Match Thread Aston Villa 3-2 Everton. Saturday 14th September 17:30

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I almost feel bad for him sometimes, because for most of the time he's not actually doing anything wrong, it's just that his presence alone clearly puts the fear into the rest of the team.

He's capable of having a good game even, but even when he does there's always the feeling that we're going to lose. His total lack of aggression is his undoing really.

He's continually doing things wrong. When Branthewaite plays him and Branthewaite are always tight together and we have a back line that moves forward and back in unison. Through Keane in there and it becomes a jagged line all the time because Keane is always struggling to keep position because of his lack of pace. Even if he won all of his headers and tackles and had 100% ball retention the fact his positioning is so bad would still result in us conceding lots of chances every game, the fact he also misses tackles and headers and give ball away is just an additional nightmare. No team can function with a defense as bad as our when Keane is in it.