‘Don’t be a victim’ – Tudor tells Spurs players to ignore the ‘bulls***’ | OneFootball

Igor Tudor says he has told his Tottenham players not to be “victims” as they battle for their Premier League survival.

Tudor has lost all four of his games in charge since taking over on a deal until the end of the season, the latest coming against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League.

Spurs take on Liverpool on Sunday, currently sitting just a point above the relegation zone.

“Tough, for sure,” Tudor said ahead of the game. “Not just because of last game, but because of the period and the past.

“Not easy situation, not an easy moment and from other side a big challenge to change things. Like everything in life, you can choose how to see the situation. So, you can stay and cry or you can fight. You can be the victim or you can say I can change something.

“This is the message I want to start and what I told to the players.

“Everyone speaking, everyone has opinions and the life is always how you see it. The bottle is always half empty or half full. Here there is nothing full, there is a lot of empty things but difficult moments don’t last forever. It will pass and I believe the players who will take this as a challenge, as an opportunity will stand up with the courage to change things, after this period they will become better people and better players.

“So, in tough moments it’s always about that, it’s always about us. In the last period, a lot of things about what is the club, the problems, no one can do nothing and this like victim-ism, like we were victims.

“I said this morning to the players totally opposition things. We are the team and we are the staff. It’s all about us. All the bullsh**, all the other things are bullsh** and sorry to use this word, but it’s on us.

“You know, I do every day this work. Psychology work. It is important also to give the courage to the team-mates. Some of them they cannot manage, for sure. Somewhere you arrive and you can help them.

“My goal is to find if I can help to do 18 players out of 20, 15? I don’t know how much? Sometimes you cannot do anything, but most of the time you can do even small changes. Small help, you know, you can do it, but also it’s what I always like to say to the players, don’t be a victim. Don’t think it’s not about me.

“You know that can be the problem more than all these things about Tottenham and club, you know, like magic on the club, like bad black magic and these other bullsh***, you know. So this is about what I want to send a message.”