Forward senses collective and individual belief returning as crucial Premier League game against Nottingham Forest looms
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he more that Mathys Tel talked on Wednesday after Tottenham finally won a game under Igor Tudor – albeit the night still ended in aggregate defeat by Atlético Madrid in the Champions League last 16 – the more he seemed to approach a specific area; an admission.
Talking has very much been the theme in the Spurs dressing room in recent weeks as the club have slid down the Premier League table towards the abyss that would be relegation into the Championship.
Call it rock bottom, the point of no return. The moment when pennies drop, a wake-up call. It surely came after the first-leg at Atlético last week when Spurs lost 5-2; it could have been worse given they were 4-0 down after 22 minutes. It followed the dismal 3-1 home defeat against Crystal Palace and meant that Tudor had suffered four defeats out of four; zero new manager bounce after the club got him in to replace Thomas Frank.
