Everton‘s ongoing financial uncertainty has left manager Sean Dyche feeling like he is in an extreme boom-or-bust cycle — and the boss has tried to dampen fans’ expectations as the club go into their final season at Goodison Park.
The Toffees had a chastening start to the season, losing 3-0 at home to Brighton on 31-year-old Fabian Hurzeler’s top-flight debut as manager of the Seagulls.
And after 18 months of hard work, Dyche says at times it feels like they can be brought back to square one with a single defeat.
Speaking before Everton’s trip to Tottenham on Saturday, Dyche said: ‘Collectively, it seems to be, “Right, we are on to something” then, boom, it is like being back down to, “Oh, no, we’re not”, that kind of thing. Not me as an individual. The club’s way bigger than me.
‘What I mean is this kind of, “Ah look we are on to something”, and it’s growing, growing, growing. And then there’s not like, “OK, OK, there’s going to be a few hiccups”. It’s like, “Oh, I told you, rubbish!”. Boom. Straight back down to earth. That is a very generalised view of course. But that’s my learning of this club. But I think you get roughly what I mean. So it’s not me, it’s not the team, it’s not any individual. It’s just the thing about Everton.
