Slav orders squad to get out of comfort zone
He is clearly is concerned that some of them are stuck in a “comfort zone” and said: “We’ve already spoken about it.”.
And he added: “It’s very easy to get into what I call a comfort zone, to get out from overdrive.
“It’s like being in cruise control, when you’re on the motorway and you drive like that and you become sleepy.
“It’s the same in football, in marriage, in a company. If you’re in a comfort zone it’s not good.
“Some people think it’s just being calm in yourself. No. That’s totally different. You have to be at it. We were like that most of last season. But we didn’t have it in a couple of games this season.”
He wants the squad to recall what happened to the big clubs last season who may have believed they were bombproof from failure.
He said: “Chelsea lost it last year and Manchester City didn’t achieve. OK, City qualified for the Champions League but it wasn’t good enough, and it was because of being in a comfort zone.
“No team can play in the Premier League like that – we are not the kind of team that get away with it because of the quality they can put on the pitch.
“We’re not that team, 100 per cent.”