Everton have cycled through managers for fun ever since Farhad Moshiri assumed control of the club, failing to land on one who fit the bill.
Ronald Koeman’s demeanour quickly turned fans against him, whilst Marco Silva suffered from an unfortunate bout of injuries which got him the sack.
Sam Allardyce was only ever going to be a brief stopgap, and whilst Carlo Ancelotti threatened to succeed, he justifiably jumped ship at the first time of asking when Real Madrid came calling.
Now, the Toffees have landed on Sean Dyche, and against all the odds, he is succeeding with the few tools he has at his disposal.
That is, despite ongoing pressures regarding 777 Partners’ takeover and looming threats of administration.
Despite seldom getting his flowers from the media, Simon Jordan has sought to change that.
Simon Jordan praises Sean Dyche
The former Crystal Palace chairman, who has just recently explained why he thinks Moshiri is refusing to save the club with his own finances, has now turned his attention to further within the club.
After all, whilst at its core the fanbase reigns supreme, they have so much to thank Dyche for as he has just navigated them to safety for a second-straight season.
In fact, when talking on his Three Up Front podcast with William Hill, he made a bold statement to suggest that few on the planet could have done what he has on Merseyside.
He noted: ‘I think he has done a remarkable job at Everton and I think that is an elite manager operating in a different way to what we consider elite managers to be. I don’t know if one of these managers like Arteta could go into Everton and get that team across the line with what he had to work with.’
Everton would have been relegated without Sean Dyche
It is an irrefutable fact that without Dyche, Everton would have gone down this campaign and probably the last one too.
After all, when he took over during the 2022/23 season, the Toffees were enduring a run of ten league games without a win and sat 19th in the table after 20 games.
They seemed destined for the drop, but Dyche emerged to save them at the eleventh hour.
It is also worth noting that, had the eight-point deduction that the 52-year-old has been forced to deal with the season been administered on any other campaign, they would have been relegated with ease.
His work in navigating such tricky and unchartered waters deserves far more acclaim than it currently gets, but he will not care so long as he keeps succeeding at his post.