Anyone who watched Spurs in the first half of the season will be forgiven for falling asleep. Despite having the majority of possession Tottenham were so turgid with the ball. Attacks were built at a snail's pace. Players were either unwilling or prohibited from getting forward. Roberto Soldado was isolated upfront and lacked the physical presence to bring in others. Most shots in the league, most shots from outside the box. Good spells were few and far between, and rather than get better with more time on the training pitch, the team was getting worse. In eight games under Sherwood Spurs have scored more goals than they did in the previous 16 under AVB. It is not just a return to playing two upfront, it is more men getting forward, getting into the box, getting goals. They are still liable to the odd collapse, as has every Spurs team of the last twenty years, but the team at least looks to attack the game. The club's motto 'Audere est Facere' to dare is to do was the antithesis of AVB's game plan. It is clearly something Sherwood believes in. There are still question marks over whether Sherwood is the man to take Tottenham into unprecedented territory in the Premier League era. However, if he can simply get Spurs punching at their weight, being the sum of their parts let alone more than that, then he deserves the chance to take Spurs beyond the summer.
