Get back out there and show us what you're made of

Paul, I think you have let Dyche off the hook somewhat. It was a dreadful dreadful decision to pull both DCL and Ndiaye off when he did.

Neither was 'blowing for tugs' and both having great games. I can't remember a player making as much impact on his full league debut as Ndiaye, he could have run all day and not look tired. He was literally everywhere and a constant pain in the arse to the Bournemouth defence.

They must have thought it was Xmas when the two of them were hooked. Everyman and his dog could see Mykolenko was not fully fit and he had a torrid time the whole game. I was sitting in the Main Stand by the Park End corner flag and he physically looked shell-shocked after being continually 'bummed' by the pacy Bournemouth wingers. He was asleep for the first Bournemouth goal, and had a hand in the run up to the others.

The decision to bring Beto on was catastrophic. Him and Doucoure offered absolutely nothing to the cause, it was embarrassing to be honest. Why not O'Brien or Dixon on, at least we would have injected some pace in the back four.

I think Dyche did a sterling job last season, deflecting the pressure on the players after two point deductions, but this was a massive collective school boy error on his part in failing to see what the rest of us were witnessing.

I'm not sure the fans will ever forgive him to be honest, such was the carnage we were witnessing at the time.

Totally agree with you, Steve, I sit in the Main Stand opposite the 18-yard area at the Park End and I saw what you did. Bournemouth looked positively lifted when Ndiaye and Calvert-Lewin went off. The two players that were giving them problems and Dyche took them off for no reason.

McNeil was anonymous imo, too slow and chasing shadows. Harrison, while he works hard, yet again was too slow. What does it take for either of them to get hooked?

Ndiaye, every time he got the ball, ran at them and caused trouble, obviously too adventurous for Dyche. Him and Calvert-Lewin were the main outlets and he took that away from us when we were controlling things.

Massive error on Dyche's part. Yes, the remaining players bear responsibility but the main fault was Dyche's subs, which completely changed the game for the worse. This is on him and him only.

I hate what he's doing to this club. How low is our bar now? People still defend Dyche but, while he isn't the cause of our problems, he is a big symptom.

As others have said on previous articles, that 3-month run without a win last season was shocking and he should have gone then but we are a rudderless ship drifting aimlessly. Nobody in charge and nobody with any standards.

It's only the fans who seemingly give a shit anymore. I can just about forgive crap football if there's an end game but the one time we play good football and Dyche kills it with terrible subs.

Sooner he's gone, the better. Anti-football at its finest and it got its just desserts. It's heartbreaking for fans to witness this shit, week after week

I'm a reader not a poster, but today I'm embarrassed to be a blue. Dyche made mistakes last season and he doesn't seem to know how to change things. We lost games last season but we accepted that this is what Everton do. but enough is enough, we needs to change our fortunes or move away from and let someone else have a go.

"With Jarrad Branthwaite, James Garner, Nathan Patterson, Jesper Lindstrom, Orel Mangala, Armando Broja and maybe Dele Alli all to be available, there's plenty of scope for recovery this season."

I agree with the subs completely changing the game. As bad as that felt yesterday, I also agree with the quote above for the future.

We had a run of 13 winless games last season and a points deduction but somehow we survived.

These last three games are a frightening reality to us all that eventually you run out of luck and excuses.

I agree Dyche (given a chance by many of us) seems to have now lost the plot.

We literally handed three points to Bournemouth and they will never get handed a game like that again all season. Yes, they started to play better after we took Ndiaye off but surely we should ahave been able to keep Bournemouth out after all they are not Man.City for crying out loud.

We have had some disappointments at Goodison over the last few years but this one was the worst of all of them.

They may well do that and we'll be really angry and disappointed when it happens again.

Nice to read your report again Paul. Even this morning it's hard to believe what happened on Saturday, but from the shambles of those last few minutes we desperately need to sort out a couple of easy fixes.
To begin, we had loads of experience on that pitch, but when it mattered no apparent leadership. I believe we are better when Tarkowski is captain, you can see him actually shouting at players and moving them into position. Coleman is more diplomatic and should be moved up to Club captain, but on the pitch Tarkowski needs to be in charge. Simple change and it can be done this week.
Secondly, we need the Manager to show some Leadership and take full responsibility, especially when things go wrong. We were hurting on Saturday, and He the Manager made big mistakes with his predicable substitutions. He weakened the team and contributed to us loosing the game. In these circumstances he has to omit his mistake, own up to it and importantly learn from it.

Dyche wasn't solely responsible, he was only 90% responsible for that.

The disturbing part for me and the part which I won't forget in a hurry was the complete lack of humility from the guy in the press conference.

