I don't like everything about Dyche but he's done really well under extraordinarily tough conditions. He deserves some time to show what he can do with a better group of players and more resources to address weaknesses in the team.
The club is being decisive in the transfer window, and on paper it looks like we've signed some good players so I'm pretty happy with where we are atm.
Yeah, we're looking poor in pre season but it doesn't mean much. We've played well in pre seasons before and been poor all season and vice versa. I don't care if we lose all our pre season games if we have a good season.
There’s loads of stuff I genuinely don’t like about Dyche but the criticism of him is so wildly ridiculous that you end up getting painted as a disciple just for disagreeing with some ridiculous views. There’s a lot of stuff I don’t like:
His subs are often too late and too often like for like with no real tactical change.
The possession stats against poor teams even at home are too low
We’ve dropped points due to bad selection or not reacting to games, e.g leaving Young on yellow cards, or not taking Keane off when he’s a pen waiting to happen.
He plays some weird selections like Garner at right wing or at 10 instead of moving McNeil central and playing Danjuma or Dobbin out wide.
but every manager has good and bad points to them. I also think he’s:
Improved the condition of the team, we’re not getting season ending injuries every week and we’re not being outran by every team we face
Improved the set piece record. We used to have one of the worst, now we have one of the best. Is anyone even worried now when we concede a corner or free kick?
Improved the professionalism of the players. The days of players walking around, mouthing off at the fans, not working, not tracking, trying to unseat managers, not doing the basics are over and that’s long overdue at this club.
Improved the tactical discipline. I had no idea what we were trying to do in Lampard, Koeman and Silva’s final seasons. The players didn’t seem to know either. Completely wide open with no threat upfront. We now play a counter pressing game that the players are executing well. People might not like it but it’s undeniable that the players know what they’re supposed to be doing. 4th best defence in the league doesn’t happen without tactical discipline.
Doesn’t make excuses. DCL injury, Mina injury, expected losses, away form, the crowd, the referees. Heard them all used from other managers. Dyche doesn’t care, he makes use of what he has and gets on with it. We lose games of course but he doesn’t have the mentality that previous managers had that away games are difficult, or we should go for a point against top 6 teams etc. We try and play the exact same way we do in any game, sometimes we’ll get slapped for 5 by Arsenal doing that but it also results in beating Liverpool Chelsea Newcastle Arsenal, Brighton away.