….not sure but that would be interesting. I’m hearing Dyche is having to do lots of work outside of what’s the normal Managerial scope, so perhaps he is having the say over Thelwell. I’d be happy if that’s the case until we get a new DOF.
“It wouldn’t have happened on my watch. Trust me. Because I would have been saying ‘No, no, no, no’. Because the health of the club is important to me,” said Dyche.
“I wouldn’t be throwing the club under the bus by saying:‘I am the manager, I need £250 million.’ I would be going: ‘No, how can that work for this club? We cannot afford it.’
“I would be saying: ‘Hold on a minute. I’m not going to be here forever.’
“I would not have let that happen because it would not be good for the club and eventually it is going to hurt the club. I know I can say that because I did that at another club [Burnley]. I can stand true to that.”
“The club needs to be in a healthier position than it has been, so someone has got to jump on the grenade,” said Dyche.
“I didn’t think there was going to be quite as many. I just got my Kevlar vest on. I heard a lot of stories from fans about ‘the truth’.
“If fans are ever asking, ‘Why aren’t you signing him, why aren’t you doing that’ here lies the truth. The accounts come out and they say: ‘OK.’
“Everyone wants a new stadium. That’s fair and right. Goodison is an amazing, historic ground but it is creaking. That costs a lot of money, obviously. The competitive side on the pitch costs a lot of money.
“I was aware of it when I came here. I was not quite aware of all of it, as you can imagine. I certainly wasn’t thinking we would have 10 points taken off us. Look, the hardship is that is the truth. There will still be some asking me why I don’t sign a centre-forward, or like last pre-season why don’t I sign two centre-forwards.
“Well, it costs a lot of money to buy two centre-forwards. We did in the end but by building deals that were future proof. It is the current, ongoing challenge of Everton Football Club.
“That was part of the remit. I’m not crying it in. When I got here they were not saying you are going to get loads of money. Obviously no one in football knew that 10 points [deduction] was coming. All fans were wondering where that came from. But there is no crying it in from me. These are the points we’ve got and these are the points that have been taken away, pending what happens next.
“The demand is high. The demand for the stadium. The demand to help the community. The demand on the pitch. With high demand usually comes high outlays. With high outlays, down the timeline, comes some form of trouble.”
I mean he certainly sounds like somebody who has massive input on transfers.