Dyche on Everton's clean sheet 2-0 victory over Ipswich Town

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Sean Dyche on Everton's clean sheet 2-0 victory over Ipswich Town  19/10/2024  Ipswich Town Stadium, Ipswich, UK

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00:00Really pleased, very professional performance I thought, a very thorough performance, obviously a lot of noise about two gold leads.

00:09I thought we delivered a very strong performance defensively today to make sure we looked after that lead.

00:14Has that been a part of the training?

00:22Well, yeah, I mean, certainly not so much work on the training pitch, but reminders of games when, you know, we have seen games through.

00:29We've seen them through with our professionalism, seen them through with our effort, work ethic and also the shape of the team.

00:34And I thought that was all on show today to make sure we saw that game through.

00:37I agree, I spoke to the players after and I said, look, with all due respect, this club's done an amazing thing getting to where it's got to,

00:50but they haven't got our level of experience. I thought that was good because I thought, I agree, I thought we showed that today,

00:55the way of managing the game in different ways, you know, defensively with the ball, still looking effective, still creating chances,

01:02and find that nice balance and that work's got to continue.

01:05You know, and it's like I say, it's no disrespect that he's done amazing.

01:08They're fighting for everything, which they need to do, of course.

01:10I've done that with another team and it's difficult.

01:13But I thought we showed a bit of authority today with our performance all round.

01:20Yeah, I mean, you know, Keno's had a lot of question marks over him and we all, by the way, you know,

01:26the club has a high demand and the fans have a high demand.

01:28But Keno, to be fair to him, you know, what people forget is he's out there every day.

01:31He trains every day. He's played through all the question marks.

01:34Played recently at Leicester with a really bad dead leg, might have suffered.

01:37Other players might have suffered and not made it.

01:39And he only deserved to stay in the team, I thought, and I kept him in.

01:42Gerrard's close to being fit and possibly could have played.

01:45But I feel he needs another week's training as well to make sure that his body's right.

01:49But I thought Keno's delivered a very good performance today and had an excellent goal.

01:52But he's a very good finisher.

01:57Illness. Yeah, illness.

01:58Unfortunately, we've had a bit of that in the camp and it was too much for him to get down here.

02:02He went down with it Thursday.

02:04Beto's had a bit of illness as well, but he managed to make it.

02:19No, I just said to him when he went away in the summer, I said,

02:21look, it's not a done deal that, you know, the centre-halves play every game.

02:25I said, of course I've been loyal to the ones last season

02:27because I thought they were excellent for a large part of the season.

02:29But I said, you know, come back fit, which he did,

02:32fitter than I suggest or well fit as I remember him.

02:35And I thought he'd worked really hard in pre-season.

02:37I thought all pre-season, actually, during the pre-season games, he's a solid performer.

02:42He didn't hardly miss any.

02:43Well, he got one knock, I think, and missed a game or came off at Preston when we looked after him.

02:48And I think he's earning the right to play and that's all you can ask a player, you know.

02:52It's not a given you play, but you want him to earn the right.

02:54You want him to put your doubt in your mind in the right way.

02:57And I think he continues to do that.

02:58But I think the team as a whole today, both in attack and defence,

03:02I thought it was a very balanced performance and I was very pleased with it.

03:11Yeah, I mean, Idrissa will get fitter and sharper because he's missed chunks of training.

03:15He's missed a few games.

03:17And it's harsh on Manga.

03:19I think Manga's done well, but obviously Idrissa understands what we do,

03:22what the team does and his experience in the Premier League.

03:24I thought he played well today.

03:26Miko will get stronger and fitter.

03:28As regards, when I say that, I mean Premier League fit and sharp.

03:30It's a different thing.

03:31You know, you get all the training, but we all know when you're getting out there playing

03:34them Premier League games, it gives that extra.

03:36I thought Youngie was excellent again today.

03:38You know, when he has his question, people question him, but that's the way it goes.

03:41I said recently he's a mature professional.

03:43He understands that you get questioned, but his mentality stays firm.

03:48Yeah, I made a bit of a call on that, to be fair to him.

03:52He was chomping at the bit, but the last game we put him in,

03:55maybe I felt just on the cusp of being a bit quick.

03:57He was fine for the game and did very well.

03:59But then, of course, he got injured the next week.

04:01So this one, I thought he's only literally trained Thursday, Friday.

04:04I went, hang on a minute.

04:05We've got to be careful here.

04:06So I left him so he could do work at the training ground and then continue to have a four-week

04:10training the next week.

04:11And then hopefully his body's more ready for when he's needed or when he's ready to play.

04:15And it keeps him.

04:16No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

04:18It was my decision.

04:19My call.

04:30One thing for sure, the manager will tell you.

04:32It's a conundrum at times picking a team, but we need a more fair.

04:36And you want that combative element.

04:37You know, you want everyone chomping to play.

04:39The biggest thing that does that is competition.

04:41You know, not just competition in front of you, playing the opposition,

04:44but in training, you know, that competitive element,

04:46which is like, am I going to get the shirt and that feeling?

04:48There's always someone breathing down your neck.

04:50I think when you get that feeling, it often adds to the power of a group

04:54and their performances.

04:55So we want that across the board, not just in centre-half positions,

04:58because I think we've got four very good ones, but we want it across the board.

05:01Of course, there's limitations that financially, but in the ideal world,

05:05you want a squad that are all competing at all given moments.

05:15I've been on that side, don't forget.

05:18I've been with a team that's been promoted.

05:20You know, they get three hits at the beginning because the noise is positive.

05:24All the fans are positive.

05:25Everyone's positive.

05:26The media are positive because they're all just saying, yeah, let's see how they go.

05:28I'm rightly so, by the way.

05:29It's a tough division.

05:30It's hard to breach that gap and jump.

05:32They spend a lot of money here.

05:34You have to know what you're going to do.

05:36There's no one comes cheap anymore.

05:38And they've tried to do that.

05:40They're still working.

05:41You know, they're still fighting.

05:42They're still doing everything they can.

05:43They're still doing everything they can to win games.

05:45It's just a tough challenge.

05:46So, I have massive respect for these teams.

05:48You know, I've been asking lower-down teams.

05:50I've been asking Cup games, you know, is that embarrassing?

05:52I said, absolutely not.

05:53I'd never consider myself too embarrassed.

05:54Another team, what's that all about?

05:56They're a competitive team.

05:57Everyone has the right to win a game.

05:58So, we've done that today, and we've got to continue doing that.

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