Everton boss Sean Dyche on the challenge of facing an in-form Chelsea side in the Premier League and the hope for a good atmosphere at home given the positive takeover news
Finch Farm, Liverpool, UK
Finch Farm, Liverpool, UK
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00:00Do you expect it to have an impact on the atmosphere at Goodison this weekend as well?
00:03It seems like there's a bit of a relief around the club now that this takeover.
00:06Yeah, of course. I don't know about the on-the-pitch thing, but I think all Evertonians be...
00:13Well, I would imagine, you know, it brings, as we said, some kind of stability and a way forwards
00:18when everyone was annoying about, you know, all these rumours and everything like that.
00:22So I would hope so. I hope it brings a positive feel.
00:25We're trying to do that through the team, of course, and results,
00:27but it's a nice backdrop if the club seemingly is in a stable position to move forwards again.
00:34I will ask you a question about football as well, because...
00:37Rare, but anyway...
00:40Obviously, do you see this Chelsea side that you're up against as title contenders now?
00:44And what do you see has maybe changed for them since... from the side that you beat?
00:49Well, the manager's done a great job, in my opinion, so far.
00:52I think he seemingly made it clear from an outside view,
00:56this is... I don't know about inside the camp, but you either get on board or you don't,
01:00but the ones on board are going to be the ones that take us forward,
01:03and he's created a team atmosphere, I think, and a dynamic which is working well for him.
01:07So we know that they've spent so much money over the years,
01:10but you still got to combine it. Like I say, there's no exact shortcut.
01:13It helps, of course, and combine it into an outfit that can be successful.
01:17There's certainly signs of that. Our job is to stop them, concentrate on our own form.
01:22We've been solid, at least. We know that we need to score more goals,
01:25but defensively, we had a sixth clean sheet, and that's a pretty good figure at this stage,
01:30and particularly with some of the challenges that we've had.