Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Sandro has revealed that the whole team shouted at each other for two hours after their 4-0 defeat at the hands of Chelsea on Saturday.
Spurs completely fell apart in the second-half at Stamford Bridge, and instead of getting on the bus and heading home, the players and management team remained in the dressing room for two hours yelling at each other.
After the game, Tim Sherwood was brutal during his post-match interviews, and Sandro has now revealed that the manager flipped his lid at the players behind closed doors as well, and then that followed with two hours of the players having their say and shouting at each other.
“We spent more than two hours in a meeting amongst the players and we said what we had to say,” Sandro said. “Everyone was shouting.
“Every player had their fair share to say, let’s put it this way. We all spoke amongst ourselves.
“The manager said the same thing to us as what he said to the press. We had our meeting post-match – sometimes one player got a bit more stressed out and we tried to calm him down and talk in a nice way. We spent about two hours that way.”
“We have to put our hearts on the table and pull our sleeves up for the benefit of our team and ourselves,” he said.
“But from now on if someone is not doing their work properly, then I think now we – especially the older players – can say something.
“In the past, we probably didn’t say anything because we didn’t want anyone to take it the wrong way. From now on we will pull our sleeves up and tell whoever is not doing their job.
“It is not only the new players. It is everyone. No-one said things before. But now everyone knows. I think everyone can go for it now. This is going to help us.
“We need to show a bit more in next match, to tell the manager that we care. We will do that.”
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
