My take has always been the welfare of the football club, there has been the biggest existential threat as far as I’m concerned in our history the last three seasons. Nothing else matters, bar the wellbeing of the club. Dyche has done an incredible job over a season and a half. The fact people now are hoping for and expecting, shows the progression.
Away from the above slightly, we need stability. That has been a huge problem at the club, a constant cycle, of building, upon, building on players that one of the 7 managers that was here for less or slightly more then a year decided they wanted with varying philosophies and skill sets, burning through wages and resources. Dyche has brought that stability.
Additionally the clubs identity was in the toilet, in a way it still is, but he’s managed a manure of a situation with dignity and hold respect of the footballing world because of it, that’s helped the club recover some of the PR manure show.
What he did with little, was incredible and when he does leave here he will be remembered warmly by Evertonians for the job he did, for that I’m certain. Doing what he did with the context he walked into, with the tools he was given, is outstanding.
Lastly I believe managers and clubs need something that isn’t easily given in the game time and faith - if you make a decision you back it, you give a manger a contract, let them do what they do and as that contract comes up for renewal you review - that what the club needed and that what’s going to go down, I’m delighted about that.
Is there a red line? Of course, that’s the industry - for me it’s where Lampard got to, heading South, after half a season, about to be cut off.
I’m full sure thst won’t happen, I’m not even the slightest bit concerned about relegation - unless there is another points deduction.
We’re developing a good competitive side, who as I’ve said - I expect to be 10th-12th.