00:11Hello guys, we'll start with the broadcast section that's got no embargo, followed by an embargoed section for 10.30pm
00:16tonight.
00:17No live tweeting in the broadcast section and use the microphone provided. Michael.
00:20Thanks Ant. Hi Roberto, how are you? Good week?
00:23Yeah, good week. Tomorrow is the day, not today or yesterday.
00:28Lovely. Who is out for tomorrow and how is James Maddison?
00:34James is available, he's still out with Tosin, Bergwahl, Van Muldrik, but they are all available.
00:52That's very positive.
00:55Matti, you were talking on the pitch with him, instructions at four times, and Saturday we see this excellent goal.
01:03How proud are you of him and his response and the way he's working for you?
01:07Well, I'm proud, I'm happy, but first of all for him, because I love working for the players to improve
01:16the players.
01:16I was a player, maybe I lost in my career many chances to become a better player.
01:25And one part of my job is to be focused on the improvement of the players, because many times you
01:35listen to the coaches picking the group, the teams.
01:38Yes, but the teams are more players together, if we are so good to improve the players as an individual,
01:52we can improve as a team.
01:54And Matti is working very hard, he's a smart guy, he's a big, big potential.
02:01His improvement, I think, is making the decision, the last decision.
02:07Maybe it has to be more calm, more focused on the ball, take the decision and follow the first decision,
02:17not change the decision during the situation.
02:24But I'm here to help my players, for sure.
02:29Looking really good these last few weeks, Tottenham, it's coming together really well.
02:33Many years ago, Arsenal had a lot of improvement, a lot of changes, and you see now with Manchester United,
02:39it looks like they are looking to make changes as well and need improvements.
02:44How long, in your opinion, does it take for a very big club to get better, to be great again?
02:50I don't know.
02:53But for sure, we can't ask time.
02:59We can't ask anything.
03:02I think we have to play.
03:04I think we have already the qualities enough to win the games, to become better and better.
03:12For example, tomorrow is a big test for us.
03:16Because we won two games in a row.
03:19Because we are in a good moment.
03:21And we have to show, first of all, before then, the quality of the players, the qualities of the play,
03:29the style of play.
03:31All these things are nothing if you don't show the mentality, the attitude, the right spirit, to be hungry.
03:43Also tomorrow, maybe more tomorrow than against Coventry.
03:48And finally, did you speak to Pedro Porro?
03:50You were doing an interview on Spurs TV.
03:52He runs up and gives you a peck on your neck.
03:55Have you spoken to him about that?
03:56It's not fair, is it?
03:57No, because Pedro is one of the biggest players.
04:04He's a great guy, sensitive guy, passionate guy.
04:09We are very lucky to have Pedro with us.
04:15Hi Roberto, I wanted to ask you, go back to Matisse Tell.
04:20He's obviously had some really tough moments at the club.
04:23But do you think that goal against Chelsea can be a real turning point for him?
04:30Yes, tough moment.
04:31Why tough moment?
04:32Because he went on the stand one time, two times, or stays on the bench.
04:38But it's part of his journey.
04:41Every one of us, we have to solve the problems, to solve the difficult moments.
04:51And the most important is to be together.
04:57Matisse has been never alone, because always with his teammates and the staff, myself,
05:08we have been always together, always close with him.
05:13I think it can improve the goal of Chelsea, it can improve the confidence.
05:20But the most important is to fight and to play for the team, for the group.
05:24Because if you fight for the team, if you play for the team, when you are in the difficult situation,
05:30you can find the team.
05:31Otherwise, you stay alone.
05:34The two wins have come after that training camp in Marbella.
05:38And I spoke to Archie Gray this week about the training camp.
05:40And he said the players have returned feeling more like brothers.
05:44How successful do you feel that training camp was, from your point of view?
05:50Well, nothing.
05:51I think, when you are a coach, you have to solve the problems,
06:04and you have to take the decision, you have to take the responsibilities.
06:11In that moment, I thought the best way to solve our problems is to be together,
06:17to stay close, to spend time together, not on the pitch.
06:22Because on the pitch is important when there is already a big group,
06:28a big relationship, a big union between the players.
06:32And the focus went to the group, to find the way, the best way to stay together
06:39and to improve the relationships.
06:46And in terms of your opponents, tomorrow, Crystal Palace, their manager, Pierre Sage,
06:50has been under a lot of pressure because of a few up-and-down results this season.
06:55What do you make of Crystal Palace?
06:57I know very well, Pierre Sage is a very good coach.
07:02I know from a long time, when he worked in Lyon and last season in Lens.
07:10Very good coach.
