![]() The redoubtable Coleman, the captain, is also missing for the rest of the season with a knee ligament injury. They are also the lowest scorers in the top four divisions of English football with a mere 27, after selling Richarlison and buying Neal Maupay last summer, then compounding their errors by signing no one in January. Everton have won once away in the Premier League all season – at Southampton on 1 October – and are enduring the longest run without an away victory in the division. Photograph: Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA/Getty Images Reasons to be fearful?Īll of the above, plus a dreadful away record and Manchester City lying in wait after Monday’s trip to Brighton, a club that can teach Everton a multitude of lessons on recruitment (players and managers), coherent strategy, financial planning and sound leadership.Įverton must give themselves a fighting chance before the final two games of the season, at Wolves and at home against Bournemouth. His deployment of Ben Godfrey and Mason Holgate at right-back in place of the sorely missed Séamus Coleman, while the Scotland full‑back Nathan Patterson sat on the bench, plus his switch to a four‑man midfield during Abdoulaye Doucouré’s costly suspension, also backfired.Įverton have conceded more goals since Michael Keane replaced Conor Coady in defence. ![]() The manager insists the issue is collective rather than individual and that Coady is better suited to a back three. Yerry Mina and Coady are stronger defenders than the unconvincing Keane but Dyche, who claims to seek the smallest margins in search of victory, clearly has a blind spot in the case of his former Burnley favourite. Since Michael Keane was introduced at the expense of Coady, however, Everton have kept two clean sheets in 10 games and conceded 20 goals, an average of two per game. Everton kept two clean sheets and conceded four goals. Everton have become a soft touch again, collapsing in their most recent defeats by Fulham and Newcastle and are even more vulnerable defensively than under Lampard.Ĭonor Coady and James Tarkowski were the central defensive partnership in Dyche’s first four games in charge. The team’s league position is an accurate reflection of the level served up all season, with their lack of firepower proving predictably costly.īut some Dyche decisions have contributed to the fall-off and in ways that belie his reputation. ![]() Read more Why has the initial bounce not been sustained?īetter managers than Dyche have understandably struggled with an imbalanced, limited squad the Everton hierarchy has weakened since last season’s brush with relegation. ![]()
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