“For me, this is the thing I don’t get, football isn’t a difficult game. People make it difficult,” Kewell told British radio program talkSPORT.

Kewell's Crawley Town sit 12th in England's League Two, a phenomenal turnaround for the minnow-club from a dismal start to the season that almost saw Kewell sacked.

Kewell took the job following his sacking from Watford's youth team, but after a string of losses and fighting with Crawley's own fans, the former Socceroo seemed destined for failure.

Kewell it was his simple approach that halped turn things around.

“The biggest things I try to work on are the things I did as a player – being simple, basic. I knew what my strengths were and I worked on them at training and come the weekend I was prepared for the game," Kewell said.

“I try not to give too much information about the opposition because I believe football is your game.

"We’re at a stage where we had to adapt to a lot of teams but we’re starting to see that teams are adapting to us which is a huge compliment."

After two draws and a loss in their last three games, Crawley are now disappointed to be seven points off a promotion-playoff spot that seemed a wild dream at the beginning of the season.

Regardless of whether Crawley gain promotion, Kewell may have proved enough to secure a bigger move next season. But rather than pure-ambition, Kewell says its love of coaching that drives him forward.

“I love coaching – whether that’s at a football league team, coaching kids or coaching youngsters who can’t even kick a ball. I enjoy getting the best out of someone – when you teach them, it’s satisfactory for me," Kewell said.

“And it’s not about me comparing myself to my players, it’s about making my players better so they can go to the next level.”