Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood has scoffed at claims he could be a contender for the Manager of the Year post.

Sherwood has Villa just a game away from the FA Cup final.

"I wouldn't say that - if you ask me now I'll take survival above everything else," he said.

"We're confident we can stay up and we want to do it as soon as possible really. We don't want to be in those nail-biters at the end of the season.

"We could do with being safe because it isn't great for my heart-rate to be honest.

"But we're going the right way. It's all about getting a bit of momentum and I was convinced that when we won our first game the confidence would flow through the squad and we would continue."