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Michael Keane called up to the England squad. Better than Lewis Dunk?...
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Decent, solid centre half. Burnley have done well to keep him.
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Whoislloydy
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Yes, just.
Michael Keane isn't as hot headed as dunk. Keeps his composure.
Michael Keane isn't as hot headed as dunk. Keeps his composure.
Dunk is an average Championship defender and the longer it stays that way the better.
Gullflyinghigh
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- Apr 23, 2012
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Yeah I'd say so, that not by a massive degree.
If Dunk keeps improving then it may not be the case for too much longer.
If Dunk keeps improving then it may not be the case for too much longer.
Whoislloydy
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just checked, Michael Keane has never received a red card and only 5 yellows
Green Cross Code Man
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Waits for you know who to wade in and receive a whoosh....
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
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- Oct 4, 2003
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11 yellow cards, he picked up 6 in the 2012-13 season (1 with Man Utd in the League Cup and 5 with Leicester while he was on loan). Still that is a remarkable record for a young centre back.
Marshy
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Very good defender and playing in the Premier League is the clincher
BensGrandad
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The added bonus for him is that he is playing in The Premier so catches the eye more. 2 Burnley players in the squad could a 3rd make it Andre Gray?
Whoislloydy
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Must be getting stats from different places - https://www.whoscored.com/Players/107941/History/Michael-Keane
Whoislloydy
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I think so, he's hungry for it. Him and Vardy up topm, bring in troy deeney and the opposition will roll over in fear of being stabbed.
nwgull
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Andre Gray would love Russia.
This makes all the difference.
It also helps that Burnley haven't been whipping boys yet, and have only conceded 9 goals in 7 Premier League games, the same as Chelsea and less than Liverpool.
CP 0 3 BHA
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Having three Burnley players in an England squad would be a pretty sad indictment of the problems we have in our national game these days!
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
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I used Soccerbase. Double checked and the BBC report for the Man Utd game Keane played also has him being booked (vs Chelsea in the League Cup). Your link doesn't include his Leicester games at all.
Whoislloydy
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I would use Soccerbase if work didn't think it was a gambling website and block it! Either way, for a CB it's ridiculously low, Especially the Championship stats on him!
BensGrandad
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I cant be sure of the exact figure but I read in a recent weekend of Premier games there was only about 37% who were eligible to play for England. That is the problem but when Brexit comes about will the FA and should they restrict the number of 'foreigners' a club can field.
Good to see players from "unfashionable" clubs getting a chance. Vardy springs to mind also.
Who knows what an England team selected from the EFL might achieve. Surely they can't do any worse than the pampered prima donnas from the Premier League?
If the PL wanted to restrict the number of foreigners, there's nothing stopping them doing so. The EU laws apply to players signed for the club but there's nothing stopping a league implementing quotas - as the Italian league has done.
There's also nothing stopping a league banning non-EU players or putting strict limits on them - many leagues across Europe do this. The fact that the PL doesn't is purely down to the fact that the PL doesn't want to (which is down to the fact that the PL is not the FA and has no interest in making the national team better).
I know it's fashionable to blame the EU for everything at the moment but it's really not guilty on this one