2018/19 Michael Keane

[KaiserEFC]

People love a comeback story and someone who has faced adversity yadda yadda yadda but eventually you just have to call a spade a spade. He’s not all that and isn’t worth half what we paid for him.

 

[COYBL25]

You’d get more impact and movement by putting Dixie Deans statue on roller skates.

 

[heatmeiser]

Mina must be really confused

 

[Billysgingham.]

Tugboat Mickie.

 

[Acelisc008]

Needs to be dropped, just not good enough.

 

[Rudolf Hucker]

Mina must be really confused

So am I.

 

[KaiserEFC]

Mina must be really confused

Literally sat there with Messi’s number in his phone thinking “Burnlee? What is this burntlee this Michael guy came from?”

 

[COYBL25]

Needs to be sold, just not good enough.

Fixed

 

[EnglishRoundabout]

How come everyone on here bigs him up when he’s risen to the heady heights of average this season. I have always said, he’s a mistake waiting to happen. He’s a powder puff centre half. Not good enough.

 

[Eggs]

How come everyone on here bigs him up when he’s risen to the heady heights of average this season. I have always said, he’s a mistake waiting to happen. He’s a powder puff centre half. Not good enough.

...not everyone, but lots say he’s our best CB and are entitled to that view. The main concern for me is that we’ve paid £30m for a CB who can’t get a game ahead of him.

Lots on here really rate him, though.

 

[Ivo]

Don't get why silva isn't playing the defender he signed instead

 

[Baileyjon]

He is a decent Centre back if you are going to defend deep and force teams to cross balls into the box. That is why he looked a good player at Burnley, he had plenty of protection in front of him and just had to concentrate on dominating his box.

He has been found out when he has played for us because in the majority of games we need to make the play which means pushing up and looking to play in their half. Silva's high line has just made his weaknesses far more obvious.

 

[Baileyjon]

Don't get why silva isn't playing the defender he signed instead

Isn't that the problem with the DOF model though. We don't know if Silva wanted him or it was down to Brands.

 

[Billysgingham.]

Don't get why silva isn't playing the defender he signed instead

Maybe because he has made a booboo.

 

[artetas_biggest_fan]

He is a decent Centre back if you are going to defend deep and force teams to cross balls into the box. That is why he looked a good player at Burnley, he had plenty of protection in front of him and just had to concentrate on dominating his box.

He has been found out when he has played for us because in the majority of games we need to make the play which means pushing up and looking to play in their half. Silva's high line has just made his weaknesses far more obvious.

Precisely. Defend in numbers, deep in your own half, affording the opposition little space to attack...in other words the set up at Burnley, and Keane won’t get exposed.

Said it before, he’s Steve Bruce in terms of lack of movement but without Steve Bruce’s football brain to position himself so he doesn’t get burned/turned. Keane is the most flat footed defender I’ve seen in the Premier League for a long time.