'Fifteen games ago I was deemed the Messiah' - Sean Dyche sends message to Everton fans

With only six matches left to play, Everton sit 16th in the table and just two points above the relegation zone, although 18th-placed Luton Town have played a game more.

Amidst off-field frustrations over the club's ownership and points deductions over alleged breaches of the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability Rules, Everton have won just one of their last 15 top-flight games and were thumped 6-0 by Chelsea in their most recent outing on Monday.

The pressure has somewhat mounted on Dyche in recent weeks, with his side struggling to grind out positive result and score goals — only basement club Sheffield United (30) have netted fewer goals than Everton (32) in the division.

Dyche claims he was lauded by the Everton fans as the right man for the job earlier this season, but those views have quickly changed amid the club's poor run of form, and the 52-year-old believes he still has to prove himself to the Goodison Park faithful.

Speaking at a press conference on Friday ahead of Sunday's relegation showdown at home to Nottingham Forest, Dyche said: «I'm still earning my spurs here. I've never taken being a coach for granted. I'm still in my infancy here and I'm currently not deemed to be doing a good job.

»But 15 games ago I was deemed the Messiah, I was doing okay and I had found the magic key. 15 games later, you're not. That's life in football, and that's my life in football.

«I've never