Everton boss Sean Dyche reacts to tonights draw against relegation side Luton Town and mentioned that no one cared about Everton when we were getting relegated last season
Kenilworth Road, Luton, UK
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00:00How do you feel about Christian Paul and Steve Porter's performance?
00:05Tough game. They're fighting for their lives, we all know that. They're fighting a good
00:11fight as well, considering where everyone thought they were going to be at the beginning
00:14of the season. They're still in there and that can be difficult to play against and
00:17I thought it was, credit to them. They played a lot of dyags and longer passes which can
00:22hurt you and they're testing, I've got no problem with that. I thought actually the
00:25resilience of the side was on show again and I think that's improved in my time from being
00:29here. The mentality was excellent, I thought, because they're bombarding the box towards
00:34the end and I thought some of the blocks, some of the will and desire to make sure we
00:37at least got a point was pleasing. I don't think we really played as well as we can do
00:41on our side of the game. Punches in the first half and I thought we controlled the ball
00:45well and controlled the game well, but we lost our way a bit second half. That can happen.
00:50As I said, there's a big atmosphere here for the right reasons to try and get something
00:54from the game. So, overall we've asked a lot of these players, I'm not going to over-question
00:57it, but I'm always greedy for more. So, we want more.
01:03Despite the resilience in the last stoppage time, you've had six shots in a tie with
01:09Jarrett Brown, Quaker, Jack Harris, who have thrown themselves in front of their methods.
01:13Bearing in mind that Evan are obviously safe now, how satisfied is it for you that even
01:16with survival not on the line, in the closing stages of a game like that, those players
01:20are willing to do that for the team?
01:22A lot of people remarked in the past that games like that go against the side and I
01:28think we've shown this season that it doesn't always. I think we're building on that.
01:31The mentality side of it, I've mentioned it a lot since I've been here and I think it's
01:34very important and valid and that was on show tonight. The balance is the challenge. The
01:39balance between defending well and defending hard as we did tonight, but then finding that
01:42balance to go and cause trouble at the other end. That was slightly off tonight, but the
01:47mentality at the side has grown, I think, hugely over the season and that's been shown
01:51even with the heart back to an ugly night. Since then, the response to that and the belief
01:57in the side to deliver has been outstanding really. Like I say, it's a tough one tonight.
02:01Don't over-question us. I'd prefer to praise Luton for the fact that they're still in there
02:05fighting and they're working very hard to see if they can stay in the Premier League.
02:08So, credit to them.
02:09How important do you think former Everton player Ross Barkley was to Luton's threat
02:13to name?
02:14Yeah, he's done well this season. There's a number of players for them who have done
02:17well, I think, this season. Like I say, they're in the shelter of staying in the Premier League.
02:25My former club, we've had a couple of seasons like this. It's difficult. As the season gets
02:29on, it's harder. I spoke to Rob, we met at a function and I said to him, I said, in my
02:34experience, I found that as the season draws into a close, the freedom goes a little bit
02:39because it becomes more real and more pressurised. At the beginning of the season, when you're
02:44a smaller concern in the sense of the Premier League and no-one's really wondering whether
02:48you can do it, it's free every week. It's a free hit. But towards the end, it's not
02:52such a free hit. And that can play with the psyche. I think they've done well tonight
02:55to see through that and deliver a performance. It's a little bit nervy and I thought we capitalised
03:00on that. But as the game went on, I thought they really took it on and it was a fair play to them.
03:04Just on the penalty, do you think Everton should play any more?
03:08I think the one with Beto is a tough one to call. You've got a chance. The one with Dwight,
03:14you've heard me speak about this. I think when the feet are raised and you get a tap on your leg,
03:18I don't know how it can make you go down, but his foot's planted. And when you get a planted
03:21foot and someone stands on you, you can't run, you can't move. So I'd suggest that that one
03:25would be a penalty. We know my record's awful, actually, for many years getting penalties.
03:31I don't know how, but it still is. But I think that one's got a chance. I must say that.
03:37But the third one is a maybe for me. A tussle with two players, you might get it, but
03:45I'm not always thinking they should be given. But the one on Dwight,
03:48we've had a couple of Doms, Bournemouth, when he's got a planted leg and someone kicks you,
03:54that can make you go down because you're planted. But the one when you've got your foot in the air
03:57and you get a tap, I don't think that makes players obese. The balance, the poise, the
04:03strength they have, that's likely to make you go down. But when your foot's planted,
04:07if you get stood on, there's a chance where it should be. I think that should be a penalty.
04:14You're clearly aware, speaking full of admiration for
04:17just how gluten have fought all season and still are fighting.
04:21Of the three that are still in the mix, given that you're not safe,
04:24do you have any feelings on who deserves a set of seatbelts?
04:28No, no one would care about us at Everton Football Club when we were down there last
04:31season, last game of the season. So they'll have to fight it out. We had to fight it out last
04:36season. We had to take care of ourselves. All the clubs will have to fight it out. We've
04:39took care of ourselves again this season with many, many challenges. I'm very proud of that.
04:44But no, it's not for choosing ifs and buts and maybes and sides because
04:48I've been down there myself. You have to take care of yourself. They don't know who gives you
04:51anything and you have to take care of yourself. So they've all got to fight it out and see who
04:56can get the job done. Does the track suit stay?
04:59I know, yeah. It's strange. It keeps making a talking point. I think that's my fifth game or
05:03fourth or fifth game with it. But I don't know. I'm not really that bothered about it, to be
05:06honest, but it keeps coming up. I'll decide at the minute. I feel quite comfortable in it, not
05:10just because we're winning, but there's a practical side of life, you know, not carrying a suit around
05:14everywhere, not keep getting changed and all that sort of stuff. Maybe, maybe. My mum does prefer
05:20me in a suit, but that's the way mums are in my generation of life.
05:25Any further questions, guys?
05:29Cool. Cheers, everyone.
05:33Cheers.