Tim Sherwood did the right thing blasting his Tottenham players, says Chris Kamara

There's a possibility that Tim Sherwood has only got until the end of the season at Tottenham so I can fully understand his outburst after the loss to Chelsea on Saturday. He's got to do his best so he can try to get the job long term and if players are out there not giving him 100 per cent then they're no good to him. Those comments don't make any difference to whether he gets the job at this moment in time because he'll only be the Tottenham manager if the results are good enough and if they qualify for Europe.
Tim has done the right thing, rather than pander to those players. Though he didn't actually name names, the players know who he's referring to you - they're not stupid. As far as the players are concerned he's the manager, we're only speculating that someone else is going to come in. He pats them on the back when they've done well and this is first time he's had to come out and say something, so I don't think the comments will have a detrimental effect.
 This is Sherwood's first real setback, you'd have to say, because everyone had been encouraged by what had been going on. Two heavy home defeats to Liverpool and Man City haven't helped but this time around Sherwood knows he's got to get those players galvanised, working for him, working for the shirt and working for the supporters to show the board that he's capable of taking the club forward. They've got a huge game this weekend against Arsenal so those players shouldn't need any motivation for a north London derby, but with Arsenal qualifying for the FA Cup semi-finals it has to make them slight favourite for the win. Speaking of Arsenal in the FA Cup, it does look as if the trophy is theirs to lose with the way results have gone.
But you only need to look back to their last appearance at Wembley, where they lost the League Cup final to Birmingham, to realise they won't be taking their semi-final against Wigan for granted. Mesut Ozil impressed on Saturday and what people don't realise sometimes is how difficult it is for foreign players to settle in. Former Cardiff manager Malky Mackay joined Ben and I on Goals on Sunday this week and he told us about Andres Cornelius, who was the club's record signing, but a serious injury held him back and he failed to settle in. Ozil is different, though; he's settled in like no other foreign player I've ever seen in the first half of the season but people underestimate the demands of the Premier League.
 When he was playing in Spain or Germany he would play in games where he could have a breather because your team is superior, but you don't get that breather at any time in the Premier League - we overload our players here. Arsene Wenger, with hindsight, would have left him out earlier but because of the injuries to Aaron Ramsey and others he hasn't been able to manage Ozil the same as he's managed players in the past. He was forced into this one because of his performance against Bayern Munich and that looks like it's paying dividends for Arsenal.
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