Season › 2024-25 › News Dyche: 'You could smell it was going wrong' Lyndon Lloyd 31/08/2024 19comments | Jump to last Sean Dyche says he could sense his Everton side were going to throw away their precious 2-0 advantage over Bournemouth today but blamed his players for not doing “the ugly side of the game” to see out what should have been a comfortable victory. The Blues lost 3-2 in almost incomprehensible fashion having been 2-0 up in the 87th minute, an epic defensive collapse condemning them to a 3-2 defeat that the manager described as the most frustrating of his career. Fans have pointed to Everton’s loss of momentum when Iliman Ndiaye was withdrawn in favour of Abdoulaye Doucouré shortly before the Cherries scored their first goal but Dyche expressed his annoyance at his failure to get the message across to his players to just do the basics in the closing stages. “For whatever reason, they scored a goal and we were just looking at each other,” the manager explained afterwards. “Everyone was staring at each other and going: ‘Who is going to do that? Who's going to win a challenge, who's going to win that race, who's going to win that header, and waiting for someone else to do it. And you can't do that. Article continues below video content “Everyone's got to make a difference. And they did, for 87 minutes this was a very, very good performance and I was very pleased with the mixture of the play. They [Bournemouth] play quite long, just putting it forward, and we dealt with that. No problem. “And then after the first goal I could smell it in the air. Not necessarily not winning. But I could smell it, I thought ‘this isn’t right’. And I'm trying to correct them, I’m screaming at them to get their shape, get the wide men tucked in and just do the absolute ugly side of game — play forwards, win your headers, win your tackles, win your races. We didn’t, and they get a win out of nowhere. “[Getting your message across is] the hardest thing because the [players are] active; they're out there. A bit of fatigue. The stadium changed quickly because they are going ‘what's going on here?’ They are always the hardest things to change and to correct, that moment. "It is always the manager. It is always the manager who takes responsibility. You are looking for your team while they are out there to take responsibility. But it takes character and it takes leadership and it takes people who have been around to smell it. We're trying to get it on, furiously trying to just play 4-4-1-1 and just play it forwards, that is it." Captain Seamus Coleman, starting his first Premier League match of the season after overcoming a calf strain, was equally dumbfounded. "We really let ourselves down in front of our fans,” he said. “We cannot take our foot off the gas at this level. "Unfortunately we did that. We cannot be conceding the goals that we did. We have to look at ourselves in the mirror." Reader Comments (19) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer () Mike Hayes 1 Posted 31/08/2024 at 20:40:17 Yeah, you stunk the gaff out with those stupid substitutes – took the two main threats off and Boom! Game is lost, for fuck's sake.All down to you, Dino Dyche. Jamie Morgan 2 Posted 31/08/2024 at 21:13:09 All down to Dyche. He has to go! The credit in the bank earned over the last two seasons has gone! Terrible substitutions and anyone who follows Everton knew we’d lose as soon as Bournemouth scored their first! Smell it was going wrong? All I smell is your bullshit after every poor performance.We are a laughing stock! Someone please sack him. Shane Corcoran 3 Posted 31/08/2024 at 21:24:46 Dyche replaced an attacker and centre forward in the 82nd and 87th minute with relatively like for like subs. I don’t remember hearing 40k odd sighs of exasperation when Ndiaye went off because at the time the fans saw it as a fairly normal sub. He brought on an experienced player in Doucoure. The players should have dealt with situation in my opinion. Mark Ryan 5 Posted 31/08/2024 at 21:31:31 A rather childish thing for me say but "Dyche you smelt it cos you dealt it"All was rosesy in the garden today and you pulled the plug you fucking moron! It's not like we have Liverpool on Tuesday night or we are flying to play Bayern on Wednesday. We are heading into an international break. Leave the team to score that 3rd, it was coming, you could feel it. Yes, there were players tiring but you could feel the relief of a solid win was in the air for us, the players, everyone felt it. It was like the whole stadium was passing round a massive fucking joint and starting to relax and put our feet up. You stank the place out and totally fucked it. He needs to go asap. Mark Ryan 6 Posted 31/08/2024 at 21:31:31 A rather childish thing for me say but "Dyche you smelt it cos you dealt it"All was rosesy in the garden today and you pulled the plug you fucking moron! It's not like we have Liverpool on Tuesday night or we are flying to play Bayern on Wednesday. We are heading into an international break. Leave the team to score that 3rd, it was coming, you could feel it. Yes, there were players tiring but you could feel the relief of a solid win was in the air for us, the players, everyone felt it. It was like the whole stadium was passing round a massive fucking joint and starting to relax and put our feet up. You stank the place out and totally fucked it. He needs to go asap. Oliver Molloy 8 Posted 31/08/2024 at 21:47:46 "They [Bournemouth] play quite long, just putting it forward, and we dealt with that. No problem."Unbelievable from Dyche, considering what he fucking is.He got it totally wrong again today - pathetic attempt to absolve himself of poor management. once again ! Andrew Brookfield 9 Posted 31/08/2024 at 22:06:23 I missed the game as at a wedding, but from what I can gather we outplayed them for most of the game and actually looked good. With ten minutes to go, and a 2-0 lead he took off our number ten to replace him with a more industrious midfielder - high energy for the last ten minutes makes sense to me. Up till this point, I don’t think tactically you can question Dyche. How we collapse after that I have no idea, weak mentality, lack of shape, lack of composure - all things that the manager is responsible for. He can’t and shouldn’t exonerate himself, but I’m not sure you can blame it on his subs. Mark Ryan 10 Posted 31/08/2024 at 22:11:58 Andrew @ 9 he simply needed to do nothing for once. No subs, none needed, they were on the ropes and by makibg the subs all momentum was stopped. We simply went into our shell. We had grown through tge game and the subs made us go back to the middle of the ring and allowed them back into the fight. Watch MOTD because I cannot. It was obscene. No subs today Dyche, leave it alone, just let the dogs keep running. Unbelievable! Oliver Molloy 11 Posted 31/08/2024 at 22:16:20 "We really let ourselves down in front of our fans,” said Coleman.