We'd lost something like 11 in 14 and sat on our lowest ever points total going into Feb when Dyche rocked up. He won the first couple too - Arsenal and Leeds.
It happens. New voice. New manager bounce is very real. Even Van Nistelrooy had some at Leicester.
I expected a big lift from Dyche, a team of young millionaires doing the hard hards, nuts and bolts etc. See Burnley after he left.
Villa was disappointing given their away form going into it. I expected us to beat Spurs and Leicester given their defence/woeful form. The win at Brighton was good but fancied us there given how well we do at their ground and they're not at it either.
But you can only beat who you face and we've done that. Brilliant.
Moyes isn't soft, he knows this team is is what it is - hence continually talking Dyche up, saying after Villa it's not about him, it's the players. Saying the issue at Everton for years hasn't been the manager and remarkable the club stayed a Prem team. Hes saying all this because he knows form an results will turn. Hopefully we've got a bit more in us.
Tell Moyes he has to sell more than he buys every window for 2 years, and sign players for 0 upfront though - and point deductions are coming next season and I think he'd struggle big time. The wheels would come off for him too.
Dyche did what we needed him to do. Kept us up. Kept our heads above water until new owners. I'm very grateful for that.