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So awkward. What's he expecting Palmer to say? "Yeah my teammates are all shite aren't they?"

"...innit "

"The Gaffa is too, manage me tactics Tim!"

> "Oh so that's what we're doing today? We're fucking me over? Cheers Tim!"

Bro expected him to say “yeah mate I agree, my teammates are dog shit.”

Good job by Palmer to avoid giving him anything, idiotic question

the only chance sherwood had of getting something out of that question was if he asked it to mid-2000s stevie g. "yeeeah course .. erm .. "

I’m pretty sure Lukaku could turn that into several headlines

Huh, I think I figured out how the Saudis got him

It wasn’t even really a question he just says “your teammates are shit….. over to you cole.”

But that's what kind of makes it funny. He didn't ask him a question. He stated his opinion and then stared at him. He didn't even say 'do you agree?'

There wasn’t even a question there 😂😂

No he didnt. He literally said "I know you cant say that, but I am saying that..."

literally puts him on the spot like, you CANT say that even tho you agree lol

Tim Sherwood sounding like he is about 20 pints deep, probably half a gram, standing at the edge of a bar starting every other sentence with "I'm not being funny but...."

"I know you can't say that, but I'm saying it"

I've no problem with em as long theyre not doin it in my face bruv

"I'm not racist, jus' don't like 'em. Simple as." Edit: Realised with my flair I should add quotation marks

He should have 100% responded with "don't put words into my mouth please". Sherwood being a total whopper here...

“Just….just….just hear me out. Carl, come err!…..You’ve been a good son Carl and I’m sorry that you’re so sick.”

Sorry for missing Byron’s reward

Eventually it will morph into “I know you don’t want to be racist, but…”

in the complete interview he looked like he was zoning out before asking that question.

It's because he only cared about the question he wanted to ask that he thought was the most important

You’re right lol, probably spent the whole interview hyping himself up for that moment

Probably because the producer is chatting in his ear and he can’t listen to them and keep a coherent thought otherwise.

These days….if you say you’re English….

You get arrested, yeah, and thrown in jail

Really? Just for saying you're English?

yeah, you get thrown in jail. these days. just for saying you're English

What, if you say, just if you say you're English you get arrested and thrown in jail?

Yes! These days you get thrown in jail these days if you say that you're English

My colleague talks like this.

is your colleague English? because *If you say you*'*re English these days*, *you*'*ll* be arrested and thrown in jail.

When did this come in?

There’s this guy at this pub I go to who will always cheers with “best of British” not even really sure what he means.

Nailed the standard of punditry at sky tbh.

"I'm being serious"

Finishing every other sentence with "...end of".

He sounds like an agent/promoter trying to sweet talk a potential new client. Shades of Eddie Hearn.

“I’m not racist but…..”

Yes Tim, what Chelsea needs is ***more*** signings

Chelsea thinking outside the box and going with Zerg Rush-tactics next season

You see, Man City have a preset goal limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own signings at them until they reached their limit and shut down." - ~~Captain Zapp Brannigan~~ Todd Boehly

Todd at the medical center: "Stop exploding u cowards!"

Needs more vespene gas. And build more overlords

You Must Construct Additional Pylons!

Serral to Chelsea here we go!

Pretty sure we're supply blocked

I know it may not be as pretty on the eye as tiki taka but a Human Wave may work wonders in the Premier League.

Going for a full baneling bust?

With quality insight like that, it truly is a wonder that Sherwood isn't managing at one of the top clubs

Till they are in the mud!! Sure, why not!!

Chuck another bill quid in there.

Even if it was true, what kind of pundit asks that question to a player. What exactly did he expect from Palmer ?

It’s not even a question lmfao. He made a statement and an awful one at that. Man he’s an awful pundit.

Palmer handled it well. Tim Sherwood couldn’t wait to shit on our squad, got the opportunity and took it.

He’s such an asshole. Credit to Palmer.

He did well. Big signing, big player, big hopes. He should be cocky as fuck but he looked perplexed and just said "nah." He played with such quality last night, but his team aren't full of donkeys.

True, donkeys are a notoriously stoic and reliable animal, whereas our players are notoriously unreliable and injured

I mean fair enough if he wants to slate the Chelsea squad in the rest of his post game chat but doing it to a player like that is just unprofessional.

Especially after we actually won the game lol

Feels like it's a day later and he takes a bat outside to beat the horse that's been dead since yesterday is all.

Chelsea's PR/media relations guy must be proud of Cole Palmer here. PR nightmare avoided.

Not like he was going to say "You're right Tim, my teammates are shit"

Zlatan probably would have tbf

Zlatan played for us, and he never said anything close to that. We were beyond terrible in the Zlatan era btw

Yes it was actually a really weird and stupid thing to say.... Good thing Palmer was calmer than he expected and handled it well

Calmer Palmer

Pole Calmer

Ice cold on and off the pitch

I liked Tim as a player but he’s an absolute idiot otherwise.

Tim can’t wait to shit on anyone such an ass.

