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Kyle Naughton ***official sold to Swansea***
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'We can win the title'
Kyle Naughton pulls no punches as he talks exclusively to Sky Sports about Tottenham's Premier League credentials, bringing Saudi Sportswashing Machine 'down a peg or two', and revenge on Kyle Walker
"I cannot see why we cannot challenge for the title." It is a bold statement from Kyle Naughton but the Tottenham Hotspur defender is clearly a man who likes to speak his mind.
From the Premier League-winning potential of Andre Villas-Boas' squad to hitting back at goal-shy Spurs' critics, telling fans to keep the faith, and writing off Saudi Sportswashing Machine ahead of Sunday's game at White Hart Lane, the full-back did not pull any punches when speaking exclusively to Sky Sports at the Spurs EA SPORTS FIFA 14 Pro Player Challenge.
Naughton also gives the lowdown on the contrasting form of strikers Jermain Defoe and Roberto Soldado. And, at the same time, explains how he plans to get his own back on the notorious Halloween practical joke which saw him included among several Tottenham stars who fell victim to England's Kyle Walker scaring them in a cloak, hood and skeleton mask...
First things first, have you got your revenge on Kyle Walker yet for his prank at your expense?
"I have not got him back yet [laughing]. But I will be working on something, I am sure. We were going to do something to his room on an away game, like hiding under his bed and jumping out when he was going to sleep. But I will have to work on something new now I have told you!
Do you scare easily? You did not seem as frightened as some of your team-mates, who thought they were doing a TV interview in front of a Halloween set only to have Kyle jump out on them?
"I do not have any phobias. Normally things like Kyle tried are what make me jump. But I was standing in the front of the room and I was thinking, 'what's all this stuff behind me?'. So, me being nosy, I decided I wanted to have a look behind the boxes. As I walked behind, Kyle popped out. So it was not too bad and luckily you could not see my reaction, as I had my back to the camera. I think my face when I reacted was worse than the mask Kyle was wearing!"
Let's talk football and Tottenham had a good win against Sheriff Tiraspol in the Europa League on Thursday night. How important is it to take that momentum into the Premier League game against Saudi Sportswashing Machine?
"Throughout the game against Sheriff, we looked comfortable. We went 1-0 up and then it is always nice to get the second goal as we did. We now have to try and take it on against Saudi Sportswashing Machine. But Saudi Sportswashing Machine will be tough and they are a difficult team to judge. They have not been doing too well recently but I watched them against Chelsea and they upped their game. Hopefully we can knock them back down a peg or two."
Tottenham are five points off the top of the Premier League and you have also already qualified for the knockout stages of the Europa League. What can the club aim for this season?
"It is still early in the season but if we can keep all our players fit, I am sure we will be looking for the same as last year - which was to try and get in the top four. That is always a main aim. We also like to do well in the cups and Europe. We want to stick in with everything. We do not want to go out of one competition just to concentrate on another. We want to go for the best of everything."
Is the top four the only aim for Tottenham this season or can you win the title?
"It is difficult to say in the Premier League at the moment. You can see there are some teams who are up there who you would not expect, like Southampton. Then there are teams at the other end of the table, like Fulham and Saudi Sportswashing Machine, who are a bit further down the table and you thought would be the other way around. But I cannot see why we cannot challenge for the title. We have got a big enough squad and good enough players. But you never know. There are always Emirates Marketing Project and Manchester United, who you are all waiting to come to top form. Arsenal are on top form and Liverpool are doing well."
Tottenham have a tough fixture list before Christmas and you play Emirates Marketing Project, Manchester United and Liverpool in that period. How much will those games test your title credentials?
"Towards the end of the season, those are the teams you will be battling it out against. So, if you can take a few points from those teams, it will be vital for nearer the end of the season."
How pleased are you with your own career at this stage and the way you have established yourself at Tottenham?
"This manager [Villas-Boas], since he has come in, has put his arm around me and said he is going to give me a chance. He has stuck to that and I have played a few games now in the Europa League, in the Premier League and also in the cups. I am in and out of the team a little bit but until you get a good run of games and are fully fit, that is when you can try and make the position in the team your own."
What is Andre Villas-Boas like as a manager and what is your reaction to the criticism he has received for Tottenham's lack of goals?
"He is probably the best I have worked with up to now. You can talk about the lack of goals but, defensively, we have been keeping clean sheets and we are fourth in the table. So you cannot really argue with what he is doing. Maybe we could have one or two more goals but I am sure once we have played a few more games and once all the players gel, because it is quite a new team, there will be a big hammering coming up for someone soon."
Is it important for the fans at White Hart Lane to understand the new squad is in a building process?
"Definitely. It is always nice if the fans stick by you and believe in what you are doing. Hopefully that is what they do and then we will repay them by putting a few more goals in the back of the net."
