'Lucky to be there next season' - Is Dyche running out of time?

The Premier League play has passed the halfway signifier but Everton are successful occupation again, with lone 3 victories.

It looks similar different combat for endurance for the Toffees, teetering 2 places and conscionable 1 constituent supra the relegation zone.

The goals person dried up, determination is small creativity successful the squad and protagonist sentiment appears to person worn away.

Manager Sean Dyche has kept the nine successful the apical formation for the past 2 seasons - but with the side's caller abject showings, his declaration expiring astatine the extremity of the play and the Friedkin Group takeover ushering successful a caller era, questions are being raised astir his future.

On the backmost of a five-game winless run, the Blues big League One strugglers Peterborough successful the FA Cup 3rd circular connected Thursday knowing decision won't assistance Dyche's cause.

A report, external connected Monday suggested owners the Friedkin Group are "reviewing" his enactment and Dyche, speaking successful his pre-match quality league connected Tuesday, said: "To beryllium clear, it should beryllium [reviewed].

"At the extremity of the day, if you are a concern of this size, succession readying surely should beryllium portion of their diligence, I person nary occupation with that.

"It should beryllium ongoing astatine immoderate shot nine and a portion of immoderate 'normal' concern extracurricular football. I ne'er truly interest myself with that - but person got to triumph games.

"We person not won capable this season, [I request to] marque definite the squad is operating successful the close mode and delight everyone each of the time. That is the job, we haven't done that capable and it comes down to me."

On Monday evening, Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher produced a damning breakdown of Everton's creativity, calling them a "throwback" to Premier League teams of the 1990s.

Dyche has highlighted that goalscoring has been an contented astatine the nine for "four oregon 5 years" - a "long time" earlier his accomplishment successful January 2023.

That inclination has continued this play with Everton scoring a atrocious 15 goals successful their 19 league games, with lone bottommost broadside Southampton - presently connected people for the Premier League's lowest points tally - having netted less with 12.

Digging further into the numbers makes for grim reading:

Former Toffees midfielder Leon Osman said connected BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club (MNC): "Everton person not scored successful 11 of 19 games this season. Doing commentaries connected their games is not casual astatine the infinitesimal due to the fact that not overmuch happens.

"I bash deliberation determination is simply a deficiency of prime successful the squad but anyone volition archer you, you should inactive beryllium creating chances and scoring goals. It is pugnacious to watch.

"In the past 10 games, Craig Dawson is Everton's apical scorer having scored 2 ain goals successful that crippled (4-0 triumph implicit Wolves)."

Everton's predictable benignant of shot means their strikers person recovered it a conflict to occurrence - Dominic Calvert-Lewin (2), Beto (1) and Armando Broja person netted 3 goals betwixt them.

Iliman Ndiaye and Dwight McNeil are the apical scorers with 3 apiece and determination is simply a stark drop-off erstwhile McNeil is not successful the side.

McNeil is simply a subordinate Dyche knows good from his clip astatine Burnley and idiosyncratic helium tin trust on, but the 25-year-old has missed the past 5 games due to the fact that of a genu injury.

The midfielder is cardinal to Everton's play successful the last third, providing 3 assists successful summation to his goals this season, and creating 33 chances - by acold an outlier successful the squad, with full-back Ashley Young and midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure are adjacent connected the database with 17.

"No shots connected target. No attacking intent. That seems to beryllium the MO [method of operation] currently," Toffees instrumentality Mike Richards wrote for BBC Sport's Fan's Voice.

"Bournemouth fans taunted america with: 'How bash you ticker this each week?' We person go somewhat of a laughing stock.

"A manager retired of ideas and a fanbase connected its knees erstwhile again."

Asked if the fans are inactive connected his side, Dyche replied: "They tin determine that. I person ne'er questioned them.

"If they take to backmost maine and the team, that would beryllium helpful; if they take not to, past they person the state to marque their choices."

The Friedkin Group are successful presumption aft completing their takeover of Everton in December and volition beryllium assessing each facets of the club.

But the astir pressing interest volition beryllium the presumption of brag Dyche and they present person a determination to marque - bash they effort to spot retired the play with him successful charge, hoping they enactment up, oregon rotation the dice and marque a change?

Speculation is rife and determination are immoderate reports, external - not verified by BBC Sport - suggesting Everton are successful talks with the out-of-work Graham Potter.

On Tuesday Dyche said the owners "certainly person not told maine that" and some Everton and Potter person been approached to supply a remark by BBC Sport.

With Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) ringing loudly successful the ears of Everton aft their points deductions past season, Dyche said determination are "parameters" successful signing players this period and mostly doing transportation concern successful January is "very tough".

Former Premier League striker Chris Sutton said connected MNC: "[Not being capable to spend] has gone against Sean Dyche and I bash consciousness a ample portion of the fanbase has turned against him.

"It is astir Everton staying successful the Premier League - the takeover has happened present - moving to the caller stadium adjacent play and moving on. I fishy Dyche volition beryllium fortunate to beryllium determination adjacent play due to the fact that of the mode things person turned."

In his Monday Night Football investigation connected Sky Sports, ex-Liverpool defender Carragher suggested Dyche remains the champion idiosyncratic for the occupation arsenic his achievements with Burnley and Everton gives the nine a "great chance" of survival.

"For me, I would support Sean Dyche successful that presumption due to the fact that it is astir a guarantee,.

"The information that they person a stadium coming, it is imperative they are successful this part adjacent season."

A defiant Dyche said connected Tuesday: "Here, it has been highly difficult. There is simply a immense request connected me, connected the concern and it is simply a changeless - that is portion of Everton life.

"I person adapted to it, taken it on, had my knocks and getting them again and it is astir however you grip it.

"The nine is ever bigger than me, I americium a custodian and truthful acold I person handled it beauteous well."