Where do we go from here…Musings from a Spurs Fan

Article by @ginolasleftfoot

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It is now apparent that collectively, Spurs have opted out of the Premier League for the 2013/2014 season. Sherwood cited his position up in the stands as an opportunity to see how the shape of his team currently looked and what needed working on for 2014/2015.

What needs working on, quite simply is a root to fruit examination of exactly what is going on at White Hart Lane. It is a club bereft of any identity and comparisons to Newcastle performance on the weekend is one that should not be favourable drawn.

With rumours of further heated discussions in the Spurs dressing room after the 4-0 defeat to Liverpool; it asks the question of whether Sherwood, who occupies the other end of the emotional spectrum in polar opposite to AVB; has the ability to deliver a game plan.

Nay-sayers, at times rear their heads to questions the importance of the Manager/ Head coach role. All group participation benefit from an elite level of guidance, businesses have been doing this for years, but the performance of the group is bound to the ability of the Manager.

He or she must be able to demonstrate the skill sets required in order to complete the task at hand.

The game yesterday exemplified the gulf in managerial experience, and further confirmed the basic need to attain a vast swathe of this to have any hope of success. The game had been tipped as a meeting of two, young British coaches, but the parallels must stop thereon.

Rogers is now beginning to reap the reward that his long coaching pathway has taken him on. He has removed himself from comfort zones, travelled abroad to extend his coaching knowledge and cut his teeth at Watford, Reading and Swansea prior to his Liverpool appointment. He also displays a considered approach to the psychological aspects of the current footballer and is capable of delivering coherent yet complex sermons regarding his beliefs and practises.

Sherwood displays none of these virtues. His displays honesty and passion. These are two truly admirable traits, yet used in isolation become blunt tools used to club players. Their effect can be short lived if they cannot be harnessed in conjunction with more long-term skills.

Whether Sherwood will be given the opportunity to develop his coaching deficiencies will be an interesting side-bar post season, but with each performance there seems to be greater questions to be answered and Levy’s itchy finger is beginning to curl again around that trigger.

What is apparent, despite several players displaying varying levels of commitment, is that Spurs have a very good squad. On paper, that is. What they need is a strong, assertive coach with a winning mentality and ideally an excellent CV to boot.

Louis Van Gaal, is the man for the Spurs job. We have never had a coach of Van Gaal’s calibre take the reins at WHL (please don’t say Arry), and should the appointment go ahead, the current Netherlands coach will be able to draw upon his wealth of success to wield this crop of talented but misfiring players into a cohesive winning unit.

If Vertonghen leaves, we should look for Aulderwield (currently sitting out at Athletico Madrid). If Lloris leaves, we’ll get Fraser Forrester.

There are always players available. That’s never been Tottenham’s problem. It’s keeping them and leading them that’s the problem.

I overheard on @StanCollymore ‘s talk show on the weekend, a Spurs fan reminiscing of the XI we had with Van der Vaart, Bale and Modric.

Happy Days….

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