Since Tim Sherwood took over as boss at White Hart Lane - replacing the dismissed Portuguese coach Andre Villas-Boas back in December of last year - things have been looking up for Spurs. Despite this, however - and despite the fact he has signed a permanent two season deal at the club - other coaches are constantly being linked with replacing him sooner rather than later (Louis van Gaal and Cesare Prandelli, for example). However, it could be in Spurs' best interests to keep Sherwood on in the role indefinitely. Even though results have been good, many fans think that Sherwood is the wrong man for the job in the long term and that he should indeed be replaced with someone with more experience. He has, of course, won some people over, but not everyone is convinced. However, in this article, we'll be looking at why he is actually the man to lead Spurs charge for the foreseeable future. Here are six reasons why Tim Sherwood is the right man for the Tottenham Hotspur job...
6. He's English
There's nothing inherently wrong with having a foreign coach in charge at an English club, but surely it's not in the best interests of the English game? That's not to mention the fact that the people who know the English game best are surely English - or have, at least spent the vast majority (or all of) their career in England. Tim Sherwood ticks all of those boxes. Born and bred in St Albans, Hertfordshire, Sherwood spent the entirety of his playing career in England with Watford, Norwich City, Blackburn Rovers, Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth and Coventry City. He has played for England at under 21, B and full international levels and has worked on the coaching staff at Spurs since 2008. He is the kind of manager that this country is, in general, crying out for and one that has the baseline trait of being English that all clubs from England should ideally be looking at. Sure, there's a hell of a lot more to consider in a manager than their nationality, but in a head-to-head between two men with exactly the same ability, you'd take one who was English and knew the English game over one who was foreign and didn't.