Going back to Thursday night and Jermain Defoe's European goalscoring record for the club, what is he like as a team-mate and striker?
"All the lads have been congratulating him on his record. To play with him is great. He has got a good shot and always sticks it in the back of the net. He is someone you are proud to say you have played with. He is a good striker. You could say it is a surprise he has not got more England caps given his goalscoring at club level. Everywhere he has been he has put the ball in the back of the net. But there are also other English players, like Wayne Rooney, who have been doing a good job."
Another of your team-mates, £26million summer signing Roberto Soldado, is finding it more difficult to score goals. You get to see him in training every day and do you therefore expect him to soon show his class in the Premier League?
"In training, his finishing is like you would expect. I am sure he will start putting the goals away. We are working in training on giving him the ball a lot in good areas and once we can convert that into games you will see his finishing is top drawer."
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11675/9016972/we-can-win-the-title
'We can win the title'
Kyle Naughton pulls no punches as he talks exclusively to Sky Sports about Tottenham's Premier League credentials, bringing Saudi Sportswashing Machine 'down a peg or two', and revenge on Kyle Walker
"I cannot see why we cannot challenge for the title." It is a bold statement from Kyle Naughton but the Tottenham Hotspur defender is clearly a man who likes to speak his mind.
From the Premier League-winning potential of Andre Villas-Boas' squad to hitting back at goal-shy Spurs' critics, telling fans to keep the faith, and writing off Saudi Sportswashing Machine ahead of Sunday's game at White Hart Lane, the full-back did not pull any punches when speaking exclusively to Sky Sports at the Spurs EA SPORTS FIFA 14 Pro Player Challenge.
Naughton also gives the lowdown on the contrasting form of strikers Jermain Defoe and Roberto Soldado. And, at the same time, explains how he plans to get his own back on the notorious Halloween practical joke which saw him included among several Tottenham stars who fell victim to England's Kyle Walker scaring them in a cloak, hood and skeleton mask...
First things first, have you got your revenge on Kyle Walker yet for his prank at your expense?
"I have not got him back yet [laughing]. But I will be working on something, I am sure. We were going to do something to his room on an away game, like hiding under his bed and jumping out when he was going to sleep. But I will have to work on something new now I have told you!
Do you scare easily? You did not seem as frightened as some of your team-mates, who thought they were doing a TV interview in front of a Halloween set only to have Kyle jump out on them?
"I do not have any phobias. Normally things like Kyle tried are what make me jump. But I was standing in the front of the room and I was thinking, 'what's all this stuff behind me?'. So, me being nosy, I decided I wanted to have a look behind the boxes. As I walked behind, Kyle popped out. So it was not too bad and luckily you could not see my reaction, as I had my back to the camera. I think my face when I reacted was worse than the mask Kyle was wearing!"
Let's talk football and Tottenham had a good win against Sheriff Tiraspol in the Europa League on Thursday night. How important is it to take that momentum into the Premier League game against Saudi Sportswashing Machine?
"Throughout the game against Sheriff, we looked comfortable. We went 1-0 up and then it is always nice to get the second goal as we did. We now have to try and take it on against Saudi Sportswashing Machine. But Saudi Sportswashing Machine will be tough and they are a difficult team to judge. They have not been doing too well recently but I watched them against Chelsea and they upped their game. Hopefully we can knock them back down a peg or two."
Tottenham are five points off the top of the Premier League and you have also already qualified for the knockout stages of the Europa League. What can the club aim for this season?
"It is still early in the season but if we can keep all our players fit, I am sure we will be looking for the same as last year - which was to try and get in the top four. That is always a main aim. We also like to do well in the cups and Europe. We want to stick in with everything. We do not want to go out of one competition just to concentrate on another. We want to go for the best of everything."
Is the top four the only aim for Tottenham this season or can you win the title?
"It is difficult to say in the Premier League at the moment. You can see there are some teams who are up there who you would not expect, like Southampton. Then there are teams at the other end of the table, like Fulham and Saudi Sportswashing Machine, who are a bit further down the table and you thought would be the other way around. But I cannot see why we cannot challenge for the title. We have got a big enough squad and good enough players. But you never know. There are always Emirates Marketing Project and Manchester United, who you are all waiting to come to top form. Arsenal are on top form and Liverpool are doing well."
Tottenham have a tough fixture list before Christmas and you play Emirates Marketing Project, Manchester United and Liverpool in that period. How much will those games test your title credentials?
"Towards the end of the season, those are the teams you will be battling it out against. So, if you can take a few points from those teams, it will be vital for nearer the end of the season."
How pleased are you with your own career at this stage and the way you have established yourself at Tottenham?
"This manager [Villas-Boas], since he has come in, has put his arm around me and said he is going to give me a chance. He has stuck to that and I have played a few games now in the Europa League, in the Premier League and also in the cups. I am in and out of the team a little bit but until you get a good run of games and are fully fit, that is when you can try and make the position in the team your own."
