Tim Sherwood on tightrope at Spurs

Tim Sherwood’s infamous rant after Tottenham’s defeat at Chelsea last week has raised more questions than it has provided answers.

Notably, was he right to make public a dressing room dressing down for his players? Will he lose their respect or sharpen their focus ahead of a fortnight that could have a huge impact on his and the club’s future? Was it a refreshing blast of honesty from a man new to management and unafraid to speak his mind, or the rash ramblings of a naïve newbie, who may live to regret his words?

And there is a wider question that Sherwood addressed, in his follow-up interview a few days later, when he said: “They are men, and I’m a manager not a babysitter.”