Even though my hatred for Michael Keane burns hotter than the inside of a McDonald's Apple pie,i honestly wouldn't made seeing what he can do coming off the bench to go up top.
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I think that last season we were very lucky with injuries. The centre back pair of Tarkowski/Branthwaite hardly missed a game, Garner,DCL, Harrison, McNeill, Doucoure, Gana missed very few matches between them.
Others missed some games but most of our " first eleven" were generally able to play most games and at times it showed in performances where players were looking tired.
We may not be as lucky this season and signing O Brien is an attempt to deepen the squad. The fee is big for Everton in our current state but not a big fee by premiership standards.
We do still need at least one centre midfielder, ideally two, a full back that maybe could play left and right and if DCL leaves then another striker.
Even then we will have a squad that should be enough but still a long way off being a big squad.
Players like Holgate in particular and Michael Keane are players that really the club would like to move on but just may not be able to do so.
I would not be surprised either to see an older more experienced keeper brought in as extra cover.
He would constantly get caught offside, wouldn’t know where to run, when to time his runs, how to link up with the midfield and lay the ball off, would be marked out of the game, basically it would be embarrassing.
Sounds like he would fit right in with the team
Is he at the stadium C, squeezing into a gwladys street seat doing his interview?
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
Thats what they thought in Lyon.
Branthwaite plays LCB.
O'Brien plays RCB.
Glasshalffull
Player Valuation: £10m
Yes, but in a fantasy world where you could have 25 subs on the bench, I wouldn't mind Keane coming on with 5-10 minutes to go if we were losing and didn't look like scoring. Sadly, fantasy worlds ony exist in......er, fantasy, so it looks like he's stuffed.
Dublin blue 75
Player Valuation: £50m
Sounds like a career to date summary in his current role.
We're really relying on this stadium it feels like. I hate to say it but maybe we need to chill out, considering our financial predicament. There are probably more rude realizations (ie. extra bills) to it all than they're aware of. Considering all the feckary we've run in to, I'm highly skeptical it'll all be smooth sailing..
pfim
Player Valuation: £40m
Fixed it for you.
I am not sure our activity this summer has anything to do with the stadium tbh.
I think our finances have somewhat stabilised and the final cost of the stadium must be known at this stage. I feel it is the realisation that if we don't invest sensibly in the squad it is going to be another year struggling.
Hopefully we are just seeing the beginning of the recovery for Everton FC.
windymiller
Player Valuation: £60m
Has the massive ging signed yet, or wha?
Het got called "carrot top" by the Park End dars, so walked back home and punted his tabby.
No and fully expecting the posters with incontinence problems to come out from under the stairs about 9 o'clock and start with the "wHys it tAkiNg sO LONg" and "WHy dO EVerton ruIN EvEry TranSFer" shouts
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