Michael Lintorn provides four reasons to lay Tim Sherwood, the odds-on favourite for the QPR job... Tim Sherwood emerged as the favourite to succeed Harry Redknapp at QPR the second that the Betfair Next Manager market went live. A staggering £18,269 of the first £18,763 staked on the market was on the former Tottenham boss, with the highest odds snared being 2.1. The 45-year-old is currently a 1.321/3 frontrunner, but doesn't that just make him an irresistible lay bet? Here's the case for taking Sherwood on... He is too similar to Redknapp When a manager leaves a club having underperformed - as Redknapp did, regardless of whether the knee surgery was the trigger for his resignation as has been claimed - you require a change of approach. The evidence of Sherwood's brief Spurs stint suggests that he is too similar: brash, media-friendly, tactically naïve and seemingly prone to the mentality that foreign players lack the heart and fight of their heroic English counterparts. The inexperience Sherwood's only managerial work was five months as a stopgap at Tottenham where a poor start and struggling signings stifled expectations. At QPR, survival would be demanded. Several Premier League rookies failed at this target in recent years: Neil Adams at Norwich and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Cardiff last term, Steve Kean at Blackburn in 2011/12 and Alan Shearer at Newcastle in 2008/09. Both prior Tony Fernandes appointments - Mark Hughes and Redknapp - were the antithesis of this. He is as much firestarter as extinguisher Many in the media enjoy Sherwood because he is a magnificent interview: honest, amusing and unbothered by the consequence of his words. While this makes for brilliant entertainment, it also creates a lot of avoidable drama and can exacerbate crises, as was demonstrated when he accused his Spurs squad of a "lack of character" and faking injuries at various points last season. The last thing QPR need right now is someone else taking jabs at Adel Taarabt in his press briefings. It isn't usually the early favourite Except in instances when a club name the successor as they sack the incumbent, it is surprisingly rare for the initial frontrunner to get the job, with recruitment processes running longer and odds-on candidates being turned over more frequently. Sherwood to QPR just seems too convenient too, with his former Tottenham allies Les Ferdinand and Chris Ramsey already in place. Fernandes will know that reuniting the gang will attract a lot of cynicism both internally and externally.
Interesting article what do you make of that then, if it is Sherwood he will my support & no point slagging him off, give the bloke & chance.
What's it going to costs to prise Pulis away from WBA? I'm willing to let TF pay a kings ransom to save our team. If Pulis was genuine about taking on a challenge, there is no greater one than the one that lays in front of us. WBA? That's kids stuff. Move on over London, Tony. Were calling you in!
I read that he has applied for a number of positions since Spurs but hasn't succeeded in landing one. Could it be because of his band of merry men?
Tony just said he's going to interview 3 of the names fans have mentioned to him. What other Chairman says stuff like that? He's a nice fella but he doesn't know how to run a football club.
I think that if we are serious about a recreating a new club playing phylosophy identity, then he could well fit the shoe. There is no doubt the club needs a complete overhaul from top to bottom, certain players need to move on and a more solid base needs to be established, Premiership or Championship. I often felt that we always seemed to play with one man less, someone not fully fit, someone whos heart wasn't fully in it or some other reason. Time is now for big changes at QPR, younger manager and coaching staff who accept no form of unprofessionalism from ANY player. So with that, I feel this has the potential to be the beginning of a new dawn for us.
In a way Swordsie I agree with you, he is too open....these things should be done behind closed doors and via official club statements.....the curse of the twitter age.......
Paul Clement has just appeared in the betting at 8/1. He wasn't even on the list previously. Here's hoping.
Somebody just did and ruined my lunch in the process. My support for TF will end if that Jonah is even on the long list.
That's an interesting analysis of Sherwood that somewhat undermines my relatively positive feeling about him. However, I would hope that Sherwood has learned from his experience at Spurs and becomes a bit more measured in his approach. Notwithstanding that, after Redknapp, I would welcome someone who clearly cares and who would at least try to motivate the players rather than whingeing on about how "it's difficult" all the time.