What is Andre Villas-Boas like as a manager and what is your reaction to the criticism he has received for Tottenham's lack of goals?
"He is probably the best I have worked with up to now. You can talk about the lack of goals but, defensively, we have been keeping clean sheets and we are fourth in the table. So you cannot really argue with what he is doing. Maybe we could have one or two more goals but I am sure once we have played a few more games and once all the players gel, because it is quite a new team, there will be a big hammering coming up for someone soon."
Is it important for the fans at White Hart Lane to understand the new squad is in a building process?
"Definitely. It is always nice if the fans stick by you and believe in what you are doing. Hopefully that is what they do and then we will repay them by putting a few more goals in the back of the net."
Going back to Thursday night and Jermain Defoe's European goalscoring record for the club, what is he like as a team-mate and striker?
"All the lads have been congratulating him on his record. To play with him is great. He has got a good shot and always sticks it in the back of the net. He is someone you are proud to say you have played with. He is a good striker. You could say it is a surprise he has not got more England caps given his goalscoring at club level. Everywhere he has been he has put the ball in the back of the net. But there are also other English players, like Wayne Rooney, who have been doing a good job."
Another of your team-mates, £26million summer signing Roberto Soldado, is finding it more difficult to score goals. You get to see him in training every day and do you therefore expect him to soon show his class in the Premier League?
"In training, his finishing is like you would expect. I am sure he will start putting the goals away. We are working in training on giving him the ball a lot in good areas and once we can convert that into games you will see his finishing is top drawer."
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11675/9016972/we-can-win-the-title
The Official Kyle Naughton Thead
I hope this is the last time we ever see him in a Spurs ****. He got done about 3 times in the first 5 minutes.
Name me one thing Kyle Naughton has ever done of note in a Spurs shirt. An assist? A goal? A last ditch tackle? A brilliant over lap to whip in a cross? ANYTHING?
We got rid of BAE and kept Kyle Naughton?!?!
I hope this is the last time we ever see him in a Spurs ****. He got done about 3 times in the first 5 minutes.
Name me one thing Kyle Naughton has ever done of note in a Spurs shirt. An assist? A goal? A last ditch tackle? A brilliant over lap to whip in a cross? ANYTHING?
We got rid of BAE and kept Kyle Naughton?!?!
Modric THFC
Jimmy McCormick
Re: The Official Kyle Naughton Thead
He's a decent right back.
He's a decent right back.
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Re: The Official Kyle Naughton Thead
I think he's the new Gilberto
I think he's the new Gilberto
Bedfordspurs
Martin Peters
Re: The Official Kyle Naughton Thead
He is a decent right back cover playing left back. Looked fine there last week but got murdered today
Didn't help he had no cover from Chadli but some of his challenges were schoolboy.
The crowd really ding help the situation though with the jeering after 10 minutes even is gone was playing ****.
He is a decent right back cover playing left back. Looked fine there last week but got murdered today
Didn't help he had no cover from Chadli but some of his challenges were schoolboy.
The crowd really ding help the situation though with the jeering after 10 minutes even is gone was playing ****.
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Darren Caskey
Re: The Official Kyle Naughton Thead
I've literally never seen him kick the ball with his left foot. Even when the ball comes to him and no player is within 20 yards of him, he'll still cut inside and pass it to the centre back, rather than have to shift the ball on to his left.
I refuse to believe this man is a professional footballer and not part of some reality TV life-swap show. Somewhere in Sheffield, there is a perfectly competent Premier League full back sat behind a supermarket checkout.
I've literally never seen him kick the ball with his left foot. Even when the ball comes to him and no player is within 20 yards of him, he'll still cut inside and pass it to the centre back, rather than have to shift the ball on to his left.
I refuse to believe this man is a professional footballer and not part of some reality TV life-swap show. Somewhere in Sheffield, there is a perfectly competent Premier League full back sat behind a supermarket checkout.
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
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I'm not sure if he can defend properly. He fouled Sterling early on and appeared to have failed the first step of defending, to watch the ball rather than the man. That basic error makes me question the rest of his defending. I don't think that he's good enough, but we have no left back whilst Rose is out.
AVB knew we had no left back and ploughed on, letting BAE go, which makes as little sense now as it did then. I can only assume that something happened behind the scenes.
I'm not sure if he can defend properly. He fouled Sterling early on and appeared to have failed the first step of defending, to watch the ball rather than the man. That basic error makes me question the rest of his defending. I don't think that he's good enough, but we have no left back whilst Rose is out.
AVB knew we had no left back and ploughed on, letting BAE go, which makes as little sense now as it did then. I can only assume that something happened behind the scenes.
