"Sherwood claimed on several occasions that if he'd been in charge all season his record would have got us into the top 4 and CL qualification. That was his biggest lie...it would have got us 72 points...just 3 points more than we ended up with which would have made us joint 5th with everton. In 4th were arsenal with 79 points." To be a bit more objective, if he had beat the Goons, then he would have needed 76 pts. So that would have meant an extra 4 pts and an extra 20+ goals in the net. The latter would have been a big ask as his goals against rate was worse than AVBs' that season. "sherwoods premier league points per game record over his 22 game reign was 1.90" As lennypop so succinctly put it : Timmys' PL stats are statistically insignificant.
"The problem with that policy is that, sometimes, young players need an experienced hand to guide them." Agreed. We need a couple of old hands to guide the kids and provide the on-pitch morale when their heads start to drop.
