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http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/fabian-delph-aston-villa-players-8648478 Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet. Delph hinting that the players maybe weren't giving it 100%, shocking if true. *On my phone and not sure how to do short links.

Spurs were humiliated at Anfield last weekend as the Barclays Premier League title challengers ran out comprehensive 4-0 victors. The Reds were ahead inside two minutes due to a Younès Kaboul own goal, and Luis Suárez put them further ahead before half-time, when Hoddle claimed his former side looked beaten before they took to the field. Chelsea’s Diego Costa: ‘Football is my life. I’ve been through a lot to get here’ Read more The former Spurs boss, speaking during Sky Sports' live coverage, said the players "were too relaxed, too flimsy" and headed to the north-west "with no steel" – comments that clearly got under the skin of Sherwood. "I don't know what he said – Glenn's got a lot of opinion and he's also got a lot of opinion about Tottenham, and he's entitled to that," the Spurs head coach said of the man he played under between 2001 and 2003. "It's been a long time since Glenn Hoddle's managed a football team, and the game has moved on quite significantly. "I'm not saying that it's anything to do with whether the body language is correct or not, but that wouldn't have been brought up if we had gone out and won the game. "I think you can look at history at some teams who played very well from the outset, probably won the game very easily, and some of them might have been leaning on the walls and doing that, but it never would have been brought up. "I've been a pundit myself. It's easy to look for something when you've got nothing else to talk about, other than to be critical of your ex-side." The pair's relationship has been strained since Sherwood's playing days, when Hoddle moved on the former Spurs captain to Portsmouth in January 2003. Advertisement That summer, with the pressure mounting on the former England boss, Sherwood said that no one would "shed a single tear" if he was sacked and that getting rid of him was "the only way they will bring success back". Tottenham eventually parted company with Hoddle in September 2003 and, despite only having an ill-fated spell at Wolves since then, he has been keen for a return to management. Hoddle last month claimed he came close to returning as manager following André Villas-Boas' sacking, only for Sherwood to be handed the gig on an 18-month deal. However, speculation is mounting that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy could soon be replacing the former midfielder, with Louis van Gaal, Mauricio Pochettino and Frank de Boer all linked with the job. "I know the media have got a job to do and the speculation is not going to end when you have other managers and national managers touting for your job," Sherwood said. "They are the ones who are fuelling it. "It is par for the course when you are managing a big club like Tottenham. I have got big enough shoulders – what I am supposed to do?" Rather than fretting about the future, Sherwood's only concern is getting positive results between now and the end of the season. Embattled Sunderland arrive at White Hart Lane on Monday, when Emmanuel Adebayor is in line for a return from three weeks out with a hamstring problem and gash on his heel. "There's a chance he could start," Sherwood said. "He's done a week's training so he's got enough time under his belt. "He won't be 100 per cent but he's quite good at 70 per cent. "You're obviously going to miss a player of his quality but he's looked good. We're happy with what he's produced this week." Fellow striker Roberto Soldado will miss the clash with Sunderland after being carried off at Anfield. Jan Vertonghen is also absent after sustaining an injury at Liverpool, although Vlad Chiriches and Paulinho are back in contention. Who gives a sh*t..hes our manager now onwards and upwards that was to end any speculation Hoddle is coming as assistant They may have kissed and made up in the last decade...

Signed, but the amount of people who moan on here about the non-playing staff costs every year the accounts come out would say otherwise there is a few on here who won't.

He bought the club for more than the original sum. That was just for Ellis's share of the club. It cost around £110-£120m in total. He will get that back when he sells the club. On top of that, he would have spent around £14m on Bodymoor Heath and even with that, I am sure I recall Ellis leaving money in the pot to cover some of that work. He's rebuilt the Holte Pub and done other ground work. £100m net spend on players. So, overall, you could argue that bare spend is around say £250m. In his 8 years Villa would have had turnover of around £600m. Now, is someone going to tell me that all our turnover went on wages and outlays? If so, that means we will never earn a profit, surely? Not whilst being a mid-table team at best. If it's the case, how did Ellis manage to take money out of the club, build 3 new stands and, manage to still buy players and leave the club without any debt? The £60m was for the whole club wasn't it? The net spend on players has nothing to do with what he has put in. At one stage he was putting in £20/30/40m a season just to cover running costs because he'd allowed the wages to get so out of hand.

