DYCHE NEEDS TO REPAIR A TEAM THAT'S FORGOTTEN HOW TO WIN

...otherwise the story of the Blues could be oblivion

- DAVID MADDOCK

YOU have to go back only nine months for the perfect illustration of why Everton want Sean Dyche.

In April last year, Dyche couldn't have detailed more brutally the problems that beset the Goodison club and allowed Burnley a win which looked pivotal in the Premier League relegation scrap.

After his side had fought back from 2-1 down to win 3-2, Clarets boss Dyche revealed what his half-time team-talk had been. "I said to the players, I'm not sure this Everton team knows how to win a game.

"It's hard to explain but sometimes you sense that a team might have lost how to win a game," he said, pulling no punches.

At the time it rankled with Everton and manager Frank Lampard, and some terse phone-calls were made between the two bosses. Everton had the last laugh, surviving by the skin of their teeth while Burnley went down, but that didn't lessen the truth of Dyche's words.