Visionary Thinking to Solve Spurs Problems

Off The Shelf, Off The Mark: Are Spurs Reacting Instead of Proactively Solving Mentality Problems? 

Off The Shelf: Karl Steptoe

In a recent episode of Tottenham Hotspur's "Off The Shelf" series (on subscription based SpursPlay), the club's Sport & Exercise Psychologist, Karl Steptoe, delves into the intricacies of mental health and well-being within elite sports. 

Steptoe offered a comprehensive look at the psychological challenges athletes face and the strategies employed to maintain optimal mental health. 

He emphasizes the importance of resilience, coping mechanisms and the role of psychological support in enhancing athletic performance.

The discussion provides valuable insights into the often-overlooked mental aspects of professional sports.

However, the problem nobody seems to see, is that these are all reactive and not proactive.

Karl Steptoe’s Role at Spurs: (Should Be) Solving Problems Players Don’t Know They Have

They only improve a player's performance when the player has gone to them with a problem, an unknown problem affecting performance creates the problem in the first place, so why isn't that being tackled?

We saw it again against Ipswich Town, going out with the wrong mentality, not taking the game seriously enough.

By that I mean, we didn't treat the game as if we were playing Manchester City and go out with that level of motivation.

Why not, there is no excuse.

Answer, because it is all left to the players to motivate themselves basically and like you, they perceive it as an easy game.

Why Tottenham’s Mentality Issues Demand a Proactive Approach

External motivation wears off quickly.

If you are not sufficiently motivated, you can't suddenly turn on a switch and your only chance is half-time for some temporary external motivation.

BUT, unless your mindset has changed that will wear off.

That is a problem that in my view is easy to eradicate.

Our sports psychologist should be working on player motivation on an on-going basis, but he doesn't.

Does the problem rise with him not seeing it?

Does the problem lie with Ange Postecoglou not seeing it?

Does the problem lie with the club not seeing it?

It is a coaching issue.

The head coach should be seeing the issue and exploring all avenues of resolving it.

The sports psychologist, Karl Steptoe, should be putting a proposal together for the club, but is he?

All parties could then discuss it.

I was frustrated against Brighton.

I was frustrated against Crystal Palace.

I was disappointed against Galatasaray.

I was apoplectic with frustration against Ipswich Town.

This isn't a one-off problem, it is a recurring problem.

That tells you the mentality isn't right, but NOBODY it seems, knows how to fix it.

Letting the players feel it and work it out doesn't work, especially when you have players with the mentality of going off to puff nitrous oxide!

Someone like Dejan Kulusevski has it, Son has it, Romero ought to have it, but Bissouma and others do not.

How the hell are they going to solve a problem they don't know they have got?

How the hell are they going to seek help for a problem they don't know they have?

How the hell then, can our sports psychologist improve their performance.

It's like the NHS, totally disjointed or this awful Labour government.

How can you bring in VAT on children's education and then ask for a discount, basically wanting a tax exemption on your own tax rises!

When you make a decision you MUST look at the consequences of that, BOTH good and bad.

This government don't do that, they are just making ideological decisions, an ideology that doesn't work and the people don't want, as we have seen in America and across Europe when Germany have shut their borders, are in recession and virtually bankrupt.

And Germany runs the EU, wanting to control Europe, bring it under their power.

Attempt number 3 - the peaceful economic attempt.

Lord Waheed Alli, media baron, is probably running the country to his Muslim beliefs with Sir Kier Starmer, Angela Raynor, Rachel Reeves and the rest his glove puppets.

Anyway, back to football.

Visionaries Needed: Fixing Tottenham’s Mentality Problem Before It’s Too Late

The trouble is visionary.

Daniel Levy is visionary, trouble is he can't do it all himself.

If you have a vision, you have to then devolve to others to implement it.

BUT, if they don't have, see the vision as you see it, they can't put it into practice in the way you want it done.

If they lack vision themselves then, you are not going to get the result your vision sees.

That is what is happening at Tottenham.

Not everybody is visionary, I am.

I have even had AI ask me questions to give an assessment of me and yep, visionary, original solution thinker.

Sit down with each senior member individually and quiz them about their vision for the club.

Obviously they will tell you the club vision, but then you dig into their vision of the implementation and keep digging.

You will uncover who they are and whether they are capable of carrying out your vision (if they see it) or whether they are limited, in which case they need replacing.

As Ange Postecoglou says, I'm not putting a ceiling on anything.

But limited vision senior executives are, although they don't know it because the chairman's vision is bigger than any vision they can see.

On Sunday I put a visionary proposal to the club to raise £300-400 million through the Legends XI, perhaps I need to write one to change the mental attitude within the club.

COYS