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Glenn Hoddle disagreed with Tim Sherwood's decision to question the character of his players after Tottenham's 4-0 loss to Chelsea.

 

The Spurs boss said his players lacked character in the second-half at Stamford Bridge, suggesting they were "too nice" and "need to show a bit more guts" - adding that there are some members of the squad he "would not count on".

 

However Hoddle, who managed Tottenham from 2001 to 2003, feels he should have kept those opinions in the dressing room and says Sherwood needs to prove his managerial credentials when his team aren't playing well.

 

"It's a different era now," he told Saturday Night Football.

 

"I agree he was very honest but personally that's something you say in the dressing room to the players. You might come out and disguise what your feelings are.

 

"Management is about when things are going wrong. When you're playing well and winning, it's easy to be a manager of a Premier League side.

 

"He's being tested now. His testing time is coming now because of this result and other results like Norwich away. That's when Tim Sherwood is going to be tested as a manager.

 

"But it's not his fault that his players went and made those mistakes, they were individual mistakes.

 

"That's not down to the manager. He didn't set them up to make those mistakes."

 

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Sherwood also said Tottenham were unlikely to finish in the top four this season after falling four points behind Manchester City who've played three games fewer.

 

Sky Sports expert Jamie Redknapp agreed with that assessment, citing individual errors that led to three of the four goals Chelsea scored on Saturday.

 

However, he admires Sherwood's passion and determination to do the job in his own style.

 

Redknapp said: "In a way for a lot of people, that is refreshing because he's probably saying what every Tottenham fan thinks tonight.

 

"It's very easy to turn around and say 'we did alright and needed a bit of luck here and there', but he was just honest and straight down the line.

 

"People are talking about Tottenham having to get into fourth if he's going to keep his job. I find that absolutely ridiculous.

 

"They have finished fourth twice in the last 23 years, so what makes them have a divine right to finish fourth this year?

 

"The players they bought in the summer - Capoue, Chadli, Lamela, Paulinho, Eriksen... half of them weren't even playing today and were on the bench.

 

"If Tim wants to build a squad and a team capable of competing to get in the top four, they have somehow got to be signing better players to be part of that squad.

 

"What I will say is that is a man who is going to live and die by this. He is going to tell his players exactly what he thinks, whether they like it or not.

 

"This is probably not the modern way of doing things and if Tim doesn't like it, then he probably won't play them next week."

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Glenn Hoddle disagreed with Tim Sherwood's decision to question the character of his players after Tottenham's 4-0 loss to Chelsea.
 
The Spurs boss said his players lacked character in the second-half at Stamford Bridge, suggesting they were "too nice" and "need to show a bit more guts" - adding that there are some members of the squad he "would not count on".
 
However Hoddle, who managed Tottenham from 2001 to 2003, feels he should have kept those opinions in the dressing room and says Sherwood needs to prove his managerial credentials when his team aren't playing well.
 
"It's a different era now," he told Saturday Night Football.
 
"I agree he was very honest but personally that's something you say in the dressing room to the players. You might come out and disguise what your feelings are.
 
"Management is about when things are going wrong. When you're playing well and winning, it's easy to be a manager of a Premier League side.
 
"He's being tested now. His testing time is coming now because of this result and other results like Norwich away. That's when Tim Sherwood is going to be tested as a manager.
 
"But it's not his fault that his players went and made those mistakes, they were individual mistakes.
 
"That's not down to the manager. He didn't set them up to make those mistakes."
 
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Sherwood also said Tottenham were unlikely to finish in the top four this season after falling four points behind Manchester City who've played three games fewer.
 
Sky Sports expert Jamie Redknapp agreed with that assessment, citing individual errors that led to three of the four goals Chelsea scored on Saturday.
 
However, he admires Sherwood's passion and determination to do the job in his own style.
 
Redknapp said: "In a way for a lot of people, that is refreshing because he's probably saying what every Tottenham fan thinks tonight.
 
"It's very easy to turn around and say 'we did alright and needed a bit of luck here and there', but he was just honest and straight down the line.
 
"People are talking about Tottenham having to get into fourth if he's going to keep his job. I find that absolutely ridiculous.
 
"They have finished fourth twice in the last 23 years, so what makes them have a divine right to finish fourth this year?
 
"The players they bought in the summer - Capoue, Chadli, Lamela, Paulinho, Eriksen... half of them weren't even playing today and were on the bench.
 
"If Tim wants to build a squad and a team capable of competing to get in the top four, they have somehow got to be signing better players to be part of that squad.
 
"What I will say is that is a man who is going to live and die by this. He is going to tell his players exactly what he thinks, whether they like it or not.
 
"This is probably not the modern way of doing things and if Tim doesn't like it, then he probably won't play them next week."

 

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This is Sherwood after their come from behind win in the home leg against Dnipro:

 

 

'I was delighted with the character,' he said.

'I have got a liberty to question their character when they play like they did tonight. After conceding so early in the second half it was a real blow for us but it was all based on character and desire.

'I always felt we needed to score three goals to go through tonight. It was a bit of a nothing game in the first half but we opened them up time and again in the second half.'

 

Character comes and goes, apparently. I thought it was the only thing that lasted.

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He's on a hiding to nothing with the players, who know that Levy has already sounded out LVG to potentially take over, so they know they don't have to impress Sherwood. Couple in his shit man-management skills and it's back to the bin, Tim

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Weird interview from Sherwood, Canio-esque Reckon he's rapidly losing the dressing room

 

He has realised that he has lost his job ( at the end of the season). The only reason they would have kept him on would have been if he finished top four. Now he is making excuses about it.

 

No sympathy for him at all seeing that he was part of the reason Villas-Boas got sacked.

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Sherwood is just another in a long list of rash appointments made by owners when they have a moderately decents spell after taking over. The man has got virtually no qualifications for the job, fine by me like. Also not arsed the mancs won, the slow knife cuts deepest.

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Talk in the press last week was they'd be taking exhibition games in Dubai etc on European nights. I can't see that helping them too much either.

For sure. Would still rather they're locked into a fixture schedule they don't control themselves, but either has potential to cripple another season.

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it would be even funnier of they couldn't get paid well as they seem to be pinning their hopes to tv revenues to bump the pay day. I'm not sure how that'll happen on a CL night.

The whole idea is so farcical it's like a footballing version of Spinal Tap.

 

The day they go through with it they truly are just a business.

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The whole idea is so farcical it's like a footballing version of Spinal Tap.

 

The day they go through with it they truly are just a business.

If they finish in 7th is there a way for them to still end up in the EL? Europa is going to 6th at the moment isn't it with city winning the league cup. What happens with the fa cup now, do the runners up still get in if the winners are in the cl ?

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If they finish in 7th is there a way for them to still end up in the EL? Europa is going to 6th at the moment isn't it with city winning the league cup. What happens with the fa cup now, do the runners up still get in if the winners are in the cl ?

 

Sunderland will take it, no? They were in the final of the Carling Cup and City will be in CL? Or am I interpreting this wrong?

 

 

EDIT: Just read, it's not like that. 

Should the FA Cup winners, runners-up (if applicable) and the Football League Cup winners already have qualified for Europe, their place goes to the next best placed clubs in the Premier League.

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If they finish in 7th is there a way for them to still end up in the EL? Europa is going to 6th at the moment isn't it with city winning the league cup. What happens with the fa cup now, do the runners up still get in if the winners are in the cl ?

7th gets a Europa League place if the FA final is Arse vs. Citeh, assuming Arse still finish in the top 4.

 

Or, if we're being comprehensive, if Sheffield United are in the final with a top-four team, since UEFA won't give them a license as a 3rd level team.

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