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26th Feb 2015

Vine: Tim Sherwood has been delivering more press conference gold about ratios

The new Villa boss is thrilled to bits at his one goal, one game record

Neil Treacy

We see what you did, Tim.

But you can’t pull the gilet over our eyes that easily.

Sherwood had a losing start to life as Aston Villa manager last week, going down 2-1 at home to Stoke City.

However, the former Spurs boss has declared that first outing to be somewhat of a success today, saying that his goal to game ratio of 1:1 is pleasing. He failed to mention their goals conceded to game ratio though.

In fairness, goals have been hard to come by for Villa this season.

Scott Sinclair’s goal on Saturday was the first time Villa led a Premier League game since December 20, and they’ve scored just 13 times in 26 matches.

Still, it was enough for Tim to give himself a good pat on the back.

And as we all know, Tim Sherwood is a big fan of ratios…

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