FOOTBALL fans slammed Tim Sherwood after he left Chelsea forward Cole Palmer looking incredibly awkward with his comments during a live TV interview.
Ex-Manchester City man Palmer, 21, has enjoyed a superb first season at Stamford Bridge on a personal level, scoring 11 goals and providing eight assists in 24 Premier League appearances.
On Monday night, he scored and assisted for a fifth league match this season as he inspired Mauricio Pochettino’s men to a 3-2 victory over Newcastle.
But he was then forced to overcome a cringe moment thrust upon him by pundit Sherwood during a post-match interview.
Despite Palmer’s excellence, Chelsea are still languishing in 11th place in the Premier League table.
And Sherwood proceeded to call out the England international’s Chelsea team-mates as Palmer stood there in silence.
The former Tottenham manager said: “All you need is some players to play with.”
This led to a hugely awkward moment of dead air, before Sherwood added: “I knew you can’t say that, but I’m saying it.
“I just think you need more quality around you. For me he [Pochettino] needs to build the team around you with the quality you have.
“But that will come with a few transfer windows, hopefully, once he gets the right players in.”
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A baffled Palmer responded: “Yeah, there’s a lot of quality there, not just me. We’ve got loads of other players.
“So hopefully the team can gel a bit more than everyone has seen.”
The exchange saw Sherwood criticised on social media as viewers were quick to pan his behaviour.
One said: “Why the f**k would you say this?”
To which another responded: “Yeah not professional at all.”
A third replied: “It’s always these failed managers that have the most to say.”
While a fourth added: “He’s trying to set him up, trying to put words in his mouth. But Palmer handled it really well.”
And a fifth said: “Even Palmer was disgusted.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
