At this point in time, as another lackluster season draws to a close, the relative merits of what has gone right and wrong with Spurs is being debated, by both team officials and the fans, as a guide as to what to try and improve for next season. The firing of Marin Jol is one aspect, colored a bit by the injury factor at the time. The hiring of Juande Ramos brought a new attitude, a bit of a swagger that helped in Spurs triumph in taking home the Carling Cup earlier this year.
Now today comes word that a favorite of Jol's , Younes Kaboul, who hasn't played regularly for the past month or so under Ramos, has blasted Ramos, saying that Spurs would have won the Carling Cup even if Jol was still the coach.
I'm going to give the Frenchman a bit of a break on this one, what he's saying in this newly published article just shows a man who is clearly frustrated at his lack of playing time. One thing that I think might be behind Kaboul's words is that, no matter who the coach is, Spurs have been amazingly inconsistent all season, and that the brusque style of Ramos is bound to wear on a player who has fallen out of favor for whatever reason; I'm guessing that Kaboul sees other reasons for the inconsistency and lashed out when he'd had enough. He probably shouldn't have lashed out publicly like he did, but that's irrelevant now. KABOUL STORY
Going to dwell on the good things that he's done in his year here (highly unlikely he'll be back after this outburst), such as his dramatic injury time goal against Aston Villa in the amazing 4-4 draw back at the beginning of the year.
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