2024/25 Sean Dyche

[roy vernon]

The point I've continually made is players we have/lack of goals.

If Dyche isn't playing Harrison, Doucoure or McNeil - his favourites, you say - who does he play?

I'd like to see him play Ndiaye in the middle, Lindstrom on the right and let McNeill and Harrison fight it out to play on the left. I'd play Mangala before Doucoure and either Tarkowski or Keane should make way for Branthwaite. I'd seriously consider moving old Ashley across to left back and giving Patterson or Dixon a chance too, because Mykolenko is very poor.

 

[Toffeepot]

Seeing mixed reports on when the takeover will be complete, ranging from mid November to late December. Would be nice to know.

 

[pfim]

Its mad how managers are supposed to work with players and use their strengths rather than square peg round hole approach

So these two have just had bad managers the past two seasons? Only thing holding them back is a guy in a suit on the sideline? Doubtful.

 

[hallamblue]

Seeing mixed reports on when the takeover will be complete, ranging from mid November to late December. Would be nice to know.

Just hope we are taken over in time to bring in some players in January, because we may well be in real trouble by then.

 

[MikeH72]

Just watch a Europa League game on a Thursday night and you'll see some random Danish side playing better than us.

Stop saying the squad can't be improved upon without signings.

If coaches can't improve them why even bother having one.

I remember when Burnley sacked him and that Mike Jackson came in and won 3 on the bounce instantly. It’s a good job they waited so long to sack Dyche that season because if they’d done it any earlier we could’ve been in big trouble.

 

[Gilbert..]

I'd say that camping deep and absorbing pressure is quite a risky strategy these days. Throwing bodies forward is the new parking the bus, and and even the worst teams look like they've got a few goals in them now.

I'll give Dyche credit for last season, but the year before was closer than when Lampard took over from Benitez.

Ipswich and Southampton will both go, but I could easily see us taking that third spot if our luck is out at vital times and Leicester's isn't.

We're in it. Even with my blue tinted specs i cant see that many poor teams to suggest we wont be. Palace have enough fire power to string results together. Theres no sheff utd. No burnley. No forest. No bournemouth. It could be southampton ipswich wolves leicester and Everton. And we've just been turned over by last years sheffield united.

 

[Toffeepot]

He's managed 24 Prem goals in 146 games mate, and most of them in a Bielsa score one more than you side. Premier League wise, he's lost almost 3x the amount he's won.

He's got a role, but the point is Harrison, McNeil, Doucoure - or any variation you can create in this Everton team isn't very good.

And yes, the way we play kills Calvert-Lewin. Absolutely murders him - but so does having players who can't beat a man, or cross a ball. If you don't have them, what can you do?

That is still better than relegation fodder. Those players are better than most relegated teams players. Not world beaters, but decent, though Doucoure shouldn't be starting now either imo

We don't have a squad to compete for Europe but we definitely aren't a relegation squad, and though it helps to look at the minutiae of the squad, player by player, the fact remains football is a team sport and the glue is the manager and his tactics. Harrison and Calvert Lewin are perfect examples of Dyche not playing to their strengths. McNeil in the middle is probably his best position but he isn't a world beater there, for sure. Look at the other squads around us. Another manager could get more from this squad that he is and he more or less admits it at this stage with his 'like this when I got here' somebody else's fault attitude.

Right now his football and attitude is a terrible way to finish out at Goodison. We need an injection of positivity, and overlapping fullbacks!

 

[GrandOldTeam]

I'd like to see him play Ndiaye in the middle, Lindstrom on the right and let McNeill and Harrison fight it out to play on the left. I'd play Mangala before Doucoure and either Tarkowski or Keane should make way for Branthwaite. I'd seriously consider moving old Ashley across to left back and giving Patterson or Dixon a chance too, because Mykolenko is very poor.

Yeah I'd like to see NDiaye in the middle. I've shared this opinion a few times.

But then to be fair, McNeil has done pretty well there in the spell he's had.

I think we started the season with 2 wingers in McNeil and Harrison - showing just how light we are.

People kept telling me on here NDiaye and Lindstrom are wingers - but they're not in my view.

NDiaye is better as a second striker and people making out like Dyche is making hard work of Lindstrom, but lets not forget the reason he's here. He flopped as a makeshift winger in Serie A. He played centrally at Brondby and Frankfurt - I imagine that role for them, and for Everton in the Prem are miles apart.

 

[Toffeepot]

Just hope we are taken over in time to bring in some players in January, because we may well be in real trouble by then.

I'd like us to have a new manager in place for the hard run of fixtures in December too, to bed in his style and see where he would need to strengthen most in January to suit his system.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

That is still better than relegation fodder. Those players are better than most relegated teams players. Not world beaters, but decent, though Doucoure shouldn't be starting now either imo

We don't have a squad to compete for Europe but we definitely aren't a relegation squad, and though it helps to look at the minutiae of the squad, player by player, the fact remains football is a team sport and the glue is the manager and his tactics. Harrison and Calvert Lewin are perfect examples of Dyche not playing to their strengths. McNeil in the middle is probably his best position but he isn't a world beater there, for sure. Look at the other squads around us. Another manager could get more from this squad that he is and he more or less admits it at this stage with his 'like this when I got here' somebody else's fault attitude.

