Sean Dyche is a “dead man walking” at Everton and could be sacked within a matter of weeks, according to Graeme Bailey.
The HITC journalist told Everton.News on 26 August that the Toffees boss is already on thin ice after a bad start to the season and could be removed from his job.
Dan Friedkin was tipped to replace Dyche with Thomas Tuchel [Bryan King, 2 July] and appoint Ralf Rangnick above him [Alan Nixon, 25 August] but after the American withdrew from the deal and was replaced by compatriot John Textor [The Athletic, 15 August] Bailey believes a sacking could come under Farhad Moshiri before any takeover is done.
He said: “Dyche is a dead man walking. He really is. The performances at the club at the minute, it’s nothing to do with the new owners. I think there’s a chance Dyche could go before there’s new owners.
“I think there’s a fair chance Dyche could be gone within weeks really. The performance we saw last weekend [against Brighton]… the team selection.
“He’s on thin ice. If he was still Everton’s manager I’d be staggered. I’d be absolutely staggered.”
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Having lost the opening two games by a collective score of 7-0 any optimism built up over the summer has been quickly blown away.
If he continues in that vein that is clearly sacking form for any manager, but the question has to be asked that if Moshiri does dispense with Dyche what does he do then?
It has been suggested that Moshiri is financially in no position to be paying out to get rid of a manager and his staff [Kieran Maguire, 7 August], even if Dyche has been allowed to enter the final 12 months of his contract, and it is believed to be more likely that he would instead be allowed to see out that deal and leave [TEAMtalk, 26 August].
It is true that Moshiri materialised twice before to end the reigns of Rafa Benitez and Frank Lampard despite having stopped pumping money into the club, so it isn’t impossible he would do so again.
And in David Moyes, available after leaving West Ham this summer, there is perhaps now a Premier League-level manager willing to walk into the chaos at Goodison due to a personal connection to the club [Richard Keys, 26 August].
But until Textor or anyone else finally buys the club off him he might be better served sticking with a known quantity in Dyche, albeit an often frustrating and one-dimensional known quantity.
The ex-Burnley boss has steered the club clear of relegation twice already after all, and were it not for two points deductions last term would have finished comfortably in mid-table.
Evidently that isn’t where fans want Everton to be anyway, but the manager has probably at least earned the chance to get out the other side of an injury crisis first.
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