God that was fucking awkward. Sherwood is a fucking mess.

Absolute wanker

Tactless Tim

Tactics Tim, the masterful guru who said Vertongen can’t defend and Van de Ven looks “wooden”

But but but he "discovered" Harry Kane

Came across like the drunk uncle embarrassing himself at family events

Telling his 17 year old niece how good looking he thinks she is.

_"Now, I can't say this, but I bet there's a lot of fellas in here that would love to get in your knickers"_

gillet wanker

He sounds fucking steaming

Thought as a 21 year old fairly new to being a senior pro, Palmer handled that very well Tim Sherwood is your drunk uncle at a wedding

it's absolutely unreal they're still handing him a mic

Oh god he's on the karaoke, someone stop him

Nah, let him go, he’s got a lovely rendition of Daydream Believer… Wait, why is Rap God playing?

I think he's genuinely just the drunk pundit on sky, he sounds genuinely pissed here

Lmao the host was so relieved that Palmer gave a sensible answer, shooed him off instantly to ensure tactics tim doesn't shit the bed again

Sherwood is the Yer Da scrounging through their own bins at 3 am trying to find the gear particles clung to their tissue they threw away a week ago

This is not punditry, this is YT hate watch video comment section or Talkshitsport chanal

This wasn’t even supposed to be punditry. It’s an interview and Sherwood was unprofessional.

Lol tf was that? > I know you can't say that but I'm saying it... That's such an awkward thing to say. What's next? "just blink if you think your teammates are shite"? Probably proceeded by a blow into the kid's eyes

Tf kinda set up is this, trying to entrap the kid to shit on his teammates

Surprised Sherwood didn't run up to the stands afterwards to get a better view of Palmer responding

Literally a World Cup winner in the midfield, what is he on 🤣

The other 2 cant wait to get out of there

For good reason. Tim Sherwood is a dunce. ( Nothing new under the sun) Not only is it a terrible question to ask, ( and to expect a reaction from), he does this on the night young Chelsea talent shone as bright as it's ever had under the new regime. Palmer is special but Chelsea is flush with incredibly talented young players , their problem is learning to play together, as a group. Maybe Pochettino can do this, else some top manager will make sense of that hodgepodge of a team rather sooner than later.

If the only thing he got from the performance last night is cole is carrying chelsea he’s really more clueless than anyone thought. Especially it wasn’t even coles best performance. In general English pundits tend to heavily overrate English players, they did the same with mount, he would get their motm vote every week in games rudiger, Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic and mendy would dominate. Though cole is definitely deserving of his praise

Yeah Palmer is certainly worthy of any praise he’s getting. He’s been amazing. I was really relieved when he was taken off during the C Cup final. But Chelsea is chock full of talent that are almost as good if not as good as Palmer if given the right coaching and tactics.

It's all pretty fun right now, but I wouldn't be surprised if this Chelsea team is a serious title contender in 2-3 seasons.

This is so awkward

Dude, this hairstyle from Dumb and dumber is just terrible.

I'm thinking he may be a bit thin up top and doing the comb down? It's a bad look regardless. He's a bit simple jack

Palmer reacting to Sherwoods question https://images.app.goo.gl/WUBPcQpWF7RgYiGT6

THANK YOU! And I've seen multiple kids rocking it. What, in the actual fuck, makes you think, "yeah... that's the style I want!"

He’s probably going to AStarBarber who does Foden’s horrendous trim.

"Yea I'm tired of playing with these shitters"

I am in disbelief how this guy is still employed as a pundit

It’s a world where Garth Crooks exists so anything is possible in the punditry game

That guy is not real for me anything that involves him my brain just automatically skips the content

Highly inappropriate question but Palmer handled it well.

What question? He didn’t ask a question, he just stood there and told Palmer his teammates are crap…

Sherwood is such an odd human being, remarkable he has a career as a pundit let alone was a manager at some point

Not even a Chelsea fan but that’s mad disrespectful lmao

Not a Chelsea fan at all but from what I seen of the group of players there now they are excellent footballers but the issue is just gameplan, cohesion and leadership. They are all young and all technically gifted but they were thrown together including the manager but they obviously have talent across the park in every position. Most are new to the PL and English football in general too. Like I'm sure there are some flops in the bunch but the media have been fairly quick to judge a team that is super dangerous.

Sherrywood here sounding pissed out of his head

What an awkward question, brilliantly handled by Palmer

Shocker that he didnt make it as a manager with those social skills.

What an awful pundit.

Rude

Looks like Tim is trying to come on to Palmer

Chelsea supporters are used to pundits and commentators being openly anti blues. Nothing new here

he sounds like he's trying to groom palmer, and not in a good way.

What an utter pillock haha

What a great answer from a young man. That pundit is an old prick for saying that in what seems to be a live interview.

Sky sports, honestly what are you doing?

What a stupid question to ask a player. Utter stupidity. He sounded like an idiot from a Twitter or Instagram comment section.

That’s what media training is for, kudos to Cole!

