You can cry or fight': Igor Tudor orders struggling Spurs to stop playing the victim

"Like everything in life, you can choose how to see the situation, he said. You can stay and cry or you can fight. You can be the victim or you can say: I can change something.' This is what I told the players. In tough moments, it's always about us."

"In the last period, [there have been] a lot of things about what is the club, the problems, no one can do nothing—like we were victims. I said this morning to the players the total opposite. It's all about us. All the other things are bullshit. It's on us."

"I do this every day—psychological work, he said. It is important also to give the courage to the teammates. Some of them, they cannot manage, for sure. [But] somewhere [the message gets through]."

Igor Tudor, Tottenham's interim manager, is pressuring his players to take responsibility for the club's dire situation rather than blame external circumstances or make excuses. Facing Liverpool with 12 players unavailable due to injuries and concussion protocols, Spurs sit one point above relegation after five consecutive losses and 11 games without a win—their worst run since 1975. Tudor has implemented intense training sessions and tactical changes to improve fitness and focus. His core message emphasizes that players must choose to fight rather than play the victim, rejecting what he calls "bullshit" excuses about curses or club problems. He conducts daily psychological work to build courage and accountability among teammates, believing the solution lies entirely within the players' control and effort.

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