Whilst I acknowledge that he was handed an almost impossible task, I still think he has demonstrated what many of us knew - he is a very poor manager.
It's like watching a Bobby Gould side, just emptying it downfield. He does all the things you would expect of him - aimless punts and crosses, no patterns of play, negative attitude, bad team selections where he favours bad senior pros over some young players who, while they might not be that good, at least have potential to get better and may give us a little spark.
Plays his Burnley mates. If Mina's fit, Mina should play. The defence has been diabolical since Keane came back in. I just can't believe that a manager can be SO tactically negative and yet have his side ship so many goals.
Plus, he is so smug and arrogant, without having anything about him to back it up. His standards are very low from managing Burnley. He's come into a club that have allowed their standards to become very low and helps to keep them that way. When he comes out with all these statements about us having really good players, I think he genuinely believes it, rather than trying to put a positive spin on things.
Another thing is that it was clear from his interviews that he didn't want us just bringing forwards in in January if they didn't have the right character. Fair enough long-term, but again it shows how poor his judgement is for not identifying just how much we need some. If ever a club just needed to get some forward players in it was us. Again, due to his chronically low standards, he probably believes that Maupay is a good player.
He is also, categorically NOT the man to lead us in the Championship.
Again, I am aware of how hard his job was coming in and I am not absolving the decision-makers at the club of their responsibility - this relegation is on them. It's just that Dyche really is as bad a manager as I thought he was and he also has that annoying Fat Sam trait of making out that there are stereotypes about him. No there aren't. That is how you play the game!!
Anyway, rant over. Feel better now