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Paul Walsh
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Maybe for a team like Norwich. Not us. Until we become a team like Norwich, which could be soon.
Maybe for a team like Norwich. Not us. Until we become a team like Norwich, which could be soon.
DeanoAustin
Christian Ziege
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****ing hell. He was terrible today but he is a young lad out of position. I hope I never see the OP complain about loyalty from players.
In answer to has he ever done anything good for us, I recall a Modric-esque defence splitting pass for a goal against Villa IIRC.
****ing hell. He was terrible today but he is a young lad out of position. I hope I never see the OP complain about loyalty from players.
In answer to has he ever done anything good for us, I recall a Modric-esque defence splitting pass for a goal against Villa IIRC.
Danners9
Luke Young
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BAE was the second most fined player last season, after Adebayor. Late to training, late to matches, late, late, late. It was felt he wasn't taking it seriously and didn't learn from the fines.
Therefore, his attitude wasn't considered good enough and he was moved to somewhere that was more accommodating.
That said, Naughton is pish. Physically weak, weak-minded, weak on his left foot - weak. Crap.
BAE was the second most fined player last season, after Adebayor. Late to training, late to matches, late, late, late. It was felt he wasn't taking it seriously and didn't learn from the fines.
Therefore, his attitude wasn't considered good enough and he was moved to somewhere that was more accommodating.
That said, Naughton is pish. Physically weak, weak-minded, weak on his left foot - weak. Crap.
Modric THFC
Jimmy McCormick
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He got an injury thursday night. And thats why he had to come off at half time yesterday. Just think about that for a second, AVB probably would have left him on if he was able to continue!
He got an injury thursday night. And thats why he had to come off at half time yesterday. Just think about that for a second, AVB probably would have left him on if he was able to continue!
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Luke Young
Re: The Official Kyle Naughton Thead
Even before yesterday I was saying he is a pub footballer who is 4th choice (at a stretch). He cannot even kick the ball very hard with his STRONG foot (unlike Rose whose clearances are massive).
This guy is just a joke. You could have put a plant pot at LB and it would have offered more resistance.
Even before yesterday I was saying he is a pub footballer who is 4th choice (at a stretch). He cannot even kick the ball very hard with his STRONG foot (unlike Rose whose clearances are massive).
This guy is just a joke. You could have put a plant pot at LB and it would have offered more resistance.
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You know things must be bad when even bankrupt and ETP come back to comment in a thread! :lol:
Welcome back fellas
You know things must be bad when even bankrupt and ETP come back to comment in a thread! :lol:
Welcome back fellas
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Serge Aurier
Re: The Official Kyle Naughton Thead
You just don't play a right footed player at left back. Ever. Tarrico? Rubbish!
Getting rid of Ekotto was one of te worst pieces of business done by AVB and I don't have any sympathy to what happens to him now.
You just don't play a right footed player at left back. Ever. Tarrico? Rubbish!
Getting rid of Ekotto was one of te worst pieces of business done by AVB and I don't have any sympathy to what happens to him now.
Re: The Official Kyle Naughton Thead
I can't believe what I am reading with some people saying he is a good right back being played out of position.
He is absolutely shocking in both positions. Clueless and braindead is how I have described him from the moment I saw him have a run of sorts during 12/13. Ironically, his best performance for Spurs was against Arsenal away for Norwich when they got a point. He fouled Van Persie as he was about to tap in for the winner and got away with it which gave us a chance to nick 3rd.
He has absolutely no attributes that indicate he can play at any sort of level. Weak, not particularly fast, poor passing and control, limited awareness and vision and definitely unable to read the game in any aspect.
Never rated him at all and it is not over the top to say he is quite possibly one of the poorest players to feature regularly for us since the turn of the century.
I can't believe what I am reading with some people saying he is a good right back being played out of position.
He is absolutely shocking in both positions. Clueless and braindead is how I have described him from the moment I saw him have a run of sorts during 12/13. Ironically, his best performance for Spurs was against Arsenal away for Norwich when they got a point. He fouled Van Persie as he was about to tap in for the winner and got away with it which gave us a chance to nick 3rd.
He has absolutely no attributes that indicate he can play at any sort of level. Weak, not particularly fast, poor passing and control, limited awareness and vision and definitely unable to read the game in any aspect.
Never rated him at all and it is not over the top to say he is quite possibly one of the poorest players to feature regularly for us since the turn of the century.
Re: The Official Kyle Naughton Thead
He makes me appreciate Kyle Walker.
(To be fair Kyle walker's been our stand out defender for a while now)
He makes me appreciate Kyle Walker.
(To be fair Kyle walker's been our stand out defender for a while now)
Yiddo
Cecil Poynton
Re: The Official Kyle Naughton Thead
I'm being deadly serious when i say that i would have done better in that position yesterday.
I'm being deadly serious when i say that i would have done better in that position yesterday.