Everton 24/25 Premier League season objectives discussed

A look ahead for EFC

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00:00Obviously, we've mentioned priorities off the pitch in terms of who they need to get

00:05in this window, but in terms of on the pitch, starting a new campaign, is the sort of priorities

00:11to just avoid being in that scrap again?

00:13Well, it's interesting. I was thinking about this the other day with the takeover going

00:20on because, yeah, Shaun Dyche said, like, my job is to safeguard the club next season

00:26and, yeah, maybe he probably is. I was thinking, we're not out of the trees just yet, we're

00:33not out of the danger zone. But if I can get this new takeover, does that change things?

00:41Because will there be a little bit of money to spend, et cetera? Could we have proper

00:47structure in place? Does Dan Frieden come in and say, right, look, we want to be in

00:55the top end of the table in a couple of years and we need progress? You know, you were able

01:01to finish 12th last season without the points deduction, so there's no excuse why you can't

01:05finish the high again. So it is very much an interest of mine whether Shaun Dyche's

01:12priorities will change, whether he'll get told his priorities have to change, because

01:18I'm sure he'll be looking at it pragmatically as ever and thinking, we need to stay up,

01:24we need to get into the new grounds in the Premier League. But if you look on the Premier

01:31League next season, is it going to be as strong again? You've got, obviously, Leicester coming

01:38up, who've got a new manager in place now, and you've got Ipswich, how are they going

01:45to get on? Are they going to struggle? Are they going to be like a looting sort of thing?

01:49It's a bit of a disservice to Jockey and McKenna's too, and Southampton as well. Are

01:54they going to be able to mix it in the first season back? So, yeah, it's certainly an interest

02:02of mine. It'd be interesting to ask Shaun Dyche that, if the priorities will change

02:07now from what he was thinking towards the end of last season.