Job security past the summer. But that all depends on what discussions he has had with the West Ham board. Because coming to a club that could have a new owner in the summer offers him greater job security? West Ham are about to take off with a free new stadium and the new TV deal, we are a long way off that kind of opportunity for a manager. We need a manager who can lay the foundations for that sort of success by avoiding relegation and having a good summer transfer market and preseason so we are well away from the bottom 3 this time next year. A manager wanting trophies will not come now, with the club effectively being for sale and the money available to invest we become an even less attractive proposition, He isn't guaranteed to be there past the summer. His contract runs out and no talk of another and it doesn't look like we will have a new owner any time soon. He isn't guaranteed past the summer if he comes here and signs a 5 year deal either. Randy could sell in June, regardless of the other considerations. I agree. But as i said before if he knows from talks with the board there that he isn't getting a new contract. Getting a big contract here offers more security despite any potential takeover. It's all pie in the sky thinking anyway as West Ham would be crazy not to offer him a new deal with what he has done there.

Job security past the summer. But that all depends on what discussions he has had with the West Ham board. Because coming to a club that could have a new owner in the summer offers him greater job security? West Ham are about to take off with a free new stadium and the new TV deal, we are a long way off that kind of opportunity for a manager. We need a manager who can lay the foundations for that sort of success by avoiding relegation and having a good summer transfer market and preseason so we are well away from the bottom 3 this time next year. A manager wanting trophies will not come now, with the club effectively being for sale and the money available to invest we become an even less attractive proposition, He isn't guaranteed to be there past the summer. His contract runs out and no talk of another and it doesn't look like we will have a new owner any time soon.

Job security past the summer. But that all depends on what discussions he has had with the West Ham board.

Well we haven't made a profit since he joined and i believe he took out one management fee of £10m, plus a few small interest payments in the first few years. But if you look around you can find the accounts online and check yourself.

Westwood gets MOTM for getting a shot on target! Everyone was shocking! Sooner Lambert goes the better we are just going ever backwards.

Westwood gets MOTM for getting a shot on target! Everyone was shocking! Sooner Lambert goes the better we are just going ever backwards.

Brilliant punditry - £10m midfield made to look average by £150m midfield They look average in every game, not just today.

Only four and a half years. Lener and Fox are useless, what are they playing at with these contracts.

We'll get steadily worse under each successive manager unless there's investment. The one thing we've got going for us is Lambert's eye for a good transfer deal. total myth. How many players has he signed and how many have improved the club. Glad you asked that: Guzan Vlaar Senderos Okore Cissokho Sanchez Gil Benteke Plus a lot of squad players who cost very little money and can do a job, e.g. Westwood, Bacuna, Lowton, Kozak It may be that Lambert could use the advice of a good, experienced assistant manager when it comes to formations and tactics, but his improvement to the squad on the budget he's had is actually heroic. It can't be that much of an improvement if we are worse off.

He never pushed on when challenging between top 4-6 places let alone the bottom 4-6 Yes he did. He spent an absolute shit ton of money on Martin O'Neill's dross. Read it again! I have. I still don't get it. When we were pushing for the top 4 he spent a lot of money on absolute shit. He backed O'Neill, backed Houllier, backed McLeish to an extent. He only really pulled the plug on spending that kind of money when Lambert came in (cue Lambert's only remaining defence). If you create enough, yes you can. https://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos_h264high/1679416CAC1168270119852494848_SW_WEBM_142151150616950008cf888.mp4?versionId=c.tLS3lg.UKx8RLZFB5vYcmL4Y2.iTRZ How shocking was Benteke's attempt to control the ball before it found it's way to baker though?

Game,Set,Match.

What is one of them?

I think the technical term is the reo-coker syndrome.

Game over.

We defenitley someone in the Merse mould. But if we are going to stick with this new possession football philosophy, you need someone in there like Westwood who can keep and recycle possession efficiently.

But then he'd be Stepho985. That is just a clever ploy to knock everyone off the scent.

A midfielder?

Its spelt Stephen.

Father Christmas wasn't real. But I agree with the rest.

Only way we would get anywhere near £million for him was if he had more than 6 months left. Take whatever they will give us for him, better than him leaving for **** all in the summer, we can get by without him now.

The hoofing was just as bad.