07:11I think it's not easy playing free competition, because they are playing in Premier League,
07:21in Europe League and in Carabao.
07:25So, I watched the game in Fulham, I watched the game against Besiktas or with Newcastle.
07:36I think they lost with Newcastle, but they are alive.
07:41Tomorrow will be a tough game for us, but also for them.
07:47With James Madison, obviously brilliant, he's available.
07:51Was it important that he came off in that moment and didn't make anything worse?
07:55And has he been able to train this week as well?
07:58This week, Madison didn't work like other players, but for tomorrow he's available.
08:06He's a special player for us, but a special player because he has unique characteristics,
08:18different than everyone.
08:21Maybe just Chavis Simos is very close with him, but his injury.
08:27Or, Deki Kuluzewski can play as a 10, similar to James Madison.
08:37James is special for the characteristics, for the experience, for the personality.
08:43But we can play with Marmoush as a 10, with Conor Gallagher as a 10.
08:49We played already with Mateus Fernandez, even he's better as a playmaker.
08:57But it's not important, I think, the characteristics of the players.
09:05The most important is to put the players in the right position for them.
09:09So, if you play with one player or another player, you have to build the team right
09:19for respecting the characteristics of the players, for sure.
09:23Just with James, I think you said last week that he hadn't trained a lot, but then he
09:27played at Chelsea and was obviously very good.
09:29Is he kind of starting to show that he doesn't need to train five days a week right now,
09:34whilst his fitness is like this, he can still produce for Tottenham?
09:37Listen, I think, I believe in working, no?
09:42If I work well, I come from one city, Brescia, we are used to working hard, and we believe
09:50working hard, you receive back the good, no?
09:55I think for James Madison or anyway for the player who they are coming from injury, long
10:02injury, you have to work more than the other players, but he's already four or five weeks
10:13he's working very hard and consistently, so I think it's not a problem if you lose two days.
10:21And then we have to analyse if we take risks or not, because if we have to take risks like
10:28Pedro
10:29Porro or Kuluzewski, maybe we are lucky to have a big squad and it's important to not take risks
10:44for the new injuries.
10:45Yeah, another one, Destiny Udoggi missed the last couple of games, how is he and who else?
10:51Yes, he's available, he's available, but he's another problematic player in terms of injuries
10:58now, no?
10:59Because he can't work consistently during the weeks, after Manchester United he didn't work
11:08with us, with the group, for a long time, and this season is a different situation because
11:18we have a great medical staff and we are taking the right decision for each player in the right
11:27moment, in the right situation.
11:31Maybe we made some mistake with Pedro, with Aston Villa, but no medical staff together,
11:41me too, or my staff as well, but he's part of the job, no?
11:48Okay, we'll finish this section with Elias, please.
11:51You didn't mention Savio, is he back or is...?
11:54Savio, no, Savio is injured.
11:56Have you felt a change in atmosphere after such a historic win for this club at Stamford
12:03Bridge last weekend?
12:06But this is the goal.
12:11We have not achieved our goal.
12:17We want to be our fans happy, but not now, at the end of the season.
12:24Now we have to push, we have to stay focused, we have to increase, improve the spirit, the
12:39appetite to win games in a row.
12:44And to do that, we have to show if we are good enough.
12:49If we are good enough on the pitch, for sure we are ready.
12:54In the head, in the mentality, we have to show.
12:57So, because the step of this club is win games in a row, and to be angry day by day,
13:06game by
13:07game, win by win, one time or two times are not enough.
13:13Do you think the team is in a position right now where they can build that momentum over
13:19the next, you know, Crystal Palace?
13:20I think, I believe in my players before as a people, because we have many leaders in our
13:33group.
13:34Robertson, Van Deven, Pedro Poro, JP Van Eyck, Sandro Tonali, Rodrigo Betancourt, Tosin, Ben
13:43Davis, Madison, and they want, they push to keep the level of mentality, the spirit, the
13:52appetite height, especially because now football is going in this direction.
13:59And I think four of the last five goals that Tottenham have scored have been from outside
14:03the box.
14:05Has this been a kind of direction to encourage your players to shoot more, and is that confidence
14:10building that they can start taking the chances a little bit more inside the box?
14:12Well, they are working, they are working a lot in that situation, but they have this quality
14:21in themselves, because Omar Marmouche, Madison, Sandro Tonali didn't score, but many times
14:30he went very close to score, like Mateus Fernandes or Rodrigo Betancourt.
14:39I think now we are improving in a lot of things, I think we are ready to score many goals,
14:48even
14:50in different situations than the goal we scored.
14:56Ok, we will end the broadcast section there and move on to the...
