Seamus Coleman believes there is more to Sean Dyche’s management style than old school training methods and has opened up the 'tough' start to life under Everton’s new manager.
Dyche was appointed as Frank Lampard’s successor last month. Lampard arrived at Goodison Park in January 2022 and although he helped the club avoid the drop last season, he departed the Blues on January 23 with 15 points and three wins from 20 games this term.
Making an impact in his first training session at the club, some Everton stars were pictured bending over out of breath, as Dyche worked his players into the ground. Much was made of the images, while an insistence on shin-pads being worn in training and a ban on snoods are just two of the rules that have been introduced by the former Burnley boss.
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But Coleman, speaking ahead of Everton's 2-0 defeat to Liverpool on Monday night, believes Dyche’s Premier League experience and CV shows there is more to his ways of working and approach than old school training methods.
“Listen there has been much more to it than that,” he told evertonfc.com. “I think with all respect to the manager, you don’t manage in the Premier League as much as he has by making lads wear shin pads in training.
“He seems a very clever man and seems to be on a lot of things and we have got to do our part, and I’m sure if we are all pulling in the one direction we will be stronger.
“If we are not then I am sure he will make his mind up on players as well. So, we just need to do all we can for Everton Football Club and just keep fighting.”
Dyche, who kicked-off his reign with a 1-0 win over Arsenal, is the seventh permanent boss hired by Everton majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri since he took over the Goodison Park club nearly seven years ago.
The 51-year-old twice led Burnley to promotion from the Championship and took them as high as seventh in the top flight in 2017/18, earning Europa League qualification. He was dismissed toward the end of last season after a poor run left the Turf Moor club in the relegation zone, four points from safety.
“He’s been great. He’s been tough. But he has been great and I think what you see is what you get with him as well,” Coleman added.
“We have just got to impress him now and see it from his eyes on what we need to improve on and put his foot down and I’m sure he will because he looks that type.
“We just want to do our best as a club, as players and as a manager and make sure we start picking up some results.
“Yeah, you can see it from the first couple of days. I played against them Burnley teams and they were very fit and very organised and always in the game.
“He has got his way and his style and he has started to implement that. He started off on the first day with quite a tough session for us.
“It was good and it built something inside you as well. Listen, we want to be fitter and we want to be better. We know it is a tough road ahead but we have to be in with a fighting chance in every game.”
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