Everton training camp message may need a rethink to give players what they really need
With a three-week gap in fixtures, Everton have embarked on a mid-season training camp in Portugal this week but what positives would you like to see the Blues take from their trip?
Members of the ECHO sportsdesk have their say...
Chris Beesley - A change can be as good as a rest for Dyche's hard-working side
It’s often said that a change is as good as a rest and let’s hope that’s the case for Everton on what manager Sean Dyche refers to as their “working trip.”
Back in the autumn the Blues, who had been wretched on the road for the previous couple of season, were happy travellers, securing a hat-trick of victories in London and then – despite being stung by their initial 10-point deduction which at the time was the biggest sporting sanction in 135 years of English top flight football – they rattled off four consecutive wins in December. Although Everton have since been given four of those points back through their appeal, on the pitch the shine has worn off what was a bright start to the campaign.
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While the current 11-game run without a Premier League success does not bring the kind of ‘end of days’ feel that saw the Blues plunge towards relegation trouble under Rafael Benitez and Frank Lampard, namely because the team has remained competitive – drawing five of those fixtures – and their earlier results would place them 10 points clear of the drop zone right now based on their on-pitch performances, it’s obvious that as the team go into their final 10 matches, they need to rediscover that winning touch.
Dyche said in his pre-match
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