Admit and own your mistakes.

Paul, great to get your report. Were we coming under sustained pressure prior to their first goal or did it come out of the blue.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

I know you were still in shock while writing, but your player ratings was always something I looked forward to.

I fully agree with the substance of Paul's report. At the time nobody, but nobody, in the ground thought it was a mistake to take Ndiaye off with 7 minutes to go.

Everybody joined in the standing ovation for a player who had given one of the best attacking performances we have seen in recent times. With the benefit of the wisdom which hindsight confers on us all we can now agree withdrawing him proved to be a mistake.

I would most certainly have replaced Iroegbunam or Gana with Garner for the final 15 minutes. Also we badly needed Ashley Young's experience to manage the game, slow everything down, take a booking, etc.

Instead we carried on throwing men up the field when we should have been focused on staying compact and playing ugly in the final minutes. It was unprofessional by the players on the pitch to capitulate in the manner they did.

There are however reasons for optimism. The squad has much more potential, in modern terms a higher ceiling, than it has had in the last three seasons. The opening 80 minutes showed us what they are capable of. Learning how to close a game down should be the easy part of their development and one that Sean Dyche is more than capable of instilling.

I fully agree with the substance of Paul's report. At the time nobody, but nobody, in the ground thought it was a mistake to take Ndiaye off with 7 minutes to go.

Everybody joined in the standing ovation for a player who had given one of the best attacking performances we have seen in recent times. With the benefit of the wisdom which hindsight confers on us all, we can now agree withdrawing him proved to be a mistake.

I would most certainly have replaced Iroegbunam or Gana with Garner for the final 15 minutes. Also we badly needed Ashley Young's experience to manage the game, slow everything down, take a booking, etc.

Instead, we carried on throwing men up the field when we should have been focused on staying compact and playing ugly in the final minutes. It was unprofessional by the players on the pitch to capitulate in the manner they did.

There are however reasons for optimism. The squad has much more potential — in modern terms, a higher ceiling — than it has had in the last three seasons. The opening 80 minutes showed us what they are capable of.

Learning how to close a game down should be the easy part of their development and one that Sean Dyche is more than capable of instilling.

John, the first half of your post is how I felt and still feel.

However, Young has shown time and time again that he is the last man to bring in to such an environment as he plays like a man who is starting out in his career.

Although, he'd probably take a booking alright, but not out of choice.

Not sure if there is any way back for Dyche. He threw his players under the bus with his post-match comments.

Would you as a player really play for him after saying what he said and taking no responsibility yourself?

Some of you have written that Ndiaye was our best player and was given a standing ovation but nobody questioned why our most outstanding player was being taken off. Incredible!

Perhaps you thought he wasn't that good but the opposition was awful and, like the manager, you would have been wrong.

My first thoughts watching on TV was why him and why Doucoure who has been awful in the two previous games? If it had been a case that he had to be replaced, then maybe close to like for like would have been Lindstrøm or even somebody with defensive qualities.

But perhaps, playing as well as he was, perhaps the manager wasn't watching the rest, after all he'd only been watching for 80-odd minutes, or perhaps he forgot about added time. Has he given a reason for the change?

John #12, that's actually not true.

All around me in the main stand were bewildered about Ndiaye being taken off. He was given a standing ovation because he deserved one but that didn't lessen the incredulity as to why he was being taken off given he and Calvert-Lewin were the two players who were giving the Bournemouth defence a torrid time.

Plenty of others deserved to get hooked but not those two. Poor management again. Entirely Dyche/s fault, totally took momentum away from us.

Dave #17.

100% agree!

Dave (17),

Nailed it. An absolutely bewildering substitution, both the players being subbed, and those chosen to come on and replace them.

I sometimes wonder, when it seems like a result is in the bag and a particular player has had a great game, whether a manager, almost subconsciously, subs the player to give him recognition of their performance?

Let the crowd get on their feet, look at what I've brought in etc.

At 2-0, the result is never in the bag, of course — as we found out — and the likes of McNeil and Harrison stay on the pitch because Dyche sees them as his workhorses.

Sorry, John at 11.

Most people around me in the upper Bullens said immediately it was a mistake taking off Ndiaye.

Two points I agree on, own the mistakes Dyche and make the substitutions based on tactics and not personnel.

Tim Iroegbunam was dead on his feet and we needed to protect the lead at that late stage so Garner and O'Brien (to support Mykolenko's side after hooking McNeil) were the better changes to make.

I do think there is a possibility that Ndiaye was taken off to get the standing ovation, although that is not typical Dyche.