What makes Sherwood a clown?

Liverpool beat Tottenham 4-0 at Anfield last March. They'd already beaten them 5-0 at WHL in AVB's last match. After the 4-0, Sherwood was interviewed by Sky:

Interviewer: "You were an onlooker the day Liverpool won 5-0 at White Hart Lane. What have you learned from watching that back?"

Sherwood: "I haven't watched it back, to be honest - I'm too scared to. It's not about watching it back, it's in the past."

That's the manager of a club supposedly trying to get into the Champions League publicly admitting that he'd not even bothered watching the 5-0 humiliation of his side by a rival club. And as he'd not even bothered watching it, how did he prepare his players for the game? What were his instructions? "Never mind the league leaders - let them worry about us"?

The guy's such a clown, he thinks tactics are irrelevant, and planning is irrelevant. He doesn't believe in long term plans and has publicly stated so. And gimmicks like putting a fan in the dugout for half an hour or whatever it was are all part of the same thing: he knows the English football media like "characters", "cheeky chappies" and so on, so he plays up to it, and suckers them and alarming numbers of others.

He's all about himself. Not his players, not his club; himself. Selfish arsehole as a player, selfish arsehole as a manager too - with added lack of intelligence or tactical understanding thrown in for good measure.

Posted By: thebigfeller on January 6th 2015 at 22:44:23

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What makes Sherwood a clown? (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 6, 22:44:23
- The doors of his car come off in you had when you open them and he has a big red nose (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Jan 6, 22:50:47
  - And don't ever sniff the flower he's wearing in his lapel (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Jan 6, 22:52:58
    - His press conferences would be brilliant (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Jan 6, 22:56:44
- ideal candidate for our board then (n/m) (NCFC) - thirsty work, Jan 6, 22:49:49
- Oh come on...some top managers (he's not one) make some daft quotes (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Jan 6, 22:49:33
  - That's not a 'daft quote'. It's an insight into his modus operandi (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 6, 22:53:12
    - has be slept with your girlfriend/boyfriend/wife ? (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, Jan 6, 22:55:34
      - No. I don't want this clown as manager of my football club. I want my football club to (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 6, 22:58:23
        
        Yes it is but you know and I know that we don't know who will or won't be any good (NCFC) - Men without hats, Jan 6, 23:03:08
        
        To be fair in all honeste I have no clue anymore. I didn't rate Lambert when I heard where (NCFC) - Men without hats, Jan 6, 23:11:29
        
        Fair comment. (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Jan 6, 23:05:26
- He drives one of those funny little cars with doors that suddenly blow off. (NCFC) - South stand corner, Jan 6, 22:48:44
- vmt (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jan 6, 22:48:28
- would be amazed if we hired him tbf (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 6, 22:46:46
  - Don't be fair scc be really fuckin unfair (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, Jan 6, 23:12:52
- you are convincing me now I must say (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 6, 22:45:57
  - lol (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 6, 22:46:58

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