The first part of the battle has been basically a war then, as we're going for the fitness approach for, what, 6 months and a preseason now? They do need to change but this way of excusing Dyche will lead us to be Burnley Mk2.
It was a disappointment because we were actually good, to Dyche's credit, as we play well when we're direct. It's a shame if ANY other striker is on we're gonna be back to hoofing it to him as all the others are not midgets so we'll change everything for no reason. To counter that he also insisted on leaving Maupay on forever which was bizarre and then put a winger on for him which was equally as bizarre, lest we get a youngster score a goal, that's illegal around these parts.
It's not a panic button situation but it's things that will stack up and will be even harder to fix with time if it's not addressed sooner - "experience" and old players over any form of youth and flair (even for a cameo FFS), no subs because "subs don't win games" or something equally as daft, players not being ready even for said cameo for months because of fitness (even if they'll play 10-15 min hilariously), insistence of playing his own boys (Keane and shockingly Maupay for example), having no idea when/how to address any changes to the team (Doucoure out? Absolutely aimless play and hoof to no one), etc. Right now those seem like nothing because it's, well, 1 game in - but we lost it exactly how we'd know we'll lose last night, no? And the things that should've changed the game in our favour weren't addressed until it was already too late.