Sean Dyche

Everton appointed Sean Dyche as Frank Lampard's successor less than a week ago and the former Burnley boss has already introduced some strict rules to the ...

"I explained to them. There is not a single player here where everything is not explained to them. Unless I’ve been out of the game for too long, you’re not allowed to wear hats when you play on a Saturday, you’re not allowed to wear snoods when you play on a Saturday and you have to, by the rules, wear shin pads. I explained that to the players." Dyche even made his players perform the bleep test, a cruel fitness exercise that tests the physical and cardio boundaries of elite stars. [Burnley](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/burnley-fc) boss takes over from Lampard with The Toffees in 19th, with at least eight clubs involved in a huge relegation battle.

Earlier in the week, footage showed Dyche overseeing his new charges with the squad completing the bleep test at their Finch Farm training base.

They felt they could have done more, I said we need to do more, quite obviously.’ A lot of them have been brought in for a lot of money. They have respect for the outgoing manager. I’ve got years of facts and stats on what the body needs to deliver. It’s not some kind of bee sting, it’s a measure. The 51-year-old has revealed it was his way of finding out the condition of his players

Everton's first goal under Sean Dyche arrived 60 minutes into the new manager's first game in charge as James Tarkowski scored against Arsenal at Goodison ...

A video of Sean Dyche reacting to Dominic Calvert-Lewin's miss against Arsenal spoke louder than words.The new boss at Everton is taking charge of his.

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Sean Dyche explained how his mentality is very different to Mikel Arteta's last season, and the newly-appointed Everton boss locks horns with the Arsenal ...

[Premier League](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/premier-league), leading to many a contrast of opinions with his counterparts, [most infamously Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-everton-sean-dyche-klopp-29066521). Dyche has a proven track record of keeping struggling teams in the Premier League from his time at Turf Moor and is also tasked with getting the disillusioned Toffees faithful back onside. So, Dyche may not view Saturday's crunch fixture as a cup final, but there is no denying its significance. The Toffees have won just three of their 20 top-flight games this season and I'm definitely not questioning Mikel but my opinion of my team is to keep going hard, keep working hard, keep doing the right things, and add in the detail. The Englishman is renowned for his no-nonsense style of management, which was a successful formula throughout his 10-year stint at overachievers [Burnley](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/burnley-fc). The phrase is a classic one used by managers and players across all levels of the football pyramid to emphasise the importance of fixtures during the run-in. Yet Dyche views things very differently and sees little use in upping the pressure on his players by telling them they have a string of do-or-die games coming up. "I wasn't aware that Mikel Arteta gave them [Arsenal] the 'cup final' mentality," Dyche said. [Have your say in the comments!](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/dyche-mikel-arteta-everton-arsenal-29124503#comments-wrapper) [Everton](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc), languishing in 19th, [have a new manager at the helm](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-new-everton-manager-dyche-29069402) as [Arsenal](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/arsenal-fc) come calling at Goodison Park, with [Sean Dyche](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/sean-dyche) facing a baptism of [fire](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/fire) against the runaway league leaders. Towards the end of last season, [Dyche was typically frank](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-arteta-dyche-premier-league-26525381) as he [refuted Mikel Arteta's "cup final" theory](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/mikel-arteta).

JOE BERNSTEIN: Sean Dyche got off to a winning start as Everton manager as two of his former players combined for the winning goal against Premier League ...

[James Tarkowski headed in a corner from fellow Burnley old boy Dwight McNeil](/sport/football/article-11713033/Arsenals-Martin-Odegaard-bizarrely-marks-Evertons-James-Tarkowski-defender-nets-winner.html) after an hour to lift the roof off Goodison and their team out of the relegation zone. It was his first Everton goal and the first he’d scored since netting for Burnley against Brighton in 2021 – when Dyche was his manager at Turf Moor. After a season of doom and gloom, Everton made the most of their new manager bounce as Arsenal were knocked out of their stride. Dyche received a rousing ovation when he walked to the dug-out and the players responded with Amadou Onana and Doucoure asked to support Dominic Calvert-Lewin in a 4-1-4-1. Sean Dyche got off to a winning start as Everton manager as two of his former players combined for the winning goal Everton 1-0 Arsenal: James Tarkowski gives Sean Dyche the perfect start to his Everton reign with his first EVER goal for the Toffees to see off the Premier League leaders and move out of the bottom three

Yerry Mina and Demarai Gray are both out of the starting eleven, with Abdoulaye Doucoure and Dwight McNeil replacing them. Dominic Calvert-Lewin starts up front ...

