2025/26 Michael Keane

Flynnthistle said:
If he had made the mistakes Tarkowski had, I dread to think what his thread would've looked like. He's a very, very good centre half, excellent on the ball, quick, tall, excellent reader of the game. If he was a new signing people would be ecstatic.
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Quick and an excellent reader of the game are wild shouts 😂

I'm not his biggest fan, in fact, I think he's dreadful, but he had an ok game today.
 


When he's good, he can be a good solid defender but when he's off form he's an unmitigated disaster and his jitters spread to the rest of the defence. He's inconsistent, probably bordering on more bad games than good the last few seasons but when he's on form he fine.

Problem is you just can't risk him over a long period. He has started the season decently, i hope it continues.
 

Terrarian said:
When he's good, he can be a good solid defender but when he's off form he's an unmitigated disaster and his jitters spread to the rest of the defence. He's inconsistent, probably bordering on more bad games than good the last few seasons but when he's on form he fine.

Problem is you just can't risk him over a long period. He has started the season decently, i hope it continues.
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This is it.
 
ElGato said:
Football fans are so fickle, cracks me up.

Had an ok game today but let's be fair we could and maybe should have conceded 4 or 5 over the last few games with him starting in the team

Bit early to be suggesting he is undergoing a renaissance
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All on Tarks yesterday, farting about with it. I thought Keane had a very good, no nonsense game.
 
When we chat about players one thing that all football supporters do is exaggerate the failings of players , just as we sometimes overplay their strengths. It’s human nature it adds spice to our debates.
We caricaturise the strengths and especially the failings of our players to add emphasis to our post match critique, to draw attention to what we perceive as the failings of our team.
Sometimes we do it just to release our frustration, to apportion blame.
The problem becomes when the caricature begins to obscure the actual performance of the player, we look for the actions that support that cartoon image and ignore the good points.
Keane has been a recipient of that caricaturisation over the years , he isn’t a great centre back for sure , but he is a decent PL one .
Tarkowski is highly regarded, yet yesterday I watched him freeze in the box , then place a perfectly weighted pass to the oncoming Brighton player that only the brilliance of Pickford prevented a certain goal. If Keane had conceded as many recent penalties as Tarks , we would have been posting multiple comments illustrating how rubbish he is.
The truth is more nuanced, Tarkowski is a good not great CB and Keane is a decent not poor one.
They both make occasional mistakes , like all footballers and could almost certainly be improved on.
But where’s the laughs in that ?
 

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