Right now his football and attitude is a terrible way to finish out at Goodison. We need an injection of positivity, and overlapping fullbacks!

All opinions mate, but you take the average points since January under Ancelotti and we're relegation fodder.

You're talking years and years now - we started the season like 4th favourite to go down for good reason. And that was factoring in an expected deduction for Leicester.

I think we're 13th-17th. The margins between the two are tiny.

Last season we got very lucky with injuries.

 

[Raino85]

I thought id cut him some slack as the owners clearly didnt fancy him.
I posted last season i think he did what he had to do here. He done the job but we had sheff u & Burnley last year. Thats not his fault but it made life easier. I dont feel thats the case this year. We might not always get away with being his bigger version of burnley football club.

I think Ipswich and Southampton are on a similar level, if not a little worse.

I decided to give him a 6 month release of any criticism after the derby, i broke that after the 2nd game of the season unfortunately.

Thing is with someone like Allardyce, he wasn't particularly liked from the off, he had no chance of surviving. Dyche has had the opportunity to build, he's never been particularly under pressure, but for someone who is seen as mentally strong and someone who isn't weak, he is a bit of a coward when it comes to opening up about change.

A good example of that is Eddie Howe going to watch Simeone train and work with him while he was out the game. Something like that would be ideal for Dyche to of actually 'change the story' to coin one of his phrases, but he appears to afraid too. Maybe he's just not particularly bothered, happy to pick up his money, go into work every day with his mates and that's about it.

 

[Toffeepot]

Last season we got very lucky with injuries.

This is true

 

[preposterousvelios]

Funny how he played first team games under different managers then isn’t it.

Who determined he was ready, took the risk and gave him the opportunity Sean Dyche.

This is just daft. Yes he had occasional starts earlier on but at that point he was 18-19, wasn't ready to hold down a starting place and the jeopardy of the situation we were in meant we couldn't necessarily take a chance seeing how he would adapt being thrown in at the deep end.

By the time Dyche rocked up here Branthwaite was coming off the back of a very strong loan at PSV where he had developed, gained experience playing at a high level, his stock had risen considerably. If we didn't start giving him games we would have pushed for a move. And even then Dyche started the season with his golden boy Keggers playing ahead of Branthwaite and persisted with that for far too long despite disastrous results.

Dyche deserves no credit whatsoever for the emergenceand development of Branthwaite.

 

[Saint Domingo]

I don't think we lost to Southampton because of our defence.

Southampton have scored the least in the league - 7.

Southampton haven't kept a clean sheet this season.

Not surprised it comes against us.

We lost because we couldn't score goals.

As for Branthwaite, can only speculate of course but figure fitness. Or he's trying to keep the spine of a team thats started to get results. That would be a mistake.

I hope it's not wrapping him up because a deal is lined up in a couple of months to sell him.



He's managed 24 Prem goals in 146 games mate, and most of them in a Bielsa score one more than you side. Premier League wise, he's lost almost 3x the amount he's won.

He's got a role, but the point is Harrison, McNeil, Doucoure - or any variation you can create in this Everton team isn't very good.

And yes, the way we play kills Calvert-Lewin. Absolutely murders him - but so does having players who can't beat a man, or cross a ball. If you don't have them, what can you do?

No one really knows but usually in these things occams razor is the most likely cause.

Branthwaite played the majority of last season ahead of Keane (who was the least utilised defender in the entire squad) and was straight back in once fit this season only to break down with injury again. Dyche is also on record calling Branthwaite and Tarkowski partnership outstanding multiple times.

Now although no one knows for sure, if I had to guess the reason he’s not playing right now it would be because perhaps he’s not at the fitness level he was, or the staff want to give him longer to recover from this injury given his latest relapse. Or perhaps because of his injury his form in training hasn’t been as good as it was last season. We don’t know, and I know people will say why is he on the bench if he’s not fit but an 80% fit Branthwaite is still a more useful option than some kid from the academy. It doesn’t mean you start him though if it’s not needed. Obviously if Branthwaite keeps getting overlooked then there may be another reason but at this point we just simply don’t know.

We also don’t know though that he’s being kept out because Dyche loves ‘keano’. If he is that is a huge mistake but quite frankly we don’t know so I’m not sure why people are shrieking about it every other post. It’s just taking the worst case possible outcome and presenting it as definitive proof, there’s not evidence to back it up.

 

[Bedfordblue]

The Dychenator is going to make you fools choke on your bile filled hatred of old school footballing values like putting in the hard yards and the dirty work.
May your necks be sprained watching glorious long passes to our illustrious No9.