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The problem is that, although a couple of people have tossed out some rather far-fetched theories, some of you who agree with Sherwood's decision to leave him out are acting as though everyone who expressed puzzlement by his being dropped from the squad are making "ridiculous digs...while the team are doing well." They aren't. And the questioning started before the team were doing well. Newcastle. Swansea. Baggies until Foster's moment of madness, to some extent. And people have jumped on that. As the team have started winning there's obviously little reason to question Sherwood sticking with the players delivering the wins as long as none of them consistently deliver poor performances. But that doesn't mean the original decision to suddenly drop Gil completely out of the game day squad should be immune to scrutiny without the questioners being accused of making "ridiculous digs" I think its fine to question the manages decisions when you dont agree with them. In my view the reason Gil doesnt get picked is possibly due to what sherwood sees in training in terms of effort and others providing a better balance for the team. If there was no signs of improvement then it would make sense that sherwood's decision was wrong. But obviously with the results and performances getting so so much better without Gil and with Grealish/Nzog , Sherwood seems to have made the right decisions. Long may this continue.

Im 111% sure that you arent 110% serious. While Gil was good early on, the players who've replaced him like nzog and grealish have provided a lot more balance. Surely we cant complain about reaching an FA Cup Final, beating w.brom twice and spurs and liverpool back to back and Benteke scoring like hes the best striker in the league.

I don't think they were that bad - they seemed to coincide with Liverpool stepping up a gear but I think that was more down to them than us. It's easy to forget that there's another team sometimes. But still it should be quite difficult to forget that the opposition was Liverpool who arent really as bad as we made them look for the most of that semi.

New TV deal should help pay for a better contract for Benteke. Not too much but surely a little bit from the upcoming 99m can be spent on contracts? And Id hope we get more than 99m as that goes to the bottom team. Heres a bit from a BBC article. What does this deal mean for Premier League clubs? It is great news. This incredible sum of money means the club that finishes bottom of the Premier League in the 2016-17 season will pocket £99m. The champions will earn more than £150m in prize money and that is before additional fees are paid to clubs who stage more TV matches than others. In the past, there have been increased TV deals spent on better players, bigger transfer fees and higher wages. That is likely to happen again, at least to some extent, and may even help England's best clubs bridge the gap to the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona in the Champions League. It also means that all 20 Premier League clubs could break into the top 30 richest clubs in the world - currently they all occupy a place in the top 40. Burnley are richer than Ajax.

Nope none of that seemed remotely possible and not just because Lambert didnt have it in him or anything like that. Not many managers, including ones better than lambert would have managed to do what Sherwood has done here. Long may it continue. So glad Sherwood is the manager instead of Lambert or Pulis or Pochetino.

Been lingering on the forum for a while. Thought Id say hi instead of just watching mainly coz im so excited after beating the spuds.