Sean Dyche already amuses fans as he gives his first interview as the new manager of Everton, confirmed on Monday afternoon.
The Toffees got rid of Frank Lampard last week with the club sitting 19th in the Premier League and just two points from safety following a 2-0 loss at West Ham.
Dyche has been looking for a job since he was axed by the Clarets in April after almost 10 years at the club, but now faces the task of getting Everton out of the relegation zone and to safety with 18 games of the season left.
We can confirm the appointment of Sean Dyche as our new Men’s Senior Team Manager!#EFC 🔵
— Everton (@Everton) January 30, 2023
CLUB STATEMENT:
Everton Football Club can confirm the appointment of Sean Dyche as the Club’s new Men’s Senior Team Manager.
Dyche has agreed a two-and-a-half-year contract until June 2025 and will take charge for the first time for the Blues’ Premier League clash against Arsenal at Goodison Park on Saturday 4 February.
One of the Premier League’s most respected and experienced managers, Dyche will be supported by former Nottingham Forest winger Ian Woan as his Assistant Manager, ex-England international Steve Stone as First-Team Coach, and Mark Howard, who will support the provision of sports science. All three members of staff previously worked with Dyche at Burnley.
Dyche said: “It’s an honour to become Everton manager. My staff and I are ready and eager to help get this great club back on track.
“I know about Everton’s passionate fanbase and how precious this club is to them. We’re ready to work and ready to give them what they want. That starts with sweat on the shirt, effort and getting back to some of the basic principles of what Everton Football Club has stood for for a long time.
“We want to bring back a good feeling. We need the fans, we need unity and we need everyone aligned. That starts with us as staff and players.
“Our aim is to put out a team that works, that fights and wears the badge with pride. The connection with the fans can then grow very quickly because they’re so passionate.
“There is quality in this squad. But we have to make them shine. That’s the job of me and my staff.
“We want to change the shape of this club going forward, remodel it in our style, but in a way that we can win. That’s the task in front of us – make sure we’re building, tactically and technically, giving players organisation, allow them the freedom to play, to go and enjoy their football because it’s brilliant when the team’s playing with a smile, but we’ve got to win.”
After a playing career as a centre-back spanning nearly two decades, Dyche first became a coach at Watford, working his way up from the club’s under-18s to senior-team manager and guiding the Hornets to their best league position in four years in his first season in charge.
It was during almost 10 years at Burnley where Dyche made his name as a top-class manager, building a competitive and energetic team that won promotion from the Championship in a record-breaking maiden campaign in 2013/14 and going on to consistently challenge the Premier League’s elite – the highlight a seventh-placed finish in 2017/18 and qualification for the Europa League.
Everton Chairman Bill Kenwright said: “Kevin and I spent some valuable time with Sean over the past few days and he quickly convinced me that he has exactly the right attributes to make himself a great Everton manager – and a man who could inspire our fanbase. And Farhad felt the same when he met him, too.”
Sean Dyche already amuses fans as he gives his first interview as new Everton manager, this is how Twitter reacted…
@foreverayellow: thought after that time of managing, his voice would have relaxed abit, put the interview on and his voice just sounds exactly the same as it does after 90 minutes of football played haha
@upaul2: #Dyche when he talks, he could defo sell you a 1998 Ford KA with the engine management system covered by a bit of black plastic to hide the warning light. “ Yeh mate it’s sound, will owe you naffin in a couple of years…. No it hasn’t got any warranty mate “. #EFC
@BT_1878: Good first interview with Dyche that honest, open, no bullshitting quite confident we will be okay with him. Let’s get some players and hopefully get out of this mess now.
@_stuarthughes: You’ve taken that long to announce it, he’s already been sacked and replaced
@PaddyWeathers4: I’m sure Dyche has to say certain things in his first interview, but the fact he speaks about enhancing what we’ve got worries me. Word of advice Sean, rely on that sorry lot and you’ll be getting your P45 in 12 months. Get some fresh faces in the next 24 hours!
@Everton_Watch_: Fuck… Why is Dyche giving me hope? The board suck, we’ve been terrible and yet one announcement and an interview from Dyche and i’m chomping at the bit again and believing we can beat the drop!
@DMARTINEZ_85: ‘The People’s Club, I’ve alway felt that way about the club’ – Liverpool fan Sean Dyche. Good to see Bill Kenwright is still writing scripts, at least…
@arcaedeustoffee: Such a shock innit…never thought of this before now. A secret well kept, lads 👏👏
@Joel_NCC_1701_D: I’m not an Everton fan, but this is a great appointment for the club, the manager, and English football in general tbh. Love Dyche and it’s great to see him get a chance at a big club, even though they are in a difficult position.
@EthanWHarvey: I can’t help but love him. Come on dyche lad
@WillLang0: Agent Dyche on the case, well done Marinakis 👌 that’s one relegation spot confirmed #nffc
@DAH1878: Dyche interview is great. Tough first couple of games but believe long term he could really shake things up here
@DylanSmithLFC1: @Everton will never get relagated now. Agent Sean Dyche has got the confirmed job as he’s a life-long red. I am pissed now. Because he’s a good manager and he will keep them up. 😂
@505JM: Talks a very good game, let’s hope he can put into action what he’s saying. UTFT
@willumogdenST: Not going to lie, I got chills off this. Finally a manager who doesn’t take any BS, asks for the basics to be done, knows what we the fans want and most importantly will not take any crap. #UTFT
@Col0306: Talks the talk well, comes across very very well. Can he walk the walk, I hope so. I also hope the board back him with a few players he’ll desperately need. As no manager keeps this team up Imo, without reinforcements. It’s all on the board now, it really is that simple.
— Doucs (@TheFrenchHench) January 30, 2023
With Sean Dyche back in the Premier League, it’s worth revisiting this belter of a story explaining his run in with Aston Villa midfielder John McGinn. pic.twitter.com/2A9WxrLh9V
— HLTCO (@HLTCO) January 30, 2023
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