{"id":294525,"date":"2023-10-28T04:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=294525"},"modified":"2023-10-28T04:10:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:10:00","slug":"martin-keown-talks-tactics-keepers-are-the-key-players-in-every-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/martin-keown-talks-tactics-keepers-are-the-key-players-in-every-team\/","title":{"rendered":"MARTIN KEOWN TALKS TACTICS: Keepers are the key players in every  team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>MARTIN KEOWN TALKS TACTICS: Goalkeepers are now the key players in every Premier League team&#8230; but it is not necessarily for their keeping!<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Goalkeepers are now integral to meeting the needs of modern-day coaches\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>Teams throughout the league\u00a0use keepers to kickstart their build-up play<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>But it only works if your keeper has variation to his passing and plenty of options<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Goalkeepers are becoming the single most important players on the pitch in meeting the modern-day needs of Premier League managers.<\/p>\n<p>They are instrumental in how their teams play \u2014 the one who kickstarts the masterplan to move the ball from back to front, along the carpet, and through each compartment of the team. Manchester City\u2019s Ederson is the ultimate man for this, and Arsenal are still deciding if David Raya or Aaron Ramsdale is best for the job.<\/p>\n<p>But this tactic is not only reserved for those at the top of the table. It is happening at the bottom, too, with Bournemouth\u2019s Neto and Burnley\u2019s James Trafford trying to develop play from their own six-yard line.<\/p>\n<p>I agree this approach is the best way forward. Playing out from the back draws the opposition on and, once you beat their press, you have more space higher up the pitch in which your attackers can do damage.<\/p>\n<p>But it only works if your goalkeeper has variation to his passing and plenty of solutions from team-mates when in possession. In the case of Ederson, he can send passes long and like an arrow, behind the opposition\u2019s defence, centrally into Erling Haaland, or gift the ball to his nearest defender.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/22\/77098529-0-image-a-20_1698442518299.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Keepers are instrumental in how their teams play and none are better than Man City&#8217;s Ederson<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/22\/77098557-0-image-a-21_1698442659780.jpg\" height=\"512\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are still deciding who out of David Raya or Aaron Ramsdale is the best man for the job<\/p>\n<p>The problem for Trafford, despite being a student of the Manchester City academy, is Burnley\u2019s defenders are passing the ball back to him and he is inviting the opposition to close him down before he releases. There are a multitude of factors involved here \u2014 the timing of the midfielders\u2019 movement into a pocket of space is key to give the goalkeeper an option in central positions, for example \u2014 and it strikes me that this is an area in which Burnley must improve.<\/p>\n<p>Last Saturday, we saw how self-destructive this tactic can be if not applied effectively. Burnley\u2019s 3-0 defeat at Brentford involved Trafford continually trying to pass around the opposition\u2019s high press \u2014 even after the Clarets went down to 10 men \u2014 and he came close to conceding more than one goal in doing so.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Bournemouth had gone down to 10 men when Neto \u2014 who is injured for Saturday&#8217;s visit of Burnley and will be replaced by Andrei Radu \u2014 surrendered possession in front of his own box to gift Wolves their 88th-minute goal, resulting in a 2-1 defeat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/22\/77098995-0-image-a-23_1698442719058.jpg\" height=\"455\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Teams at the bottom are trying it but Burnley and James Trafford are struggling to execute it<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/27\/22\/77098553-0-image-a-24_1698442784217.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bournemouth&#8217;s Neto was guilty of surrendering possession to gift Wolves their winning goal<\/p>\n<p>It must be obvious now, not least to Neto, that he should have pressed the eject button to relieve the pressure by playing a long pass from that goal kick.<\/p>\n<p>There comes a time when playing out from the back is only asking for trouble. It is now a part of the theatre of football \u2014 you can sense the supporters\u2019 hearts in their mouths when their goalkeeper is trying to play this way \u2014 but Saturday&#8217;s game between Bournemouth and Burnley is not about style of play. It is about securing the win.<\/p>\n<p>A brand of attractive football is nice. But winning games is a must, especially when you are engaged in a battle at the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>These two teams have won only once between them in 18 Premier League outings and tomorrow it will be intriguing to see how strictly their goalkeepers adhere to their managers\u2019 philosophies after recent scares.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12681785\/MARTIN-KEOWN-Premier-League.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARTIN KEOWN TALKS TACTICS: Goalkeepers are now the key players in every Premier League team&#8230; but it is not necessarily for their keeping! Goalkeepers are now integral to meeting the needs of modern-day coaches\u00a0 Teams throughout the league\u00a0use keepers to kickstart their build-up play But it only works if your keeper has variation to his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MARTIN KEOWN TALKS TACTICS: Keepers are the key players in every team - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/martin-keown-talks-tactics-keepers-are-the-key-players-in-every-team\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MARTIN KEOWN TALKS TACTICS: Keepers are the key players in every team - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MARTIN KEOWN TALKS TACTICS: Goalkeepers are now the key players in every Premier League team&#8230; but it is not necessarily for their keeping! 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