Everton must find a way out of the mess that Sean Dyche is doing

In his weekend column on Royal Blue, our Everton FC reporter Joe Thomas discusses an achievable target for the Blues – but only if Sean Dyche can exploit the emerging opportunities appear.

Jarrad Branthwaite’s new contract is an important reminder that the path to positivity exists for Everton this season.

It has been a difficult start to the campaign and things off the field are becoming worrying and unsettling for a fan base that is desperate for a stable and sustainable club. The summer transfer window was a damning indictment of the problems, the sale of Tom Cannon a disappointing example of how to sell the future to strengthen the present.

But there is a core of promising young talent in a team set to undergo a major rebuild at the end of the season.

So there are opportunities amidst the chaos. Everton just need to hold on to it. Visiting Bournemouth would be a great place to start. READ MORE :
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Everton confirm Jarrad Branthwaite’s new contract following talks between Sean Dyche and Kevin Thelwell. Branthwaite has shined in a gloomy context with 4 points after 7 opening Premier League matches and 4 consecutive losses at home. Since being promoted to the first team against Wolverhampton Wanderers, the search for a clean sheet continues to be futile. However, the 21-year-old has justified the noise surrounding his growing reputation cemented during his trophy-winning spell in the Netherlands and with the England Under-21 team.

Blues boss Sean Dyche insists he does not want to “overtrain” Branthwaite and early signs suggest the centre-back has the ability to learn on the job. He is certainly a different player to the one sent off against Brentford in the latter stages of Frank Lampard’s race for survival.

Dyche sees him as a player for Everton’s future – one of many including Amadou Onana, James Garner and Nathan Patterson. Each has proven, even with the inconsistencies of their youth, that they also have the potential to become the players they are today.

Speaking at Finch Farm recently, Dyche told the ECHO:
“He [Branthwaite] is learning. There’s still a way to go. His reaction in the box, his reaction to trouble – he’s like Amadou. You have to support them a little bit because they are young. So does Patto.

“I said: ‘You guys are the next generation, the new Evertonians will be guys like that – Jimmy [Garner], Patto, Jarrad, Amadou – guys like that. But they are young, they are learning. fans, he did a great job, but there are certain nuances that he will learn, partly from being there, partly from what he shows. “I think you’ve heard me say that before when they were new, really new, like – Amadou, to be honest, is a little wiser on his game now, he’s still not in that, but he played 40 games. Jarrad has only played a few matches and believe me, I haven’t coached him too much. More than that, “go ahead and enjoy the challenge son, accept it.” And as he adapts we can start to push him a little bit sometimes you can over train people too fast. They’ve got enough to prepare for, coming to the Premier League, coming to a team that doesn’t fly, forget the performance, the truth is the truth and we didn’t win, so it’s a difficult question. ”

Everton’s results make the conditions for youth development especially difficult. For many seasons, the heavy pressure the club was under limited his chances of becoming a potential star. Isaac Price turned down a new contract to seek minutes elsewhere this summer, and his departure and the sale of Cannon were both products of bigger problems at the Blues.

This instability remains and will continue to do so for some time. Questions persist over the details of 777 Partners’ proposed takeover of the club, whether the project will be concluded and whether the entity is in line to become a potential owner of a club. whether the club is both a cultural institution and a football heavyweight. Separately, allegations of financial irregularities – which Everton deny – will be considered in court later this month.

Much of what threatens to destabilize Dyche’s efforts is beyond his control. There is no doubt he is operating within the limitations he inherited and his performances must be assessed in the context of the trajectory of the club he joined upon his appointment at the end of January.However, this did not result in a free pass and Dyche will be aware that the pressure on him is the heaviest since Bournemouth’s last appearance at Goodison Park. Securing a future at Everton that players like Branthwaite want to contribute to depends on results in the present. While Dyche is right to highlight the performances and underlying statistics, which suggest his side are further along than their rankings and points tally suggest, at the very least home form needs to change. change.

It has to start with Bournemouth. In what is widely seen as the weaker Premier League, the Blues will have little to do to protect their long-term reputation as a top club. But there are still many points to score and this campaign has already begun

Dyche is right that xG thinks Everton’s fortunes will change, but it’s important to remember that the missed chances that characterized the season have piled up against some of the worst defenses in the league. The defense of upcoming visitors Brighton & Hove Albion, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Chelsea and Manchester City will not be as generous as Fulham, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Luton Town, or even Arsenal.

The price obtained from innovation is extremely important. The end may be coming for Everton for some of the clearest examples of Farhad Moshiri’s excesses as owner next summer, when that team makes significant signings as their contracts expire. With that comes opportunity. If Dyche can find a way to get the Blues to safety in a matter of weeks, it will give director of football Kevin Thelwell the best opportunity to reshape this team since his appointment. With a core of young players like Branthwaite providing a positive place to work on the field and at Finch Farm – which gives the club the opportunity to develop even amid turmoil and instability elsewhere other. A victory against Bournemouth will be a necessary step towards this goal.