• Manager heads to Chelsea for a ‘free shot’[br]• Laments loss of Benteke,Delph and CleverleyTim Sherwood accepts he is “at the front of the queue” in the sack race but the Aston Villa manager has called for a sense of perspective by highlighting just how difficult it has been for “the worst team left in the Premier League” final season to manage with the loss of their best three players, in specific Christian Benteke.
Villa finished 17th final term, or one position above the bottom three,and there are fears that a sixth successive relegation battle beckons after a dismal run in which they have picked up only one point from their final seven matches. The Villa board is deeply concerned and Sherwood’s position has come under scrutiny but it is understood no specific timeframe has been set on the manager’s future, despite reports that he must win one of the next two matches, or against Chelsea absent on Saturday and Swansea at home seven days later,to save his job.
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Source: theguardian.com