Bob Elstone
Player Valuation: £35m
Dyche has proven he doesn’t have a clue how to solve the goals problem.
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Dyche doesn't think he needs a specialist attacking coach, he got quite arsey with a journalist who asked him about it, Dyche's reply was that it wasn't needed, he added that he didn't have a specialist set piece coach but he seems to be doing ok without one. He'd be much more likeable if he wasn't such a smart arse.Why doesn't Thelwell get an attacking coach in? He's the boss isn't he?
This situation is the opposite of the Martinez days when we could score but couldn't defend to save our lives. Remember back than a lot were calling for someone like Stubbs to be brought in.
Not sure who is about but it would certainly help now. Any recently retired top strikers about? Probably beneath Rooney but someone like him would be ideal.
He’s had a better squad than what Lampard had last year. He lost Mina and Godfrey first game, doucoure 2nd game at villa, you know the same guy, who everyone has made excuses for dyche not winning games because doucoure was injured. Lampard had holgate playing games, Tom Davies and Rondon up front , before we bought maupay.I find it bizare that im even posting on dyche as i was probably one of the most vocal against him coming here. But the circumstances change. He was dealt a nothing hand that just got worse with the shambles surrounding the club. I watched Everton under the previous two managers and i had that feeling during games the team were about to collapse. Its interesting reading comments because if you looked at this forum over the past few years every single player who is here has been labelled not good enough. But now suddenly dyche is supposed to make them good enough. He's improved the organisation of the team. I never expected him to improve the quality of the players.
But its being done to death now. Dyche is dyche and without the points deduction he has the team exactly where i thought it would be.
Problem is we have tough away games, where we’ve got more of our points from this season, and on paper easier games at home, where we’ve struggled. Teams like Forest, Brentford, will most likely set up to defend and that’s where we/dyche struggle. Also we will be bang under pressure at home, because we will definitely need to win at least 2 of Them, 3 if we don’t win an away gameMeant in general till day 38, not only these 3 games.
Or wasn't suffering from impaired vision which means he cannot see what 38000 others can on a weekly basis.Dyche doesn't think he needs a specialist attacking coach, he got quite arsey with a journalist who asked him about it, Dyche's reply was that it wasn't needed, he added that he didn't have a specialist set piece coach but he seems to be doing ok without one. He'd be much more likeable if he wasn't such a smart arse.
I get this. I do. It's absolutely not fair to him that he's had to deal with the points deduction.Its also the maddest season of all time, he's not dealing with a normal situation - in a normal season we're hanging out on 31 points with 10 games to go and there is very little stress and tension, that not the case is it.
I get this. I do. It's absolutely not fair to him that he's had to deal with the points deduction.
But that doesn't change the fact that he hasn't won a league game in 3 months. Are we after excuses or are we after another season in the Premier League? Because we can moan all we want about the mitigating factors and pat him on the head and say, "well, it's not your fault we're down here."
That's all so pointless. Because we are down here in the relegation fight now, no ifs, ands, or buts - so we have no choice but to do something about it. And he's not doing anything about it, now, today.
The alternative is playing in the Championship and consoling ourselves with the idea that it wasn't our fault that we ended up there. But that won't change the fact of us being there.
I Was pro Dyche, now I'm counting down the last 10 games hoping for a win...or 3...from somewhere to take the pressure off.Can't get away from the fact the thing that kept me on the dyche train was he was getting results. They have dried up so those credits are declining.
I still think the team are creating some chances, it is a threadbare squad in terms of talent and numbers, going through a pretty taxing period with all the off-field noise it's a tough situation.
It does seem the air went out of the place with that loss on penalties to Fulham in the LC. I d
As my boss always asks me, what the solution.
I'd love more attractive football, but with this squad, Lampard tried that and was found wanting.
For all the crap Chelsea deservedly get they had a squad that should be comfortably in the Champs League spots yet Potter and Pochettino can't get them going what makes you think they'll be affective for us.
I guess my point is Dyche overall has been solid up against some pretty massive obstacles, I wouldn't be changing him. I think he's the guy to get the best out of this lot, but our biggest issues are the uncertainty of our future including investment and PSR. As it stands now even if we get money in will we be able to use any of it to improve this squad.
I dont mind holding him to improved standards and expectations when the inputs make it reasonable to do so at the moment I dont think its fair to have his position in threat with what hes up against.
I'm not doing this, though. The overall performance of the last two seasons is a separate discussion from the point I'm making here.Its relative when people are judging performance, after the past two seasons - i think most people would have accepted 31 points with 10 games to go, with a pretty ordinary team as a good performance.
Its also relative in the sense that the fan base is more reactive to a bad run of form because it influences tension and anxiety and people react differently to adversity when often its best to respond - hence we see the panic in this thread.
I can accept everyone's annoyed with no wins in 11, personally the only results im disappointed with are WHU and Wolves, we were beaten by City twice and unlucky to be beaten by Utd and Spurs - everything else we got points from.
We managed to have that block of games, through the busiest part of the season, were we had injuries and our threadbare squad really showed - not to mention the off the field stuff.
I dont think its particularly analytical to look a t a situation and just make a concrete judgement without adding variables and context.
Particularly as the stakes are high - its very possible sacking a manger we get worse, because we are better with this one then we were without are last two and our stock hasn't risen in fact got worse since, the last time we went to a new manager market.
Its in our hands and we have the fixtures to do it, its about your reaction to adversity and holding tension.
Bring it.
Dyche has proven he doesn’t have a clue how to solve the goals problem.
I'm not doing this, though. The overall performance of the last two seasons is a separate discussion from the point I'm making here.
I'm saying we have a problem that is current, ongoing, and unaddressed, and we have two options: 1) cry about how it's not our fault but otherwise just cross our fingers and hope it works out for the best or 2) actually do something about it, which might warrant considering a managerial change if the one in the job isn't performing. When you're in a high stakes situation, as you say, you can either do what's necessary to achieve the desired outcome, or you can make excuses as to why you can't.
I just don't understand the attitude that current performance should be excused because there were some results earlier in the season. So if we don't win another game the rest of the way and get relegated, the thought will be what? "Well, we should have had X amount of points in March."
Because, frankly, that's not going to make me feel any better when I'm watching us play Sunderland in the league next year.
That's my point. It's not up to Dyche, Thelwell is in charge and he needs to show it now.Dyche doesn't think he needs a specialist attacking coach, he got quite arsey with a journalist who asked him about it, Dyche's reply was that it wasn't needed, he added that he didn't have a specialist set piece coach but he seems to be doing ok without one. He'd be much more likeable if he wasn't such a smart arse.
But a lot of the adversity is of his own making.It doesn't matter what you do mate - im simply relaying the facts as they relate to Sean Dyches performance in 28 Premier League games - if as you say you want to ignore the points deduction as we are at the reality, then ignore the points deduction and judge on the 31 points hes earned in terms of managers performance.
I think we all know how changeing a manger works mate, you support the one you have based on performance - 31 points with 10 games to go, or you buckle - do the thing that has created instability for the past 6-7 years and hit and hope someone will be attracted to a club, with no money, no governance, with a point deduction and pending another who sees that a positive career step - i mean what could go wrong! lol
I didn't mention results earlier in the season or make excuses, i went through each game of the 11 we haven't won.
Like i say holding the tension and how you react to adversity - is our job of work.