"If you've got no confidence, don't play."
That is the message from former Tottenham winger Chris Waddle to members of the current squad who have "no confidence" amid their recent dismal run.
Tuesday's disastrous 5-2 defeat by Atletico Madrid was a fourth successive loss in Igor Tudor's four games in charge.
When asked on the Football Daily podcast whether Tudor was the man to turn things around for Spurs, Waddle said: "Not at the moment, no. If you look at it, no, but then who can?
"The players are drained of confidence. They need to stand up and be counted. You've got players like [Cristian] Romero who have won the World Cup and is captain of the club.
"You've got international footballers throughout the squad and they don't do anything - the changing room obviously must not be as close as people say it is.
"You roll your sleeves up. It might be ugly and you might win 1-0 in a horrible game and it was terrible but they are so easy to play against Tottenham at the minute.
"I watch them play. I had four years there, it's a great club, I really enjoyed it. I watch them now and they don't look like they want to wear the shirt.
"We can talk all day about management and the players but the biggest thing in football is; if you've got no confidence, don't play.
"Just put your hand up and say, 'I'm sorry, I can't play'.
"You want players who are going to roll their sleeves up, get on the ball - what were you bought for? What are you paid for? To create, do things and work.
"The simple thing about football is working hard, being organsied - that's not hard.
"But you look at so many Spurs players and they hide because they've got no confidence. They don't want to cross that white line and you can see that. Every time I watch Tottenham play they are so easy to play against.
"They should go out and have a good drink and a good chat and tell the truth to each other."
Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds