2022/23 Michael Keane

[4737carlin]

If we stay up on goal difference the only player in the squad that can say I Kept Everton Up is.... Keane

 

[MikeH72]

If we stay up on goal difference the only player in the squad that can say I Kept Everton Up is.... Keane

Even though we’ve started tanking goals left right and centre since he came back in?

 

[4737carlin]

Even though we’ve started tanking goals left right and centre since he came back in?

Yeah because we kept clean sheets before

 

[MikeH72]

Yeah because we kept clean sheets before

We actually had the second best defensive record in the league at the World Cup break.

 

[Nymzee]

Yeah because we kept clean sheets before

14 goals in his 7 games back.

 

[4737carlin]

14 goals in his 7 games back.

And goal of the decade

 

[4737carlin]

We actually had the second best defensive record in the league at the World Cup break.

Did Keane come straight into the team after the world cup?

 

[nsno-chris]

Michael Keane starts = Everton conceding for fun

We’ve danced this dance for 5 years now

 

[MikeH72]

Michael Keane starts = Everton conceding for fun

We’ve danced this dance for 5 years now

Yeah but as ever a few months out of the team makes everyone forget.

 

[Trimm Trabb]

Did Keane come straight into the team after the World Cup

Average goals conceded per game this season:

Without Keane: 1.33
With Keane: 2.00

 

[nsno-chris]

Yeah but as ever a few months out of the team makes everyone forget.

Turns into prime Baresi

 

[Eggs]

If we stay up on goal difference the only player in the squad that can say I Kept Everton Up is.... Keane

…a deluded statement from a deluded poster.

 

[Del-boy]

He will be decent in the Championship imo.

 

[BigDuncTributeBand]

Average goals conceded per game this season:

Without Keane: 1.33
With Keane: 2.00

Yeah because we kept it tight for a spell at the start of the season but that fell away, didn’t it.

I’ve not really got a problem with Dyche picking Keane, he suits his set up and is a way better edge of the box defender than Godfrey, Holgate or Coady. We were doing fine up until the last two games.

Last couple of games, the defence hasn’t been the root cause - it’s what we’ve seen for a number of seasons i.e. playing through our forwards too easily and exposing the midfield which in turn exposes the back line.

 

[kenada_blue]

Yeah because we kept it tight for a spell at the start of the season but that fell away, didn’t it.

I’ve not really got a problem with Dyche picking Keane, he suits his set up and is a way better edge of the box defender than Godfrey, Holgate or Coady. We were doing fine up until the last two games.

Last couple of games, the defence hasn’t been the root cause - it’s what we’ve seen for a number of seasons i.e. playing through our forwards too easily and exposing the midfield which in turn exposes the back line.

We've kept 1 clean sheet since he's been brought in.

And he's not better at edge of the box defending than Coady or Mina.

The thing keeping us in games previously was Tarko and Coady putting in more blocks and tackles than any defenders in the league for months.

It's also a reason why our goal difference is better than the teams around us because like it or not...under Lampard we were never 100% out of games minus the Bournemouth ones. We were losing games by 1 goal at most. Our chronic lack of goals, inexperience, and terrible attacking play didn't help under him either.