Sean Dyche pleased to advance to next round of Carabao Cup
Everton boss Sean Dyche was pleased to advance to the next round of the Carabao Cup at the expense of his former employers.
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00:00 You made that look easy, but what was your thoughts on that?
00:02 Yeah, it's not easy. It's not easy to win football matches in any competition.
00:06 Cup games, different feel, making sure the players are up for the challenge.
00:11 So overall, very pleased.
00:14 I think we started the game very bright, scored a very good goal,
00:18 and then we came off it a bit. Credit to them.
00:20 They got back into the game without really affecting our goal too much.
00:23 Or they had a great opportunity when Jimmy Garner, the brilliant bit of defender.
00:27 We just got a little bit soft on the game, I thought, and then half-time,
00:31 we corrected it as a unit, and I think we played very well
00:35 and very strong second half and came out worthy winners.
00:38 No, just I thought we had to play forwards more.
00:47 We had to be more physical in the game, in our presence,
00:52 and just really remind ourselves of the hard yards of a game,
00:56 because I've always believed there's quality here,
00:59 and doing the hard yards, the ugly side, the shape,
01:03 the desire to take on a game.
01:06 And I thought it flooded back into the team second half,
01:08 and I thought it was a very, very strong half, and a couple of,
01:11 well, more than a couple, but I thought Dwight McNeil was exceptional second half.
01:15 His work ethic for the team and his actual team play.
01:18 Jack Harrison, who continues to impress me and I think everyone,
01:21 just by his manner as much as anything around the group.
01:25 I think Jimmy keeps learning, keeps improving.
01:27 Jared keeps improving. Held together with some of the older pros,
01:31 I thought the subs were excellent.
01:32 Gannon was excellent when he came on. Duke, Taki, obviously,
01:35 been terrific. Jordan, really calm tonight, making good decisions.
01:39 You know, when it all comes together and you get that kind of
01:41 consistency that I've spoken about endlessly to all of you, it works.
01:45 And I think the players are growing in belief of that,
01:48 not just their ability, not just their quality,
01:50 but that team ethic and the team ship, and I think that's growing.
01:53 - Very few changes to the score.
01:55 I mean, was that something you had to think about?
01:57 Because obviously, the signal one was that the team ship...
02:00 - Yeah, yeah. I mean, look, it's always tempting, but the challenge you've got,
02:05 and I keep saying to the players is, you know,
02:08 if you want to go and be really super successful, and there was a lot of talk,
02:12 not now, because there's a lot of work to be done now.
02:14 We all know that. I've mentioned it endlessly because it's true.
02:16 But seven or eight years ago, people were talking about Europe and all that.
02:19 Well, I've been through that with Burnley.
02:21 You're going to play a lot of football, a lot of football.
02:23 So I want the players to realise that you can play three games a week.
02:27 You can have the mentality, you know, you can take these games on.
02:30 And I'm certainly one who believes that.
02:32 You know, the rest, the recuperation, the support systems
02:36 that are in place for players now have never been greater.
02:38 So I don't think it's too much to ask a player to go out and play three in a week.
02:42 We have to be a little bit careful and sensible.
02:44 You know, we get three in a loop, we can change things, two in a league,
02:47 and change things a little bit.
02:48 But at the end of the day, I want the mentality to be,
02:50 I'm playing every game, you know, and I was a player, I wasn't a great player,
02:53 but I wanted to play every single game.
02:55 And I mainly played in the Championship.
02:57 And as you all know, Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday, Tuesday,
02:59 more or less all season.
03:01 I want that mentality whenever you put the shirt on, you're ready.
03:03 And like I say, it's building.
03:06 It's not finished, but it's building.
03:07 I think that was really pleasing about the performance tonight.
03:10 Well, like I said, it's a work in progress,
03:19 but there is progress.
03:21 I said early season, if you remember, our results didn't go,
03:24 but I thought some of the performances were as good as when I've been here.
03:27 Certainly the first two home games, when it's a head scratcher,
03:30 you don't at least draw, let alone win.
03:32 But it doesn't hold any weight when you don't win.
03:36 When you start winning, people believe a bit more.
03:38 So that's my job, is to see through all that and believe anyway.
03:43 And I think the players are doing that.
03:44 I think they're beginning to believe more and more.
03:46 Five and seven wins, as you said, is a good marker.
03:49 And we've been a bit unfortunate somewhat.
03:52 You know, the incident at Liverpool, you never know if that goes in our favour.
03:55 But no, the players deserve it.
03:57 They're working very hard on the training pitch and the staff
03:59 and they're delivering in the games when there was a blow.
04:02 Was the victory a bit sweeter coming against your old side?
04:05 No, I'm not bothered about that. I had a fantastic time there.
04:07 They helped me enormously.
04:09 I helped them, I think, and my staff and some of the players.
04:11 I'm absolutely not. It had no relevance.
04:13 It will never have a relevance for me.
04:15 Nothing but respect for Burnley Football Club.
04:17 Sean, Dominic Calver-Lewin has made six successive starts now.
04:20 Obviously, you took a lot of questions last season about the approach you took.
04:24 And maybe some people questioned it.
04:26 Are you starting to feel vindicated now that he is looking robust and durable?
04:29 I'm not starting to feel vindicated.
04:30 I've just been in the game a long time and I just looked at the past regimes
04:35 and how they dealt with things.
04:36 And I thought, 'We've got to change it.
04:37 We've got to do something different.'
04:39 We were very unlucky, actually, midway through that process.
04:42 He was just on the borderline of really, truly getting fit.
04:45 And then he got injured again.
04:47 We had to go back to square one, but pre-season, we didn't put over pressure on him.
04:51 We tried to take the pressure off and some of the noise away.
04:54 Obviously, it helped signing players as well.
04:57 And I think he's feeling the benefit of that now.
04:59 I still think he'll get fitter and sharper even now because he's getting there.
05:03 But I still think there's more to come.
05:04 But I was pleased with his performance again tonight.
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