Lampard favoured a 3-5-2 in his final weeks as Blues boss, with Gray playing off Calvert-Lewin. Yerry Mina and Demarai Gray are both out of the starting eleven, with Abdoulaye Doucoure and Dwight McNeil replacing them. [Sean Dyche clears up Everton job rumours and asks 'exciting' new question](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sean-dyche-everton-job-rumours-26154341) [Everton may have two investment deals on horizon after Farhad Moshiri admission](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-investment-deals-farhad-moshiri-26138535) [Everton won't abandon biggest presence around Goodison Park with new stadium](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/anchored-l4-everton-wont-abandon-26140678) ['I'm going to bust these myths' - Sean Dyche bans two items from Everton training ground](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/sean-dyche-everton-snoods-training-26145542) ['Not innocent' - Seamus Coleman issues brutal Lampard reminder to Everton squad](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/seamus-coleman-everton-sean-dyche-26151029) Dyche favoured 4-4-2 at Burnley and there has been speculation as to whether he would immediately revert to that style for the match with league leaders Arsenal, though this Everton side could well start as a 4-5-1 with McNeil and Iwobi out wide. The selection paves the way for numerous formations. McNeil's introduction means Dyche turns to two of his former players at Burnley in his first line-up, with James Tarkowski also starting at the back.

Sean Dyche and Mikel Arteta will go head-to-head this weekend as Arsenal take on Everton.

"Beyond that, I don't think we're quite in the same league as them financially, I've got to be honest. Meanwhile, Everton enter the second half of their season with their ever-present Premier League status well and truly on the line as they sit 19th in the table having not won a game since October. I think that's a stretch in the mark a little bit." [Everton transfer chaos leaves board and Farhad Moshiri with awkward question they can no longer answer](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/farhad-moshiri-everton-board-failures-26134478) [Sean Dyche has three 'wildcard' options for Everton attack after January transfer blank](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sean-dyche-three-wildcard-options-26130264) [Tottenham transfer chief lifts lid on why club hijacked Everton move for Arnaut Danjuma](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/tottenham-transfer-chief-lifts-lid-26137232) [Everton's dismal January transfer window explored as long-term failures rise to surface](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-dismal-january-transfer-window-26128249) [What time is Sean Dyche's first Everton press conference as new manager set for transfer questions](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sean-dyche-everton-press-conference-26136870) [Sean Dyche will put Everton players through a day they'll dread with training ground ban in place](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sean-dyche-put-everton-players-26121114) [Everton vs Arsenal LIVE updates and analysis](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-arsenal-live-score-stream-26156237)

Arsenal take on a familiar foe on Saturday as Sean Dyche returns to the Premier League. The Gunners struggled against his Burnley side in the past.

There is reason to believe fortunes will improve on this occasion as excellent transfer business means we now have more in-tune personnel and greater tactical flexibility at our disposal. Despite its various merits, the system can invite pressure and leaves participants vulnerable in wide areas- weaknesses Arteta has tried to exploit in past Dyche encounters. However, the axe has since fallen at Finch Farm and a very different proposition now awaits us as new boss Sean Dyche will take charge for Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off.

Arsenal saw their Premier League title ambitions take a mighty hit with a 1-0 defeat to Everton at Goodison Park.Sean Dyche inspired his new side to v.

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EVERTON 1-0 ARSENAL: James Tarkowski struck for the Toffees to get the Sean Dyche era off to a winning start and deal the Gunners a Premier League title ...

If either side deserved the victory in a game lacking clear-cut chances, it was the hosts, who showed more desire and quality on the day. But for the awareness of Conor Coady to be back on the goal line and make a crucial block, the Gunners would have entered half-time 1-0 up. Don't miss your chance for a free flutter on the weekend's action, valid on all sport including horse racing! [Burnley](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/burnley-fc) manager [Sean Dyche](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/sean-dyche) at Goodison Park, held off [Martin Odegaard](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/martin-odegaard) before finishing beyond [Aaron Ramsdale](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/aaron-ramsdale) on the hour mark. [Everton](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/everton-fc) showed all of the desire and quality that evaded them towards the end of [Frank Lampard's](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/frank-lampard) tenure, relentlessly pressing their visitors, who lacked their usual fluency on Merseyside. Sean Dyche can be pleased with what he saw from his side, who should have taken the lead after Onana surged down the wing and squared to Calvert-Lewin, who could only nudge wide while at full stretch. Dyche could not hide his exasperation on the touchline as another chance went begging. It can only point to serious discontentment among the fan base, and there has been no shortage of anger among the Everton faithful in recent weeks. Fans can rightly wonder where this energy and endeavour was towards the end of Frank Lampard's reign after witnessing Amadou Onana and Abdoulaye Doucoure relentlessly press Arsenal's high defensive line. [Bukayo Saka](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/bukayo-saka) had the best chance of the match for the Gunners but saw his volley cleared off the line by [Conor Coady](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/conor-coady), while [Jordan Pickford](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/jordan-pickford) stood firm in the face of a late barrage. With nearly half of the season remaining, what is more important for the Toffees is the performance they showed to inflict just a second league defeat of the season on Arsenal. [Premier League](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/premier-league) leaders [Arsenal](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/arsenal-fc) in Saturday's lunchtime kick-off.

