What game?. The Brighton game?. Where we parked the bus against a bang average side at home. Where we didnt string 3 passes together and never looked like scoring bar a spawny deflected opener?. Dyche has won what, 8 league games out of 29 since he's been here and we've played no one of note this season yet apart from Arsenal who battered us all game and which Dyche I'm sure considered it a good result only losing 1 nil.
He's not above criticism and personally I think he's doing a mediocre job so far. We will not be under relegation pressure this season unless we get a points deduction because the teams that have come up are poor enough.
I think some of the difference in opinion comes from people thinking our players are crap and he's getting blood from a stone. I actually like our players, I think we've got a good spine of a team and could actually compete and impose ourselves on other teams if we weren't so negative.
Exactly pretty much stuff like this. There is a difference between parking the bus and playing on the counter, we attack with pace and intent. We by far had the better chances and far more shots and of the goals scored id leave at the readers discretion which of the teams involved goals was the most spawney. The reverse fixture last year were we went toe to toe was a tonking. I dont know how people can watch us and come up with some of the stuff being posted. We are actually competitive and giving teams something to think about again, most are enjoying this Everton team, they are honest, they are competing, they dont balk from a challenge - you yourself even acknowledge that. Thats the manager.
Two weeks ago people were wetting themselves over our fixture list and saying lets see how he does with tougher fixtures against WHU and Brighton - we've taken four points, now the goal posts changed and these are "bang average sides" - both in Europe by the way. The bar keeps getting higher for Dyche, but i think most see now what is entrenched preconceived opinion as opposed to objective analysis.
We've picked up 10 points in our last 6 now he has two first team strikers signed and fit with his other signings now fit and a team hes marginally built. I think its bananas given our last two seasons, that some are giving the manager pelters following our last two results and performances. I think its totally out there.
If you think the team is better then competing in the bottom ten, then you are just going to be disappointed one way or the other, whether that's fair though given the job of work that had to be done on the final whistle of the last game of the season last year - is a different story.
I'd rather the manager actually listen to the players and be open minded over potential improvements..
