Sean Dyche can send perfect message to 777 Partners after Everton manager talks

As weeks go, this has been a good one for Sean Dyche but these next two weekends now provide a platform for things to look even more positive in what could be a pivotal period for him at Everton and show prospective new owners 777 Partners what he’s capable of.

A highly-experienced and proven manager at this level, having had Burnley punching above their weight on a relative shoestring budget for the best part of a decade, the 52-year-old is a master at keeping a level head while those around him sometimes lose theirs. Dyche learned a long time ago that in his position, he cannot afford to get too carried away on the emotional roller-coaster of individual results and he maintains that the only league table that matters is the final one.

However, he also acknowledges that – rightly so – the expectation levels at Everton, who have spent more seasons in the top flight than any other and a club who reminded us that they’re still the fourth most-successful in English football (well in terms of League Championships at least, for now) when announcing that Farhad Moshiri had agreed a deal to sell all of his 94.1% stake to 777 Partners, are higher than they were at the Clarets who have to operate in one of the smallest markets in the Premier League.

While those same expectations are still there, the Blues have just come off the back of the lowest equivalent points total in their 135-year history in the Football League/Premier League last term having come within one goal of their first relegation in 72 years. After survival was secured with a 1-0 win over Bournemouth on May 28, Dyche admitted: “It’s a big club, make no mistake. Big history, big club but we are not performing like a big club.

“We have to find a way of changing