.

Goat wrote:

Beatski wrote:
Surprised at how well he's doing. nice to see a young English manager doing well. Still think he's a t** though.

I'm surprised as well. It's one thing to do half a good season somewhere, but the real test is moving to a different club and doing well there. So far at least, he's managed to do that.

interesting to see whether he will he maintain it or whether he will follow a pardew trajectory

Maybe the answer is to give newbies 6 month contracts. Best of all worlds then .

I've always thought Sherwood was decent, even prior to Villas performances.

He certainly is considerable better than Carver is and that is without question. I would have him here, probably him over McClaren

Holystone... wrote:

Goat wrote:
Since when is a question advocating something? All I said was that I'm more impressed with Sherwood lately and asked people what their opinions would be if we did appoint him.

Read it properly.

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I did read it. I can't help you having a humour bypass.

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