• Manager frustrated at board’s lack of public support
• ‘I’ve taken the brunt at Aston Villa over the final few months’Tim Sherwood has not ruled out the possibility of walking absent from the Aston Villa job if he becomes dejected in the role but the man whose future is on the line in Saturday’s home game against Swansea City says he will continue to “stand at the front and pick it on the chin” as he seeks to turn things around.
Villa are second from bottom after picking up only one point from a possible 24 and Sherwood said he has told his players that the Swansea match falls into the category of “must win”. Should Villa suffer a sixth successive Premier League defeat, the expectation is that Sherwood will be sacked eight months after taking over.
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Source: theguardian.com