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***OMT - Tottenham Hotspur FC v Everton, Sun May 24th, 4.00pm, The Lane***

It's an understatement to say this is a massive game and I honestly want to believe that we will win and demote the Spammers, I don't want us thinking "yea, a point will do" because that will just lead to complacancy and we'll get fOOked over.

Survive, get rid of the stress of the last Ghod knows how many weeks, squad break and come back with a better mindset and mentality.
(and I keep my 100 notes)
 
thfcsteff said:
We are Tottenham Hotspur FC.
We are pioneers in British football.
We are different.
We are glorious.
We are exciting.
We never make it easy.
We always do our very best when we dare to do.
De Zerbi said it best; this is a Cup Final and the rewards are the very least our wonderful football club (and us -it's TRUE custodians and not those charlatans who claim to be) deserve.
We have been severely wounded for many months, yet we have somehow found enough energy to fight another day and place our destiny in our own hands because yes, we DON'T do things the comfortable way and we like to fly by the seat of our collective pants.
We know who we are at heart, and we know who we will be on Sunday.
Just believe.
Pessimism? That's nerves talking, that's wanting to control the situation to protect yourself. That's a cop-out.
Be BRAVE like the players will be, like the manager will demand.
And again, BELIEVE!
Audere Est Facere Forever!

COYS!

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Lovely post apart from the last photo.
 
DeanoAustin said:
I agree. And we’ve sort of seen the impact of his initial approach, which was also correct, tail off over the last couple of performances. He’s probably got to try something a little different.

However, to play devils advocate, on TVFTL they were saying that sports psychologists recommend you don’t turn big games into “cup finals” as it puts too much pressure on players and distracts them.

That’s why this is risky and I guess it’ll be judged solely on the result on Sunday. To be fair to RDZ, at least he’s not being paralysed by fear and is trying things.
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I think it's the inverse of a cup final.
In a cup final you go out to win something, so being relaxed and motivated and letting the skill that got you there makes sense.

This is a game that needs to compensate for the lack of skill - we're 17th because 16 teams have been better than us, one of whom we're playing. You need a few players to step up and run through walls on Sunday - something as simple as going behind will filter through to West Ham and lift them; going ahead does the opposite.

This isn't a weekend that'll be decided by skill. It'll be decided by mentality.
 
I thought I had chilled out a bit ahead of Sunday, although still worried about it.
But having just spent nearly 10 minutes on the phone actually trying to argue with an automated 'assistant' who kept telling me I was calling outside of business hours when I wasn't, and that 'he' couldn't transfer me to an actual person, when 'he' had done so earlier, all the while telling myself 'stop, you know it's not a real person', I think I am maybe a tad more stressed out than I thought!
It's going to be a long few days.
 
DeanoAustin said:
I agree. And we’ve sort of seen the impact of his initial approach, which was also correct, tail off over the last couple of performances. He’s probably got to try something a little different.

However, to play devils advocate, on TVFTL they were saying that sports psychologists recommend you don’t turn big games into “cup finals” as it puts too much pressure on players and distracts them.

That’s why this is risky and I guess it’ll be judged solely on the result on Sunday. To be fair to RDZ, at least he’s not being paralysed by fear and is trying things.
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Thing is everyone including the players knows this is possibly the biggest game in our history given the money involved these days. Even if you quietened everything down and trained out in the middle of nowhere all week the players are going to feel it regardless. Might as well hype it up as a fixture - performance have dipped after the initial bounce so I think it's worth a go.
 
DeanoAustin said:
He really is ramping up the pressure on the squad. I hope he knows what he's doing.

They mentioned on TVFTL that up to Tuesday, he's been super positive but the tone changed on Tuesday where he's now telling the players they are the ones to save the dignity of the club and themselves. He didn't want the coach meet before Brighton and it was widely interpreted that it might add more pressure (as Nicky Butt says it did before Forest) - now he wants it.

I have absolute faith in RDZ but this is ballsy and risky.
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ricky2tricky4city said:
I think he's worried about what he sees during some periods of the game (that's why he tempers his appraisal with 'good' not great). Basically he wants to see what he saw versus Villa. What worries and confuses him is the lack of urgency/belief/drive to understand fully the situation you're in and go out and do something about it for 90+ mins

I've said before....i watched Forest and Leeds and they understood...and manhandled their way out of it.

Luckily West Ham are faltering as well.
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This is what I posted in the De Zerbi thread...

It is risky and is ballsy. I'm not sure it's the right approach tbh. This game comes with enough pressure as it is. If De Zerbi has seen something (perhaps as I suggest in the Chelsea game, as the tone changed) that needs this 'all out there' approach then he's made that call in good faith.

I just think we have been going ok with what he has been doing, and considering this is the 'brick or bust' game ie 10x pressure, , I'm just not sure I'd go about it in this way.

He could do as much as needed behind closed doors.
 
They say the championship playoff game is the biggest in football, in terms of financial reward - which I guess makes this the game with the biggest financial hit riding on it
 
Glenda's Legs said:
I thought I had chilled out a bit ahead of Sunday, although still worried about it.
But having just spent nearly 10 minutes on the phone actually trying to argue with an automated 'assistant' who kept telling me I was calling outside of business hours when I wasn't, and that 'he' couldn't transfer me to an actual person, when 'he' had done so earlier, all the while telling myself 'stop, you know it's not a real person', I think I am maybe a tad more stressed out than I thought!
It's going to be a long few days.
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And you can here for better interaction?!
 
Would love Solanke to be fit enough to be on the bench. The heat on Sunday may mean subs are needed earlier than RDZ has been using them so far and a switch up in attack could be pivotal

Up the spurs
 
DeanoAustin said:
it was widely interpreted that it might add more pressure (as Nicky Butt says it did before Forest) - now he wants it.

I have absolute faith in RDZ but this is ballsy and risky.
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imagine excited fans cheering their team into the stadium being described as ballsy and risky 🤣 🤣 what have we become?
 
harr1984 said:
The point is it adds to the weight of expectation meaning more pressure. Scholes said it got to him before finals, it's not a Spurs thing....
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the difference is Scholes was a serial winner. Those buffoons got us into this situation, they're the only ones who can get us out. Them being scared of being cheered 🤣 is probably why we've only won twice at home in front 60k. its the biggest game that ive seen in my 30 years, I want them to feel it. if they cant handle pressure, GET OUT of my club. enough is enough, im tired of catering to their fragile egos
 
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