Everton leant heavily on their Burnley connection for a first win since October as Sean Dyche's reign as manager got off to the perfect start with a 1-0 win ...

Just before Tarkowski got the first goal of Dyche’s reign, Arteta had turned to his bench and given Jorginho his bow. Amid a flurry of corners, he headed over the bar. Yet if it gave them a compact, narrow block of nine players when they did not have the ball, it was far from a purely defensive gameplan. He had put his players through the bleep test on his first day of training and they put in another huge effort. If there had been a pragmatic element to Dyche’s blueprint, focusing on crossing and corners, it was justified. Dominic Calvert-Lewin produced his outstanding performance since May, lacking only a goal to reflect his threat. Bielsa had proposed taking charge of the under-21s at the start of his reign; Dyche made an immediate impact with the senior side. And then they set about beating what, thus far this season, has been its best team, giving Arsenal their worst afternoon of the campaign. Tarkowski provided his usual array of blocks but if he was goalscorer, his centre-back sidekick Conor Coady was goal-saver. Dyche had talked of trying to remodel Everton in his own image. Perhaps [Arsenal](/topic/arsenal), after amassing 50 points in the first half of the season, will not cruise to the title. Only Newcastle had stopped Arsenal scoring in the Premier League this season.

James Tarkowski's second-half goal gives new Everton manager Sean Dyche enjoys a dream start as a much-improved side stun Premier League leaders Arsenal at ...

- Shots - 15Begovic - 13Mina - 11Gray - 4Holgate - 17Iwobi - 27Gueye - 16Doucouré - 7McNeil - 2Tarkowski - 30Coady - 23Coleman

Dyche, the former Burnley boss, got what he deserved when two of his former players at Turf Moor combined for the winner, with Dwight McNeil crossing for James ...

Get up to £40 in free bets on selected events. £20) on selected events at odds of 2.00+, in 7 days. Bonuses expire in 7 days. Opt in, bet up to £40 (min. Get up to £40 in free bets* – A video of Sean Dyche in the first-half of Everton’s shock 1-0 win over Arsenal sums up the new manager’s instant impact.

Tarkowski heads the only goal as Premier League leaders are beaten at Goodison Park.

Arsenal boss Arteta told BT Sport: “We had loads of the ball but we lacked that purpose and quality in the final third, we generated many chances. We have to keep working and improving." But we have to give the fans something. We gave the players a lot of information and they have accepted that. "A lot of work has been done this week and the players' honesty has been invaluable to us. "We tried to plan five weeks of pre-season into a week.

Sean Dyche's sheer energy galvanises Everton with echoes of club's history evident during their victory over league leaders Arsenal.

At the end, as Goodison erupted, there was a brisk handshake with Arteta and a couple of members of his staff, a brief acknowledgement of the crowd in a few sharp claps and then he was down the tunnel. In the eighties, particularly during their Cup-Winners’ Cup success in 1985, Everton had been a pioneer of a five-man midfield and Dyche, ripping up the 4-4-2 blueprint of his Burnley days, paid homage to that. There had been demonstrations outside before kick-off and early in the game a plane flew over dragging a banner that proclaimed Everton “the league’s worst-run club”. Dyche had spoken of wanting to recapture the spirit of the eighties, which is reasonable enough if only as an appeal to the traditions of the club. Most of the time, particularly after half-time, Dyche was bellowing at his defence to push up, with expansive wafts of his right arm. Vast sums have been spent very badly and again the board stayed away for its own safety, but just because there are a lot of things to put right it does not mean that you shouldn’t correct the things you can.

Everton leant heavily on their Burnley connection for a first win since October as Sean Dyche's reign as manager got off to the perfect start with a 1-0 win ...

It was the only negative response all afternoon for the hosts, who were cheered from first to last by supporters desperate for some relief from a second successive relegation battle. Neal Maupay replaced Calvert-Lewin as the Everton defensive rearguard began and his first intervention was to send Gabriel tumbling in the box, resulting in a VAR check for a penalty which came back to nothing. It was the centre-back’s first goal since joining from Burnley on a free in the summer – and his first since the opening day of last season – and ended a run of no wins in 10 matches in all competitions.