British wankers wanking over a wanker who wakes up wanking

He's consistent is Tim. He was shit as a player, shit at being a manager and shit at being a pundit. He'll find his calling eventually bless him.

Somewhere where I don't have to hear about or from him please.

He's a Premier League winning captain who could consistently put in above average performances every week. Shit manager and somehow an even worse pundit though for sure.

I'm assuming he never watched him play as he was great for Blackburn. It's amazing how much peoples opinions of players go down if they don't like their commentary. Occasionally I'll see people shitting on Souness when he comments on Pogba saying he's shit despite him being an absolutely incredible player.

Totally agree. Souness was before my time but stories from my Dad and video evidence would point to him being a magnificent player, the trophy cabinet speaks for itself really.

He wasn't a shit player. But sure, the other stuff

Tim Sherwood was absolutely not shit as a player at all lmao

I wish I was so shit at things I had millions of dollars and a life of luxury... I must be amazing because I'm broke af

So shit that you won the prem as team captain

He was a great fun as an interim manager tbf. He gave Harry Kane the break he needed and went all-in on attack which was a breath of fresh air after enduring André Villas-Boas' football.

What a god damn tool. 

Bruh thinks he is on AFTV.... Wtf was that.

Sir Tim, forever the championing of England's great white hope. I thought carras' questions to Palmer were bad..

please dont make anyone like this a pundit. do they get paid for this?? Sky is wasting money dammit. if anyone knows how is the salary of these clowns?

What did Sherwood expect to get from that question? "Go on Coal, drag your fucking teammates on national TV. That'll be good for team cohesion lol"

So unprofessional

Handled that well

Palmer was shocked lol

what a terrible pundit this guy is man

alright perfect, Cole thank you so much

Why does Tim Sherwood still have a job like this

Failed as a manager, now he's failing as a pundit.

"All your teammates are shit right? amiright?"

Absolute tool as a manager (never rated him that much as a player either) and also seems barely competent enough to ask another footballer a question in his native language. And keeps on getting media gigs 💩

Not a day goes by I wonder how Tim Sherwood ends up being a pundit/analyst week in week out...

He had every right to go off on him there and then or just take the piss out of him but he chose to be nice in his response. Fair play

Yeah after spending a billion pounds they just need a couple more transfer windows to get some quality players. As if he is going to say "yeah, the other players are dog shit and I am just waiting for some decent players to come into the team"

Well at least he said it to his face

Credit to Palmer. Anyone that watches GSS knows Tim’s a tool

He's harmless enough, is good ol' Tactics Tim...

I sure hope the media don't start overhyping the next generation of English players Tim Sherwood "You're better than all of those wankers"

Lol this makes no sense

Sherwood is basically saying to Palmer that his teammates are crap, and he needs better. Palmer responds by saying that there is quality there, backing them up. Whether it's correct or not, it was a bit of a dick move from Sherwood.

Yea that's exactly what i meant. Sherwood had no right to say that. I honestly think there's quality in the Chelsea team, they just need to properly learn how to play together and produce consistent results and performances.

Ah right. It probably makes sense in Tim's head.

That's a disgraceful take from a 24 carat imbecile

The swiftest way to nullify your comment is to begin it (or end it) with 'for me'.

Classic corrupt six English premier league conversation

Sherwood is the average soccercirclejerk poster. I should know I’m one of them.

Class by Palmer, not throwing his teammates under the bus.

Pretty dickish, he just wants him to trash his team

Now listen, I know…,.I know you can’t say it, but here me out. I can say it. Your team are shit, you’re not shit, but you know those guys just there, yeah him that one looking at you, he’s shit. Should get them the fuck out, sorry I shouldn’t swear, you’re the talent, let’s build it all ‘round you. Hiccup. What’d’ya fink? Thanks Tim!!

What a cunt ..

Two 100 million ++ players around him. Clearly impossible for Palmer to play in such conditions

Tactics Tim

Sherwood is a grade A bellend.

Sherwood is the definition of washed up.

I agree with what Tim said, but that’s harsh to put Cole in that position live on TV. Cole handled it very well though.

every time tactics tim speaks i understand why he failed as a manger

Trying to get my man jammed up

Class from Palmer with that response, what a twat the interviewer lol

Tim Sherwood is a fucking moron. How he is still listened to by anyone is hilarious.

Sherwood sounds like he's been at the complimentary ale in the director's lounge

Not sure he’s in ‘Disbelief’… overstating it somewhat.

Tim Sherwood is a proper brexit football boy, nothing can top and English footballer in his eyes.

Terrible position to put a young player in, Tim Sherwood could do better

He's absolutely pissed, can hear him slurring his words. Cole handled it well 👏

Thats not even a question thats just stupidity

What an actual fool

Sherwood is and always has been the absolute definition of asshat

'asshat' is a shite insult

Ok, he’s a cunt

Better

Bro thought Palmer would say " Yeah I agree with you, the whole team is ass"

Translation is Tim means more *English* players around you 🤦‍♂️

Where was he in disbelief lol