Football journalist Henry Winter spoke to BBC Radio Merseyside about Sean Dyche’s impact on Everton during a difficult 18 months: “That’s why Sean Dyche is so good, because he will take all these things in stride.
“He has been the voice of the club when other people perhaps should have spoken up. He has been the fighter in the locker room, shaking the players up, making sure they are focused and getting the points.
“In the end, Everton stayed up quite easily. There’s a fire going on there and you needed a firefighter. One or two people have problems with Dyche’s style of football, but in one of the darkest moments in their history, you He has this beacon of light, this strong individual responds to him, the fans respond to him and I think he has been magnificent for Everton.
“I think he always felt a little like [he doesn’t get credit he deserves]. When he was in Burnley and I spoke to him or a player there, he always said that he doesn’t get the credit he deserves and that maybe it’s more fashionable to go abroad.
“But he’s a very good manager. People hear the voice and look at him and think he’s a security guard outside his beloved old club that he used to frequent in Manchester. But what they don’t realize is that if If you went to the training ground at Burnley when he was there, how much it changed under his watch.
“There is much more to Dyche than meets the eye. He is a good manager who thinks deeply about the game, but most importantly he cares deeply about Everton Football Club.”
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