“We cannot take our foot off the gas at this level. Unfortunately we did that. We cannot be conceding the goals that we did. We have to look at ourselves in the mirror."How many times have we heard that over the years Seamus ! Nigel Munford 12 Posted 31/08/2024 at 22:17:26 Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t, last couple of games he’s been chastised for not subbing, this week he does sub, pretty much when the games won, all the players have to do is stop the opposition scoring, and they couldn’t, three feckin times, so he’s still wrong. Who’d be a football manager. Paul Ferry 13 Posted 31/08/2024 at 22:44:48 This is simply unforgivable: "It is always the manager. It is always the manager who takes responsibility. You are looking for your team while they are out there to take responsibility. But it takes character and it takes leadership and it takes people who have been around to smell it".First of all, weirdo, what's all this smell shite of the last seven days? Is "smell" the new "phenomenal". What the fuck does it mean? And what are those people supposed to be "smelling"? (Primeval footnote: sorry: can't you just imagine the three hard-boiled eggs having farting competitions in the Vauxhall Corsa on the way back to Nottingham? "Whoa that was a good one Woansey")So, chief Hard-Boiled Egg can smell it - whatever it is. He is quite clearly losing it' He is talking absolute waffle and drivel. Not much of it makes sense. Some sentences do not follow logically after another. He is losing it. Trump talks about sharks and Hannibal Lecter; Dyche has his "smell" now and the old chestnuts "grass" and "story".Mark my words, he's losing it. He's cracking up, although he might not be intelligent, sensitive, and self-retrospective enough to crack up. But the worst thing is - another Trump quality this - the absolute absence of self-recognition, perspective, and humility. He has nothing to learn and no one to learn from. That longish quote from the presser is to me astonishing and revealing. In a nutshell, "me, me me, you keep saying I have responsibility, but it is the players out there who should take responsibility, but I'm not sure if they have the character to do so and they can't smell it like what I can".Fucking coward. Never has a narcissist had less right and reason to be a narcissist. He refuses to accept realities right in front of his eyes. He says there were players out there suffering "fatigue" - well sub them you fecking thick Tory twat. Even worse than being a shite manager is being an embarrassing shite manager. There is no more humiliating sight in the Premier League today than the three hard-boiled eggs on the touchline. It’s not Everton. It just isn’t. We are better than this. He is not us. He is most certainly not Everton. Billy Shears 14 Posted 31/08/2024 at 23:04:25 The most frustrating thing is for me...I honestly think we have a good side in the making!With all the young players and new signings,we just need a pro-active new Gaffer who allows the team to grow together and allows them the freedom to express themselves,take the shackles off and just go for it in games...yes of course they'll make mistakes along the way but there'll be stronger in the long run! Denver Daniels 15 Posted 31/08/2024 at 23:05:17 You can't blame Dyche's subs for that. That was squarely on the players, particularly the back 4. Coleman looked like he was scared. Do Tarks and Keane communicate? Keane totally unaware what was around him for the last goal. We can't seem to stop crosses coming in or winning the first header. How the hell did no one pick the Bournemouth player up for the equaliser? This defence has gone from one of the best last season to the worst. I have zero confidence in the Tarks/Keane combo. Mark Ryan 16 Posted 31/08/2024 at 23:05:51 Bravo Paul @ 13, spot on Andrew Grey 17 Posted 31/08/2024 at 23:06:19 Tim and Idrissa should have been subbed but for who? Hardly anyone left in the squad. Garner and Docoure maybe. Barebones. Great for 80 mins all deserve credit, for the last ten all deserve criticism, Dyche and the players. Mark Andrews 18 Posted 31/08/2024 at 23:07:39 Dyche has the tactical ability and game management skills of a potato.One of his many weaknesses is his timing and substitutions, he lost us the game today. Bournemouth put 5 fresh players on and he laboured with tired legs. Both full backs were shot and we had replacements on the bench, he did nothing.Garner was the obvious sub but he brought on Doucoure, who has been woeful. McNeil was shot and he put him on the wing, Lindstrom remained on the bench. DCL holds the ball up, Beto doesn't, so the ball kept coming back.If we had an owner, Dyche would have been sacked last season.What a mess. Again. John Davies 19 Posted 31/08/2024 at 23:13:11 Paul Ferry #13. Brutal post. 100% on the money.No more to be said. Saved me 15 minutes of typing my disdain towards our arrogant, fraud of a manager. Tom Bowers 20 Posted 31/08/2024 at 23:14:43 Defensively they have been a mess all season. This game just took a little longer for the wheels to come off.They have been a shambles defensively for a few seasons now and nervous as hell even when they get 10 men behind the ball. Obviously the manager and the captain must take most of the blame as they cannot instill the confidence or exercise a plan needed to see out a game properly.This is becoming a dire situation fast ! Paul Ferry 21 Posted 31/08/2024 at 23:20:41 Denver Daniels 15: "You can't blame Dyche's subs for that. That was squarely on the players. [and etc.]".One of the comforting things about this piece of absurd commentary is that it joins the tiny minority of posts after the match that in effect wipe Dyche clean (yuck) and give him oxygen for his post-match presser.What on earth are you "smelling" DD. I couldn't be arsed hauling myself again through the lengthy rigmarole of why Dyche is so obviously to blame, but just look and "smell" around you DD. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. How to get rid of these ads and support TW © ToffeeWeb