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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.

Former Tottenham skipper Tim Sherwood has joined the criticism of Glenn Hoddle, reportedly saying the Spurs boss should be sacked if the north London club wants success.

Hoddle came under fire this week over Spurs' decision to release Teddy Sheringham at the end of the season.

And Sherwood, who had four years at White Hart Lane before joining Division One title-winners Portsmouth in January says Hoddle's approach has alienated Spurs players.

"No one at Tottenham would shed a single tear if Glenn Hoddle was sacked tomorrow," Sherwood told The Sun.

"The only way they will bring success back to Tottenham is through a change of manager.

"The dressing room is not together and there is no team spirit. Nobody is busting a gut for the manager.

"The kids have far more respect for guys like Teddy Sheringham, Gus Poyet and Steffen Freund than they do for Hoddle.

"They all turn to the experienced pros for encouragement and advice because the manager won't accept anyone else's point of view and just leaves them all confused.

"The way Hoddle has treated a senior player like Freund is an absolute disgrace. And the decision to release Teddy is entirely down to him.

"When Hoddle was appointed two years ago, there were people at the club who saw him as the God of White Hart Lane. But it certainly hasn't worked out that way.

"You don't need to be a rocket scientist to realise that there is a major problem at the club. And you don't have to be a genius to work out what that problem is."

Hoddle dismissed Sherwood's verbal assault, saying: "I haven't got much to say.

"All I will say on that very, very quickly would be that it's strange that nine months ago he was desperate to stay at this club.

"I was honest enough to let him know that we wouldn't extend his contract.

"As soon as that happened his tune soon changed and has had an axe to grind since then.

"What he probably will not want to let you know is that he was out seven months with a knee injury. He was out from pre-season right through to Christmas.

Hoddle added: "There are a lot of things I could say but as a manager, I won't lower myself to that level."

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.

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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.

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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.

Bought it for £62m.

Put £250mill of his own money into the club, and took nothing out except that one-off management fee.

So spent £300mill in total.

Trying to sell it for £150mill, making a loss of £150mill on his investment.

and still can't find a buyer...

i find it weird when people think he'll make a profit from selling or he's taking money out of the club.

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.

Do we have a better squad than West Ham? Do we have more money to spend? If not, why would he come here when he's having a very good season and will finish significantly higher in the table? What can we offer him that West Ham don't?

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.

Do we have a better squad than West Ham? Do we have more money to spend? If not, why would he come here when he's having a very good season and will finish significantly higher in the table? What can we offer him that West Ham don't?

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.

Do we have a better squad than West Ham? Do we have more money to spend? If not, why would he come here when he's having a very good season and will finish significantly higher in the table? What can we offer him that West Ham don't?

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.

 

Danny Mills telling it like it is.

 

"Westwood, Sanchez and Cleverley are just average players that mill around the middle of the pitch"

 

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.

This is worse than McLeish.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

Lambert needs to either beg Lerner for cash on the phone , or walk away .

 

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). 

https://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos_h264high/6BD7A133A91168272006022582272_SW_WEBM_1421511979551be23cb15cf.mp4?versionId=BTTEZXn6tqiQGXeHQ7DKNSeekLZAWpcm

 

You cannot afford to miss chances like that

 

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?

What's the fuss about Dembele? I've seen a fair few times and he's ok but Spurs fans I know, when I mentioned, laughed and said they'd pay us to take him, they feel he's one of their weakest midfielders

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.

Its spelt Stephen.

But then he'd be Stepho985.

That is just a clever ploy to knock everyone off the scent.

So what is he then?.......an attacking midfielder, a defensive midfielder, or what?

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.

Lambert is gonna have to change back to hoof. This possession football is awful!

The hoofing was just as bad.