Echo Newspaper: Everton Manager Dyche’s Position in Jeopardy; Loss Against Leicester City This Weekend Could Spell the End

The British “Liverpool Echo” reported that despite achieving an important milestone in the third round of the English League Cup, the position of Everton manager Sean Dyche has become precarious, and this weekend could be a critical test for him.

The report states: In the early hours of September 18th, Everton drew 1-1 with Southampton in the third round of the English League Cup and was eliminated after losing in a penalty shootout. This is another heavy blow to the team that had already lost all four of their Premier League matches this season. Dyche achieved a small personal “victory” – this was his 68th match as Everton manager, making the 53-year-old coach the longest-serving manager during the tenure of majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri.

Dyche surpassed Carlo Ancelotti, who managed 67 games before leaving the team to join Real Madrid. Dyche is the eighth manager of Everton under Moshiri (excluding interim managers). The media stated, “He also became the longest-surviving manager, although it may not be a polite term, but it might be appropriate during Moshiri’s chaotic period.”

If Dyche can fulfill his contract (which expires at the end of the season), he will become the first manager since Roberto Martinez to manage Everton for two full seasons (Martinez was dismissed just a few months after Moshiri took over the club). However, Dyche’s situation is currently not very secure.

In the midweek English League Cup match, if Everton had advanced, it might have boosted morale and given the club some hope – Everton has not won a trophy in 30 years, and advancing always guarantees a possibility. But ultimately, Everton failed to do so. Dyche faced a lot of criticism; he almost completely rested his main players, abandoning the game, which sparked discontent. The management “will intensify their evaluation of Dyche,” believing that if the team loses all its matches so far this season, the only way out of the rut is to fight hard in every game, rather than allowing the team to “become increasingly accustomed to failure.”

In summary, the media believes that Dyche’s position has begun to waver. The pressure from losing all Premier League matches is already immense, and the elimination from the English League Cup has made the situation worse. If he cannot prove this weekend that his extensive rotation in the league cup can help achieve a turnaround in the Premier League match against Leicester City, then what awaits him may be an even more dangerous situation.