Sherwood puts more heat on Hoddle
The White Hart Lane faithful have become even more disillusioned with the club this week with the news that Hoddle will axe captain Teddy Sheringham without even discussing a new contract with the former England striker, which has sparked a storm among Spurs supporters.
Sherwood himself found out at first hand the way Hoddle conducts himself around the players after Sherwood questioned the club's ambitions before the start of the season, and that prompted director of football David Pleat to reveal to the midfielder that he no longer had a future at the North London club under Hoddle's rule.
The 34-year-old joined Division One champions Portsmouth soon afterwards and speaks from bitter experience as he delivers a damning indictment on Hoddle's crumbling regime.
The ex-Blackburn star told the Sun newspaper: "Hoddle's motto is 'If you can't convince the players, just confuse them'.
"He would hold team meetings, ask the players for their opinion and then tell them they were all wrong. He was never prepared to take anyone else's views on board. So, in the end, people would just sit there and say nothing.
"Before every game he would give us two or three different formations, depending on how the opposition might line up. But all that achieved was to confuse everyone.
"Yet if anyone ever tried to tell him they didn't understand, he would just give you one of those looks that said 'You must be really thick'.
"He made everything so complicated for no apparent reason, when all he needed to do was get everyone fit, get a proper team spirit and work out a system we understood and were comfortable with.
"I've lost count of the number of times I've seen him claim he has had to organise a reshuffle at half-time. Well, the obvious question is why doesn't he get it right in the first place?"
The ex-England international said he was wary of the former Chelsea boss the first day he walked into White Hart Lane because of whisperings from other players:
"They all said there was a certain arrogance about him and they were not wrong on that score.
"His biggest fault is he has absolutely no man-management skills. You only have to look at his record to realise I'm not the only player he has fallen out with.
"From what I'm told, there are plenty more Spurs players still getting the cold-shoulder treatment from him right now.‚Ç¥
