Have Kaboul’s criticisms of Ramos been vindicated?
Maybe it wasn’t just a bitter rant after all While Younes Kaboul’s defending hasn’t earned him many rave reviews during his time in the Premier League with first Tottenham and now Portsmouth, The Spoiler thinks it’s time to give him credit for being one of the first to question the credentials of Juande Ramos. When Kaboul criticised his then manager in April, saying that he deserved no credit for Tottenham’s Carling Cup success and accusing him of never speaking to his players, it was largely dismissed as a bitter attack by a player who Ramos, in a rare display of good squad management, realised wasn’t worthy of a starting place. Back then Spurs fans were too busy planning their latest assault on the Big Four to take much notice of Kaboul’s rant but now that his comments appear to have been proven accurate, we thought they might be worth reliving: “Tactically it has changed a bit, perhaps. But then, in terms of personality, Martin was a character. For us, he was a father figure, wherea
