Interview: Kayne Said (11th August 2007)

Welcome Kayne, surely at the moment you are looking forward to start the new campaign!

So Kayne this is your third season with the senior team at the age of 21. What do you think of this years season considering finishing in third place last year and missed out promotion with just one point.

I have been playing for two years with the Senior team under coach Mr. Joe Gerada and I consider myself very lucky to be part of such a great team playing with talented players and giving my all out contribution. Personally I consider the last two seasons quite a success. I have played in the third division and together we gained promotion in a successful manner. I have also played in the second division last year and considering our resources and being our first attempt in the division we came close and missed promotion with just one point in a very competitive league. After those two successive years I together with the team gained the experience necessary to challenge for this year’s second division being a strength in our advantage. I do not believe that it will be an easy task to accomplish, but considering our team’s talent and determination and considering the guidance provided by our coach Mr Gerada, we can fulfill our aim for promotion.

You netted 13 goals last season (League & Knock out) - What's your aim for this season?

Obviously I was really satisfied for netting 13 goals last season and having my name written down in the top scorers list. I really trained hard for that achievement and I am really glad to have helped the team a little more with my play. But a new season is just beginning. Obviously a striker’s job is to score, and I showed everyone that I am good at it. I will do my utmost 1st of all to help the team in it’s achievements and second I will give all my utmost to score more goals.

Can you tell us which goal was the most important of your career so far and why?

I consider every goal in my carreer important. But if I have to chose one, I’ll chose last year’s goal scored against Dingli Swallows in the second round derby with a header. All those supporters cheering. It will really remain imprinted in my mind forever.

What do you think of your partnership up-front with Adam Smeir? How do you feel playing alongside him?

Adam Smeir is quite a talented player and a good friend of mine. We have really different characteristics as strikers but we have been drawn accustomed to each other’s play after all these years we have been playing together since childhood. We have learned a lot from each other and it comes to us automatically to look for each other on the field of play. I believe the more the two strikers try to find each other during a game the more the trouble they will cause to the defenders. And I dare say we have caused some considerable damage in teams’ defences over the past three years. We both have a constant urge to score and that’s good.

Kayne, if you would improve one aspect of your game, what would it be?

I believe that every player in the game of football will never achieve his full potential. He has to train hard everyday to achieve his goals. He has to improve all aspects of his game not just one to arrive at the top of the list. Football is a team game and not an individual game. If the team improves holistically, the player will improve individually. One must keep in mind that one needs to show talent both outside and inside the pitch. Discipline, determination and heart. Improve those attributes and you’ll improve your field play.

Finally www.rabatajaxsc.com would like a comment from you to our supporters and also is their anything you'd like to add?

First of all I would like to thank my father for being there for me from the tender age of 6 when I started playing football. Thanks for his strong experience in football and for his healthy advice and criticism after each and every game. I would like to thank him for being there and for being a sort of protective shadow over my talent pushing me never to give up, never to surrender.
Thanks also go for the remainder of Said Family for believing whole heartedly in me.

Special thanks go to coach Joe Gerada for understanding my character, for believing in my capacities, attributes and talents and for pushing me to give my utmost in every game.

I would also like to thank all the Rabat Ajax Committee for believing in me and special thanks go to all the supporters who really love me as a player and as a good friend. If it wasn’t for the Rabat Ajax Supporters I wouldn’t be where I am right now. Feeling your presence in every game switches something inside me that pushes me to give my utter best.

Finally I would like to thank all my good friends and team players in the Rabat Ajax squad for having accepted my character and for showing their respect and friendship and for their constant help in times of need. You all have become my family.

Thanks for everything. I‘ll hope to return my thanks in the field.

Kayne Said
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Interviews 2007/08: Kayne Said

Interviews: 2006/07: Jonathan Azzopardi, Keith Micallef, Alan Zahra

Interviews: 2005/06: Jonathon Bezzina , Emmanuel Muscat, Adam Smeir , Joe Gerada (Coach)