Tottenham assistant manager Cristian Stellini has taken at the players' mentality after their FA Cup elimination midweek by Sheffield United.
Stellini has warned their attempts to instil a winning mentality at the club have been hindered by problems deeply rooted in the past.
"It came from a long time ago, not just this season," said Stellini as he addressed the dismal nature of the FA Cup exit at the hands of Sheffield United on Wednesday, which he blamed on attitude, and lack of hunger.
"Every season, sometimes it's better and sometimes lower, but every season it is similar so it's a problem that Tottenham is out in the fifth round of the FA Cup. We have to change this. We want to change this.
"When we speak to each other. We speak about this and if we want, in the future, we can have this."
Spurs have not won a trophy for almost 15 years and have lost in the FA Cup fifth round in four of the last five years, knocked out by teams from the Championship in the last two.
"Sometimes I feel we speak too much about trophies and less about the mentality," said Stellini. "This is the difficult thing. You have to find this hunger inside of you, inside the dressing room, inside the players, inside the staff, inside the club.
"Everyone participates to create this kind of atmosphere, to feel how important it is to win games, to win every game.
"The mentality we showed in the last game is the reality. The approach was not good, not the mentality we need.
"What happened is in the past. Done, finished. I'm not here to analyse what happened in the last 10 years. I'm here to analyse what happens from now into the future. We need to change this."