aston villa manager tim sherwood has united the dressing room and inspired the players, according to defender jores okore back to back premier league wins   either side of an fa cup quarter final victory   have halted the club's slide towards the relegation zone sherwood's first two matches were the tail end of a seven match losing run, itself part of a sequence of 12 games without a win stretching back to early december which ultimately cost paul lambert his job tim sherwood celebrates after seeing his aston villa side take the lead against sunderland  defender jores okore (left) says sherwood's passion has rubbed off on all the players  although villa remain just three points above the bottom three, okore insists the squad believe they will survive 'he has come in with a positive mind and he has spoken to everyone and got them all on board,' he told avfccouk 'he brought the team together and maximised the strength and potential of the squad 'he has so much passion it rubs off on everyone   it has with the fans and the players 'he's inspiring; that helps to get us on board with his vision i think that passion will continue 'he has come in with positive energy and really gone out there and said 'look guys, i really believe in this and i want you to believe it too if we do this together, we can achieve the goals we set' the former tottenham boss passionately celebrates as villa score their fourth against sunderland  sherwood has recorded back to back premier league wins to lift villa three points clear of the drop zone  'he made us believe that strongly everyone is on the same page' six points from their last two league outings, including a crucial win over fellow strugglers sunderland last weekend, have turned around confidence within the squad and okore believes the players are now starting to show the quality they have 'the mood at bodymoor heath (training ground) is electric, everyone is happy and that helps us go out there and really perform and do what we do best,' he said 'we have had some good wins and we want to continue that and really maximise everything that we have got in the group 'we believe we can stay up we hadn't really performed well in some games at the start of the season but you can really see the potential of the team right now and how we are playing'
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aston villa appointed tim sherwood as manager a little over a month ago . villa have won their last three games   two in the league and an fa cup tie . sherwood has steered villa to three points clear of the relegation zone . jores okore says sherwood's passion has inspired all the players 