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2017/18 Michael Keane

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dav said:
yes have to agree with you. needs to improve in areas significantly during the remainder of season. i believe he can as he has shown this in the past
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I'm seriously worried about him. I think he's always going to be reliant on his partner because of the deficiencies he has.

I'm not shocked that he plays better next to Jagielka. I'd say it is probably because Jagielka is fitter than Williams and isn't too busy huffing and puffing to be able to provide instructions to Keane.

Center back and keeper are the two positions that require the most communication skills imo because they can see the most of the pitch in front of them and can better anticipate danger.

I can't think of one aspect of Keane's game that is stronger than any of the other center backs. Holgate is better on the ball than him. His positioning is constantly suspect. He doesn't get tight enough to his marker. Mori is better in the air and stronger in the tackle.
 
Eggs said:
...but I fear you can’t make a slow defender fast and I fear you can’t make an immobile footballer mobile. If he is in the team we will have to defend deep, anything played behind him or down the channels will leave us wide open. The team would have to be set up to cover his frailties, in a similar way that Burnley did last season.
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But you definitely can learn how to communicate effectively. Jags is right about that being something he can effectively work on and improve.
 
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bluestevon said:
Guys got as much chance of becoming a good leader as Jimmy cranky had of being taken seriously as a dramatic actress.

Can't stick a backbone into a player at 24.
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Of course you can.

But of course it’s cool to stick the boot into Everton players. To actually back them and hope they get better seems to be lame.

Weird
 
Shocking player - the worst of the summer signings. At least Klaasen and Sandro haven’t been on the pitch to cause the level of damage he has.
 
ijjysmith said:
Of course you can.

But of course it’s cool to stick the boot into Everton players. To actually back them and hope they get better seems to be lame.

Weird
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I CBA with the lot of them after this year. Sell them all.

Obviously we can't so I hope he turns it around but it's just shocking the amounts of money we have spent on the wrong players.
 

Efcjake said:
I CBA with the lot of them after this year. Sell them all.

Obviously we can't so I hope he turns it around but it's just shocking the amounts of money we have spent on the wrong players.
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Keane has be poop in the main. But he’s not a poop player. There’s a player in there. He just needs to show it. And be treated like a footballer.

There’s been loads worse than him.
 
Think he needs a commanding CB alongside him - no coincidence he has improved slightly since being alongside Coleman and Jags instead of Kid Kenny and head in shirt Williams.

Get a tall, commanding CB in his prime next season next to him who isnt baby sitting Martina or covering a past it Baines with a new LB in and Keane will come on leaps and bounds imo.
 
dav said:
keane is young and has had a lot of pressure on his shoulders this season in a terrible everton. injuries to funes mori, jags along with baines and coleman. hope he can respond well and improve because he has talent and potential. mobile, good with ball at feet. needs to toughen up, maybe an extra kilo or 2. work on his positioning and as jags said communicate, lead
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lollollol
 

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