Everton fans may celebrate the first big decision of The Friedkin Group, but Sean Dyche's job was harder than the ones faced by Ruben Amorim or Pep Guardiola, writes DOMINIC KING
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Sean Dyche is a self-confessed music fanatic, so he would recognise why there could only be one song for this miserable situation: Another One Bites the Dust. The most chaotic decade in Everton’s history has seen the latest manager to fall by the wayside, Dyche joins a list that includes Carlo Ancelotti, Rafa Benitez, Sam Allardyce, Marco Silva, Roberto Martinez and Frank Lampard. There have been caretaker spells for David Unsworth and Duncan Ferguson in that period, too.
![[His time at Everton ended with a 1-0 loss at Bournemouth to extend a run of one win in 11 games]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/18/93926519-14267971-image-a-42_1736448657758.jpg)
For many supporters, the first big decision of The Friedkin Group era will be celebrated. There has been significant strain in recent months in the relationship between terrace and dugout, the nadir arriving at Bournemouth last Saturday when Everton were beaten 1-0 and failed to have a shot on target.
![[Dyche's job at Everton was a harder than both Pep Guardiola's and Ruben Amorim's]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/18/93926025-14267971-image-m-39_1736448053767.jpg)
Everton’s form has been lamentable, with only one win – a 4-0 battering of Wolves on December 4 – in 11 games since the clocks went back in October. That sequence is identical to the one that claimed Koeman in October 2017 and, on current form, would have replicated the numbers of Lampard (one win in 14) and Benitez (one win in 15) before they were sucked into the Goodison vortex, too.
![[Everton fans will likely celebrate the first major decision taken by The Friedkin Group]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/19/93927891-14267971-image-a-55_1736450666132.jpg)
As is always the case with Everton, though, this story is complicated. It is possible to recognise Dyche was falling unacceptably short while giving him credit for doing remarkable work in almost impossible circumstances. By rights this club should have slithered into the Championship twice in the last two seasons – that they didn’t is down largely to him.
![[Dyche had to cope with an absent owner in Farhad Moshiri and Everton's financial constraints]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/18/93926657-14267971-image-a-43_1736448817996.jpg)
