No one should ever get a pass - everyone is accountable, but the vast majority of this forum in the poll last year viewed survival as a realistic goal.
Most are saying now we are a mid table team - expectations have been raised, informed I'm sure on a non-deduction finish of what 11th or so - its logical to conclude therefore that the manager has actually raised expectations - if a manager is doing that, that's evidance of a good job.
Mix that in, with the context of the club and how its being run financially, we posted a £90 mill + loss in our last set of accounts, continue to asset strip and have negative net spends per window.
One thing doesn't match the other.
Just a few quotes from his 23/24 thread. Soz it looks a bit messy, but thread is closed, so no quote function.
"Dyche has only one objective, maintain PL status until we get to BMD.It won't be pretty but if he gets a creative wide player and striker I'm confident that he will achieve it." -
@jazzy
"Dyche ball at BMD?" - "If it means we're
still in the PL, well you'd have to look long and hard before turning that deal down - Me? I'd snap your arm off!" -
@degsy
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"Dyche > Lampard? - incrementally yes
Dyche > Benitez - hugely yes?
Dyche > BFS? certainly!
Dyche > anyone else we could get? - absolutely not!
He is a good manager with a very low ceiling. Never going to have us challenging for Europe but hopefully wont let us go down. Our standards have fallen so much since the heady days of Carlo and James..." -
@Charles Hawtrey
"Whether you’re a fan of him or not he deserves huge credit for keeping his head while a weaker character would have lost theirs. He has took some big blows but he always remains level headed in adversity. He deserves a bit more respect in my opinion." -
@Sheedy's right knee.
"Cannot underestimate any result under such pressure.
He has to deal with circumstances unknown to any Everton manager, past or future.
Come on Sean, create that story for us." -
@brieverton
"Well good that Dyche has managed to paper over the cracks. I mean we seemingly havent got any money to fix the cracks that everyone knows are there. All the previous managers had left the cracks exposed for all to take advantage off. Kudos to Dyche!" -
@Cjplennon
"Nice one for making us a hard to beat, organised side, Dyche lad."
@NathDogg
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"Because long-term, one would hope, we will be looking to play a more expansive game, assuming that the financial problems are sorted. I just don't see Dyche being able to attract the type of players that we would want long term, once we are at the new stadium and hopefully have a stable ownership. For now however and for the next couple of seasons I think he is the best hope we have of consolidating. I suppose it will depend on the ambition level of the people who take over from 777, should they manage to buy us and keep us afloat.
So as I said short term yes, medium term perhaps, long term, not if we have ambitions of having a team fit to grace the new stadium." -
@roy vernon
