From Lancashire To Merseyside: How Sean Dyche Will Tactically Approach Everton’s Relegation Battle – Scout Report

Everton confirmed the hiring of Sean Dyche earlier this week as the club’s new manager.

Since being discharged by Burnley last April, Dyche has been out of work and now joins on a two-and-a-half-year contract until June 2025.

Frank Lampard’s sacking came after a run of nine losses in 12 games that have left them battling relegation.

Everton’s owner, Farhad Moshiri, was seeking an immediate replacement.

Moshiri, chairman Kenwright, director of football Kevin Thelwell, and the advisors were admiring some managers like Sam Allardyce, West Brom manager Carlos Corberan, David Moyes, former Valencia manager Marcelino, Davide Ancelotti and had serious talks at the beginning of the process with Marcelo Bielsa.

The Argentinian offered to take the role of the under-21s and academy until the end of the season and to reshape the structure of the blue side of Merseyside, yet the key decision-makers rejected his suggestion and looked for an immediate solution.

At this point, Sean Dyche was in pole position for the job and had two meetings with Moshiri and the others, and was then finally appointed as the new coach of the Toffees.

During a decade at Burnley, Dyche kept his classic 4-4-2 fixed structure and old-fashioned school tactics and was known for his ability to get the most out of his players, and his teams are known for their strong work ethic and organisation on the field.

Dyches teams were also known for their aerial threat and set-piece prowess, with strong, physical players.

In this tactical analysis, in the form of a team scout report, we dive into the possible tactics and players he could use with Everton in the relegation fight.

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Hardcore Pure Fundamentals

Sean Dyche uses classic tactics, applying a 4-4-2 structure most of the time with a solid defensive approach.

At Burnley, Dyche infrequently turned 4-4-2 to another formation, except a little for 4-4-1-1 when he favoured to use a defensive No 10, and used it for most of the successful season 2017/18 in around

We can easily define his players’ profiles.

A shot-stopper GK with good long-range passing, physical centre-backs, physical overlapping fullbacks, a destroyer holding midfielder with a box-to-box one, two wide midfielders with excellent crossing abilities and two target strikers or only one with a dynamic striker.

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