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Dyche lays out immediate Everton priorities; player expectations

Sean Dyche has laid out his priorities at Everton.

Dyche was named Everton manager today.

Speaking in his first interview since his appointment as Blues manager, Dyche revealed he wants to replicate many of those positive traits at Goodison Park, calling them “basic principles" of Everton Football Club.

“What I would say is we want to put out a team that works, that can fight and wear the badge with pride, beyond just the tactical and technical side," Dyche told evertontv.

“Of course, they're massive parts of the game but - I've got to learn this - the feel of the fans here, they don't mind the ball being put at risk or playing forward.

“But they want people who are going to work and run. So, I've got to put that in.

“It's not that it's not there, but I've got to imprint my feeling and my style on it and that's part of what I do.

“Hopefully, with a bit of hard work from my staff and the players, we can reignite that passion of the fans because it's still there, you've seen it."

With plenty of work to do this season in order to climb up the table and away from danger, Dyche detailed the importance of the role Evertonians can play in the team's success, but also acknowledged the onus will be on him and his team to give them plenty to shout about.

“The relationship with the fans is very important, especially for me," says Dyche. “I am under no illusions, I have to earn my right here as a manager, and many have done it.

“You don't come into a club and get a free start. I have to show them what I am about, what I can deliver, but then you actually have to deliver it.

“That takes time. You have to get the team working in the way that I think is appropriate to win games. That's the mentality I want to build here: a winning mentality.

“We have to fast track that, though. But I know I have to earn my right. I am going to work hard with my staff to make sure the team has that winning mentality.

“We have to build it, we have to work hard for it, and then that's when the quality starts coming out.

“At the start, we have to get to that organised feel, build a gusto in the team and make it visual so the fans can link in very quickly.

He added: “We need to give something back to the fans, they are desperate for that, they want to cheer the team, they want to get behind them. But we have to give them something to grip hold of."

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