I rate Thomas Frank, but even he has less points than Dyche this season and has had years to get his team together...
He was fuming at Brentfords fans for showing discontent when behind at Chelsea. He'd be demented here.
8 point deduction with 2 separate charges hanging over the team. Still having earned 38 points from 33 games he’s:
8 points better off than Cooper/Nuno at Forest
3 points better off than Frank at Brentford (having played a game less)
2 points better off than Hodgson/Glasner at Palace
4 points behind Iraola at Bournemouth
4 behind Silva at Fulham having played a game less
5 behind manager of the season contender Gary O’Neil at Wolves
6 behind De Zerbi’s Brighton (having played a game more) the apparent exemplar for a well run club
All of this after riding the impact of two points deduction charges and the worst winless run in our PL history.
It would be great to be competing with the sky six instead but until something major changes off the field we’re competing with these teams and the bottom 3 and Dyche has us comfortably in that pack despite inferior attacking players to a lot of his counterparts. I’m sure Dyche would love to call on Eze and Olise or have Mbeumo Toney Wissa to pick, or Solanke Outarra, or have Muniz Jimenez Broja Lukic to pick from.