Igor Tudor explains why the media has ‘totally the wrong image’ of him

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Igor Tudor has made an admission about his style of management and his reputation as a disciplinarian.

Tudor has only recently got his foot in the door at Tottenham having replaced Thomas Frank, but is already under immense pressure, with the Lilywhites teetering on the edge of disaster.

The Croat now has just 10 more Premier League games to get the club to safety and avoid the unfortunate record of being the first manager to get relegated with the Lilywhites in nearly fifty years.

The 47-year-old certainly has plenty of experience in getting clubs out of relegation trouble, and he has now spoken about the methods he uses to get a response from the players.

Igor Tudor promises complete honesty to the Tottenham players

The interim Tottenham head coach has been brutally honest in his review of his side’s first two performances under him.

Following the loss against Fulham, Tudor admitted that he has a ‘lot of problems’ to solve at Spurs, insisting that the team is lacking quality in all aspects of play.

That may not be what the players like to hear, but Tudor insists that they have to take his words as constructive criticism rather than an attack.

Tudor said (via Football.London): “Always the players need honesty. One of the skills of a coach is to be honest, in the right way, of course, to speak with them. Without honesty you are dead,” said the interim head coach.

“They need to recognise in you that here is a person who wants to say the things from a good (place), not in a negative way. They need to recognise in you that you are telling them for the best. Then you can tell them everything.”

Tudor insists his disciplinarian reputation is erroneous

The 47-year-old arrived in North London with a reputation as a hard task master, who the players may not love.

In fact, some have even described Tudor as ‘too loud and emotional’ as he is no stranger to falling out with players and other officials at clubs.

When asked about his reputation as being more of a disciplinarian than someone who would put an arm around players, Tudor responded: “Who says that? That’s not true. Without hugging, without connection with the player you cannot do anything. It’s not true.

“There’s not one coach in the world who can come and go [only] with the stick. The players will say ‘who are you?’ There is a relationship, there is honesty. There is a right way to do it. I’m not coming here to shout at players or scream at them. You have totally the wrong image of me.”