2019/20 Michael Keane

[MikeH72]

The worst centre half I have ever seen for Everton and England.

He has nil, I repeat none, zero attributes or talent to bring a team at prem or international level.

An absolutely ridiculous thing to type out tbh. Grow up.

 

[Cool_Blue]

Glen Keeley and Per Kroldrup laugh at this.

But at least Kroldrup was only allowed onto the pitch once, in that hammering at Villa, so he didn’t cost us too many points

 

[Magus]

Keane was no worse than half a dozen others. I don't think there was any midfield playing in front of the defence.
But it will always be the same players that are scapegoated.

Whilst I agree with the general point about England, he doesn't seem to be able to react to the problems around him. When he first came here I thought he looked calm in possession, but I now think it was just a lack of awareness.

 

[Toffeelover]

In the England game he was awful, his shortcomings were shown up.

 

[GwladysBlue]

The worst centre half I have ever seen for Everton and England.

He has nil, I repeat none, zero attributes or talent to bring a team at prem or international level.

He was a central part of the 4th best defence in England last season, keeping 10 clean sheets in 13 games.

Unfortunately for him, as soon as his confidence goes he can’t perform to the very high standard he is capable of.

He isn’t the only defender guilty of this, Jagielka and Baines used to be awful for England. They suffer from Everton’s loser mentality which transfer onto the international stage. Very few of our players, even when good for the club, have been good for their country.

 

[Methuselah]

He had a poor game for England yesterday but was only one of many. Czech's were a far better side. Can't remember when I saw a game where so many passes went to the opposition.

 

[Carlito]

I've just accepted now that he's another in a long line of poor players for whom circumstances will conspire to ensure they get ten years at Everton.

Whether it's a clean slate from a new manager, a more pressing priority to spend money on other ares of the pitch or a failure to recruit a suitable replacement, he will somehow, some way keep signing extensions until the fans simply give up and learn to ignore him, like we ended up doing with Neville, Howard and Hibbert.

 

[big nev lookalike]

Looks like his confidence has gone,again. Holgate has limitations as well but now has to be given a chance. Dropping Keane wont help his confidence but we are not playing well enough to carry him at the moment.

 

[evertonarntwe]

Dog awful, big wet lettuce as well. Has a bad game and his confidence is gone for abar 4 months after it

Be gone with him asap

 

[lungo]

He was a central part of the 4th best defence in England last season, keeping 10 clean sheets in 13 games.

Unfortunately for him, as soon as his confidence goes he can’t perform to the very high standard he is capable of.

He isn’t the only defender guilty of this, Jagielka and Baines used to be awful for England. They suffer from Everton’s loser mentality which transfer onto the international stage. Very few of our players, even when good for the club, have been good for their country.

The 4th best defense means nothing if you played like a pub player for 1 half of the season. The guy isnt premiership quality and playing for England is a big laugh!

 

[terraloon]

The 4th best defense means nothing if you played like a pub player for 1 half of the season. The guy isnt premiership quality and playing for England is a big laugh!

Thought that both CD looked terrible, there again just about every player did.

 

[onlyme]

Just read that Roy Keane outed Henderson and Rice saying they may as well be in the studio with him. Exactly as I posted last night, no protection for the back 4 but Michael Keane gets slated.... Weird.

 

[COYBL25]

He always seems to have a puzzled look on his face.....

He`s trying to work out where his mum is sitting in the crowd.

 

[Eggs]

....i don’t want to kick a lad when he’s down, I say my bit even when he’s doing ok so folk know my view.

Regardless of his lack of quality and physicality, I see a real lack of competitiveness. He can be bullied and he can sulk. He won’t fight back, he doesn’t play with an edge to his game. It’s really important for a defender, it’s vital for a CB.

Somebody mentioned earlier about him being a CB in a team that needs to defend deep, yep we brought him into a team that wants to push up. Steve Walsh didn’t have a transfer strategy, he didn’t buy players to fit a system, he just bought players.

I wouldn’t mind so much if Keane was competitive but he doesn’t play like the game matters. John Hurst didn’t get an England cap, how standards have fallen.

 

[Frang]

....i don’t want to kick a lad when he’s down, I say my bit even when he’s doing ok so folk know my view.

Regardless of his lack of quality and physicality, I see a real lack of competitiveness. He can be bullied and he can sulk. He won’t fight back, he doesn’t play with an edge to his game. It’s really important for a defender, it’s vital for a CB.

Somebody mentioned earlier about him being a CB in a team that needs to defend deep, yep we brought him into a team that wants to push up. Steve Walsh didn’t have a transfer strategy, he didn’t buy players to fit a system, he just bought players.

I wouldn’t mind so much if Keane was competitive but he doesn’t play like the game matters. John Hurst didn’t get an England cap, how standards have fallen.

and he will HAVE to play the majority of our games as we only have 2 proven senior centre backs

thanks Marcel. great work

its quite obv Keane needs a break and taking out the team .. but no, he has to play