There’s a reason -no, sorry, there are many reasons why Tom Sherwood is no longer in football management. This place has closely documented the wisdom of Spurs’ one-time caretaker coach, but this week we were treated to rare insight from the man that has ‘had a hand in‘ (to paraphrase one of Tim’s own great lines) clubs such as Swindon Town and Aston Villa getting relegated.
Rodrigo Bentancur had a very good game against Everton on Monday night, yet Sherwood blasted Tottenham’s new signings, on live TV.
“What they do is buy is Bentancur, who gives the ball away more than he keeps it, and when he keeps it, he goes square and backward. Kulusevski looks okay, but a development player. We are developing for someone else.”
Sky Sports News (1:27pm, March 5, 2022).
If we look at Rodrigo’s passing overall, it was 95% successful, but what flies in the face of Sherwood’s dig, is that the former Juventus player only fluffed two forward passes; his passing in this discipline hitting 88%.
This is a one-dimensional way to judge a player, as we have learned with Harry Winks and Bentancur offered more.
The boy’s passing to the final third hit 82%.
Elsewhere, the 24-year-old made 5 interceptions and made a couple of useful progressive runs.
Perhaps Tim should stick to calling the goals as they go in, over on the BBC?
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