Tim Sherwood has one question for Tottenham hierarchy if they offer him manager job

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Tim Sherwood has revealed what he will ask the Tottenham hierarchy regarding their recent mistakes if they task him with saving the club’s Premier League status.

Igor Tudor has bought himself some time with the draw at Anfield, with the Croat now expected to be in charge at least until the Nottingham Forest clash on Sunday.

However, it has been widely reported that Tottenham have already considered various alternatives to replace Tudor if the 47-year-old fails to turn things around.

One man who has expressed his readiness to take on the challenge has now accused the Spurs hierarchy of making a major misstep.

Tim Sherwood claims Tottenham may have thrown away precious points by appointing Igor Tudor

Sherwood has already said that he cannot say no to Tottenham if they offer him an interim role for the second time.

However, the former Spurs midfielder is extremely critical of the North London club’s decision to hire Tudor when they did.

He suggests that some other manager could have picked up a crucial few points in the winnable matches the Lilywhites have had over recent weeks.

Sherwood told NewBetting Offers: “I’d have one question for Tottenham if they offered me the job, I’d say why didn’t you ask me a month ago? Why didn’t you ask me when there were three winnable games and still a chance in the Champions League?

“All right, it’s never a free hit when you’re playing in a North London Derby. It was always going to be difficult, wasn’t it? But you need to give the fans some encouragement and show something in that game. You showed nothing, absolutely nothing.

“Then you’ve got two very winnable games against Fulham and Crystal Palace. So now, whoever goes in now has an even tougher task. Because this job is not about tactics. It’s common sense.

“You play players in the correct positions where they’re accustomed to playing and you get the best out of them. And you stick to the system, you get it organised. So everyone knows their job. But this job is a man-management job now. Man-management doesn’t happen overnight.

“You need time around the players to get to know them, look them in the eye, see who’s fighting for you, which ones are going in the right direction. You’ve got less time now.

“A month ago, when he was coming in, or three weeks ago, you had that time, and then you’ve gone into two winnable games, three if you count the North London Derby. So now it’s an even more difficult task than when he went in, it’s double difficult. The guy’s meant to be a firefighter who changes fortunes around very, very quickly. Well, he hasn’t done that.

“So what are they going to do about it? I don’t know who’s making the decisions. If I knew that, I could second-guess a little bit better. And I don’t know who the options are for them to come in and do this job. But I’ll tell you what, no one’s got a magic wand.

“No one would come in there with a magic wand and just say, ‘You know what, all of you players have been looking very poor or average at best. I’ll wave this around and all of you will turn Tottenham into world-beaters and we’re going to run and win six games on the spin.’ That ain’t going to happen. It’s going to go right to the wire.”

Sherwood claims Spurs may be favourites to go down

Sherwood believes that, unlike their relegation rivals, Tottenham’s squad has not been constructed to cope with the demands of a dogfight for survival.

He warned that unless Spurs can appoint someone who can make an immediate impact, they may be favourites to go down this season.

The interim Tottenham boss added: “You’re going to need the nerve to be able to get through it because, at the moment, Tottenham, you would say, are a team that the club has assembled players and managers in the past to fight in the Champions League.

“Now it’s a shock to the system because they’re not at that level. Can they acclimatise to the environment they’re in at the bottom of the league? The players certainly look like at the moment they’re not capable of doing that.

“Someone needs to go in there and change the fortunes around, but there’s not long to go. We’ve got eight games. It’s very, very difficult, with Liverpool awaiting the next one. Then you’ve got two, and then you’ve got your second leg. Then you’ve got a two-and-a-half-week break.

“That’s the time, and then we’re going to give someone seven or eight games they need to win, definitely three, in my opinion, three and maybe a couple of draws in there.

“So, yes, it’s a real tough task, not impossible, of course it’s not, but from the outside, we’re looking in at those three clubs, four including Leeds, you would say Tottenham could be favourites to go down.”