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

SissokoWasGood (BoL) said:
Listened to that too, and thought it was super interesting. I think RDZ has been so intentional about his public comms and to shift the messaging like this is a clear signal that he thinks something needs to change.

I view it as trying to relax the players over the course of a few weeks, but knowing that there is simply no way to relax them for this game. It’s simply not possible. They will be nervous. And so they have to own this situation, otherwise it will consume them. They’ve got to step into the fire. If he tried to say ‘these are great players, everything will be fine’ before this match it will sound incongruent with reality. He needs to acknowledge it, and then control the narrative and what they do with the pressure.

I think he’s been bang on with his comms so far so I trust him on this. Will be fascinating to see if it works though!
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If we come up with an insipid nerve-wracked performance and scrape a draw or lose but still survive because West Ham fail to win would that be acceptable*? I don’t think RDZ would be happy with that, I think he’s demanding the players to show what they’ve got and save themselves.

Edit: Well yes it would be acceptable because it’s better than being relegated, but I suppose it wouldn’t be all that satisfactory is what I’m trying to say.
 
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Mcfee said:
If we come up with an insipid nerve-wracked performance and scrape a draw or lose but still survive because West Ham fail to win would that be acceptable? I don’t think RDZ would be happy with that, I think he’s demanding the players to show what they’ve got and save themselves.
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Anything that keeps us up is acceptable however lucky we might get on the day, that's all that matters. The squad and the mentality will be dismantled in the summer regardless.
 
Mcfee said:
If we come up with an insipid nerve-wracked performance and scrape a draw or lose but still survive because West Ham fail to win would that be acceptable*? I don’t think RDZ would be happy with that, I think he’s demanding the players to show what they’ve got and save themselves.

Edit: Well yes it would be acceptable because it’s better than being relegated, but I suppose it wouldn’t be all that satisfactory is what I’m trying to say.
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I wouldn’t be happy with it but I’d take your hand off for it now. All that matters in the short term is that we stay up.

Longer term, if these boys don’t stand up and be counted and drag themselves out of this mess, it’s hard to see them having a future here next season.
 
Mcfee said:
If we come up with an insipid nerve-wracked performance and scrape a draw or lose but still survive because West Ham fail to win would that be acceptable*? I don’t think RDZ would be happy with that, I think he’s demanding the players to show what they’ve got and save themselves.

Edit: Well yes it would be acceptable because it’s better than being relegated, but I suppose it wouldn’t be all that satisfactory is what I’m trying to say.
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Whatever it takes for us to survive.
 
Kandi1977 said:
There are 9 possible scenarios in total for the two games (W-D-L). Only 1 of those will send us down. Us losing and Spam winning. All other results and we stay.

If it wasn't Spurs, I wouldn't really be worried. But it IS Spurs so.....
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Yeah, I kinda feel its inevitable after the fudge ups in the last few games.

Based on our history, I think it’s basically a certainty that we will get a draw and the hammers will win 13-0.
 
Mcfee said:
If we come up with an insipid nerve-wracked performance and scrape a draw or lose but still survive because West Ham fail to win would that be acceptable*? I don’t think RDZ would be happy with that, I think he’s demanding the players to show what they’ve got and save themselves.

Edit: Well yes it would be acceptable because it’s better than being relegated, but I suppose it wouldn’t be all that satisfactory is what I’m trying to say.
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Might even be preferable in a way - we don't want anyone going in to the summer with the misunderstanding that we don't need a top to tail gutting of the squad
 
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