Is Kaboul having a pop at AVB?

[Legend10]

Interesting quotes from Kaboul in 442, the parts about how important it is that he played at a high level and how he knows what it's like for players, so we don't waste time on other stuff! What's he talking about there?

Also interesting that it points out that Sherwood, Ferdinand & Ramsey used to go to all the games but stopped when AVB took over. TV did used to show them all the time when Redkapp was in charge and then they did just disappear. Anyway, here's what he has said:



Younes Kaboul believes Tim Sherwood's White Hart Lane history is behind his great start to life as Tottenham head coach.

Sherwood replaced Andre Villas-Boas in December following five years on the coaching staff at White Hart Lane and has collected seven wins from his 12 games in charge in all competitions as Tottenham continue their challenge for a UEFA Champions League place next season.

Having worked closely with the first time throughout his time at Tottenham, Kaboul feels the 45-year-old is the perfect man to lead the club.

Tottenham have been linked with a move for a more experienced head coach at the end of the season, with Louis van Gaal reported to be a candidate, but defender Kaboul would rather Sherwood was given a chance.

"He deserves it," the Frenchman told the Evening Standard. "He knows the club well, he's been here for a long time and he knows exactly what he's doing.

"He learned a lot in the past and the best fact is that he played football at a high level. His playing career is important, because he knows what it is like for us.

"We don't waste time on other stuff, because he went through everything and he understands. He knows the game perfectly. I remember that when Harry Redknapp was manager (from 2008-2012), Tim and (coaches) Les Ferdinand and Chris Ramsey would come to nearly every game.

"Wherever we were playing, it didn't matter; they would be there. They would talk to us about how to deal better with certain situations on the pitch and even then, I could see Tim becoming a manager. He just had to be patient and wait for his chance."


Read more at http://www.fourfourtwo.com/au/news/kaboul-not-surprised-see-sherwood-flourish#3f1eC5hZGtiAkBKj.99

 

[Breezer]

"He deserves it," the Frenchman told the Evening Standard. "He knows the club well, he's been here for a long time and he knows exactly what he's doing.

"He learned a lot in the past and the best fact is that he played football at a high level. His playing career is important, because he knows what it is like for us.

"We don't waste time on other stuff, because he went through everything and he understands. He knows the game perfectly. I remember that when Harry Redknapp was manager (from 2008-2012), Tim and (coaches) Les Ferdinand and Chris Ramsey would come to nearly every game.

No need for Ipads and graphs etc

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

No need for Ipads and graphs etc

Winner.

I bet Sir Alex thought a ipad was something a pirate wore and a pivot table was something Rooney did in Manchester bars.

 

[Legend10]

No need for Ipads and graphs etc

Not great comments are they!

 

[chinaman]

Not great comments are they!

I thought Ipads are what young ladies wear inside their panties.

 

[Spurs_Bear]

They seem pretty standard 'what do you think of the current manager?' questions to me. With pretty standard answers.

Kaboul did a similar interview when Villas-Boas was new to the job.

 

[Legend10]

They seem pretty standard 'what do you think of the current manager?' questions to me. With pretty standard answers.

Kaboul did a similar interview when Villas-Boas was new to the job.

Going to disagree with you on this one SB, i think he's having a definite pop! Considering 99% of managers are ex players why even mention it, let alone that it's the 'best' thing because he understands? And why mention about not wasting time on other things, unless of course you've been wasting time on other things?

 

[E17yid]

I don't think there's much in it. We can read too much into things sometimes. A lot of the stuff he was saying was cliche. Some PR people probably tell players to big up Timmy's playing history, it's natural to focus on the positives of any appointment. This is TS first job so we can't go around saying how experienced he is, instead we say how much he understands the players. Similar to when we appointed AVB, he didn't have loads of experience but we bigged him up as some master tactician with a winning mentality. If we ever appoint LVG I'm sure all the players interviews will be about how it's important to have a manager who has won big things and managed big clubs etc etc.

Slightly unrelated but on topic. Pre newcastle game on SNN, they did an interview with Vertonghen and he was asked something along the lines of "are you enjoying playing with more freedom under TS" and vertonghen said that we played with freedom under AVB but he was just unlucky.

 

[markiespurs]

Kabouls comments about Sherwood a co always being at matches when Harry was in charge would seem to fit with the ITK (JJ I think) about AVB isolating the first team from the rest of the club.

 

[StartingPrice]

I noticed the comment about Sherwood being an ex-player. If I remember rightly - and I can't give any reference to it, because I can't remember - one of the other players gave an interview more immediately upon AVB's departure and also commented on Sherwood's experience as a top level footballer.

It might be nothing more than looking for something positive in InterTim without intentionally reflecting on AVB at all...or there might have been a feeling among at least a section of the players that AVB was missing something due to never having played at a significant level.

What that something was has not hindered a celebrated few managers who were never really much cop as players - but, in fairness, most of them probably had more managerial (and other football-related) experience before they had their success. So that may just come down to the relatively young age of AVB, and not the fact that he never played at a professional level.

Who knows.

 

[mpickard2087]

Would Kaboul have been on the training pitch that much under AVB? Probably not the best man to ask.

 

[Ironskullll]

Perhaps we expect too much of a manager. If we were to get the kaleidoscope of abilities needed we'd surely have superman in our hands. Even Sir Alex had a host of great coaches through the years helping him out. Who he has in his team, how he picks and managers/works with them etc; these things don't seem to be mentioned so often.

Take the interview with Ramos. It seems like the culture he encountered was a bit shall we say flabby, nutritionally speaking. So in that respect he was an upgrade. But his leadership/man-management skills seemed to let him down. But who could possible have eberythung? Fuck me, he'd be superman.

Then we have AVB. Let's assume for the moment he brought some real pluses with him. Despite that, he was always going to have some difficulties, especially after his experience in Fulham. It begs the question as to what Spurs as a club does to fill in the gaps. He has his team - his playing team, but also his management team. But he in turn is part of Levy's team. I am constantly wondering what sort of evaluation process we go through with these multi-million pound appointments, and whether any special support ideas are put in place for the poor sod who gets the job.. Surely it cannot be as random and disjointed as it sometimes seems?