2017/18 Michael Keane

[heatmeiser]

name one

Someone beat me to it.

It’s a ridiculous thing to say.

 

[bobafro]

That’s not what you said. You said you’ve never seen a defender play as bad. There have been many that were far worse unfortunately.

Exactly, even in recent times...

Williams has has worse performances this season.
Distin in his last season.
Antolin Alcaraz
Heitinga had one nightmare of a season.
Philippe Senderos
Lucas Neill
Anthony Gardner (ya, I know he never played... still a worse defender than Michael Keane)
Matteo Ferrari
Per Kroldrup....

And that's just the last 10 years.

Honestly - there were a few games at the start of the season where I honestly would've said Keane settled the fastest of all of our summer signings.... he's had a mare since then but the shambles of a team that he's playing in hardly helps. I won't be writing him off anyway.

 

[Khalekan]

Coming to Everton can't make you a bad player. We need to get him back to the way he played at Burnley.. Fat Sam is meant to be some sort of defensive guru, let us see him getting these young defenders defending.

Indeed.

He made it all sound so easy when he sat pontificating on Andy Gray’s TV show, when he first pitched for the job.

 

[Khalekan]

There will be no-one left at this rate.

Based on the general level of performances this season, we will barely notice

 

[Khalekan]

From his own mouth, about his system at the club....

“And at some stage there has to be some sort of compromise between the two of you. The system we’ve got at the club is both the director of football and the manager have to sign that player off so for that progress to be made a compromise has to be made and it’s a case of, maybe, the manager taking the lead or the director of football taking the lead and who is most passionate about getting that signing over the line. It’s about bringing that together."

Koeman might have suggested the players, both of them have to sign it off.

And I imagine a system like that is flawed......the one with the strongest or most domineering personality is inevitably going to get his way more often than not.

 

[GwladysBlue]

Him and Holgate should be starting tomorrow night.

 

[kenada_blue]

I don't get that. Keane was signed on the strength of his form at Burnley, which led to him being selected for England. What was wrong with that?

Down to the fact that all his big signings bar
Gana have been less than impressive.

And he spent £200mill.

 

[larrygobfiend]

EVERTON FC - Where good players come to die.

 

[evertonarntwe]

Exactly, even in recent times...

Williams has has worse performances this season.
Distin in his last season.
Antolin Alcaraz
Heitinga had one nightmare of a season.
Philippe Senderos
Lucas Neill
Anthony Gardner (ya, I know he never played... still a worse defender than Michael Keane)
Matteo Ferrari
Per Kroldrup....

And that's just the last 10 years.

Honestly - there were a few games at the start of the season where I honestly would've said Keane settled the fastest of all of our summer signings.... he's had a mare since then but the shambles of a team that he's playing in hardly helps. I won't be writing him off anyway.

to be fair none of them cost 25 mill

think keane will come good myself, would start him with Holgate for a few games

 

[bobafro]

to be fair none of them cost 25 mill

think keane will come good myself, would start him with Holgate for a few games

Fair point, but I would still say that £5m on Kroldrup 10 years ago was probably a bigger deal than us spending £25m now.

Regardless, I agree with you. Holgate and Keane would be my first choice partnership at the back right now... will be interesting to see if Funer Mori gets much of a look in when he's fully fit.

 

[blue61]

It's a tad unfair to be overly critical of the lad, if the talk of his ongoing foot injury are true. This has probably knocked his confidence as much as the teams form, I think he'll come good.

 

[Kev50]

Exactly, even in recent times...

Williams has has worse performances this season.
Distin in his last season.
Antolin Alcaraz
Heitinga had one nightmare of a season.
Philippe Senderos
Lucas Neill
Anthony Gardner (ya, I know he never played... still a worse defender than Michael Keane)
Matteo Ferrari
Per Kroldrup....

And that's just the last 10 years.

Honestly - there were a few games at the start of the season where I honestly would've said Keane settled the fastest of all of our summer signings.... he's had a mare since then but the shambles of a team that he's playing in hardly helps. I won't be writing him off anyway.

I would have Williams in this team ahead of Keane. every day of the week. Distin? do me a favour
Alcaraz is arguable, but I still think the bunny in the headlights that is MK is worse
Heitinga? yeah sure
Senderos, wasn't great but again, no
Ferrari, LUcas Neill? ridiculous

 

[Kev50]

Per koldrup

Cuco Martina not a chance

Marc Hottiger nope

Ashley Williams nope

Alcaraz

arguable but I'd prefer him in his first season to this guy

 

[dav]

good player. i would be starting him alongside jags(c) with holgate on the bench.

needs to be shown support still has a lot of development in him.

 

[Papa Shango]

Fair point, but I would still say that £5m on Kroldrup 10 years ago was probably a bigger deal than us spending £25m now.

Regardless, I agree with you. Holgate and Keane would be my first choice partnership at the back right now... will be interesting to see if Funer Mori gets much of a look in when he's fully fit.

Bilic. Cost a lot of money at the time and was awful for us.

I don't care what he did elsewhere, he seems to get off lightly when we discuss rubbish players for us.