Here are your Everton morning headlines for Saturday, March 4.
Sean Dyche is about to get answer to his biggest question as Everton face defining week
Everton are improving under Sean Dyche. They pose more of a threat going forwards - having far more touches in and around the opposition box in his games so far.
They are creating more, and better chances - as shown by the expected goals (xG) stats of recent games. They are more dangerous from attacking set pieces and have already shown - twice - they can protect a lead when they find the goals that are proving so elusive.
The question for me, now, isn’t whether Everton are making progress. It’s whether they can make enough progress at a quick enough rate to avoid relegation. Dyche’s Blues are in a race against both time and the fixture list.
READ MORE: Everton fined again as club hit with five-figure penalty over Leeds 'confrontation'
READ MORE: Sean Dyche shares new Dominic Calvert-Lewin fitness update before Everton clash with Forest
I’ve spent days contemplating the Arsenal performance and am still undecided on my conclusions. For 40 minutes Everton competed well with the team at the top of the Premier League. Then calamity hit and the game was over before the players had made it to the tunnel for the half time interval. There was, though, a lot to take heart from the events before Bukayo Saka’s brilliant opener.
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Abdoulaye Doucoure hints at 'personal' Everton issue after Frank Lampard rift rumours
Everton midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure has revealed that he was close to leaving Goodison Park under former boss Frank Lampard.
The former Watford man cut a frustrated figure during his time on Merseyside under Lampard as he was reduced to just one start in, what proved to be, a final season in L4 for the iconic England midfielder.
Under new manager Sean Dyche, the Mali international has been everpresent in the heart of the Blues midfield after winning two and losing three under the 51-year-old thus far. The 30-year-old is into the final six months of his contract at Everton as they look to beat the drop. Amid the uncertainty surrounding his future, the ex-Burnley boss has fielded questions about the next steps this week but Doucoure has expressed his happiness at the club.
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READ NEXT:
- Sean Dyche shares new Dominic Calvert-Lewin fitness update before Everton clash with Forest
- Everton fined again as club hit with five-figure penalty over Leeds 'confrontation'
- Sean Dyche makes confident Neal Maupay prediction as Everton boss drops Demarai Gray hint
- 'I'm not going to play!' - Sean Dyche addresses potential 'radical' solutions to Everton goalscoring woes
- 'I've seen him today' - Sean Dyche gives blunt response to surprise Alex Iwobi Everton exit rumours
