Sean Dyche hints at new Everton injury ‘doubt’ ahead of Fulham and Spurs this week

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Sean Dyche, for all the hardships he has faced during his 12 months at Everton, has remained admirably transparent throughout.

He says it how it is, and treats the fans with the respect they deserve. We are not fools, and can comprehend the wider issues plaguing the club we all love. It feels refreshing to have a manager and director of football who finally seem to understand this.

The connection between the supporters and the club has been sorely tested in recent years, yet faith has remained unwavering. For that, few can belittle them.

All they can hope is that a brighter future is on the horizon, to give them a team worth this unrelenting support.

However, for now they must settle for the weak and threadbare outfit currently at Dyche’s disposal, set to be ravaged even further ahead of tonight’s Premier League match against Fulham.

What Sean Dyche said about Everton’s injury issues

As someone who remains truthful in almost every situation, on the injury front there has been little change.

In a press conference that was littered with questions about the ongoing negativity swirling around the club, this update offered no respite from the misery of being an Everton supporter.

When asked about whether the squad would receive any timely boosts, Dyche issued what felt like yet another killing blow for hopeful fans: ‘I doubt it.

‘Close calls on a couple but we can’t keep losing players, so if it’s close calls we might have to go against it just by the nature of, well we can’t keep losing players as I said, so I doubt it. It’s probably going to be a very similar group.’

Asked to expand on who exactly, he then claimed: ‘Well like Seamus, I mean [Ashley] Youngy probably we’d give him another week but needs must at the moment with so few bodies. But Seamus is probably the one a bit closer.’

Who could Everton start vs Fulham?

Well, from that update, it seems like little will be different from Saturday’s miserable FA Cup exit at the hands of Luton Town.

However, hopefully at the very least it will have opened Dyche’s eyes up to the idea that 4-4-2 simply does not work with Beto and Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

Whether he packs another body into the midfield and pushes James Garner higher, or moves Jack Harrison more narrow and welcomes another winger, either way it will prove more profitable to the system whilst remaining in a similar pressing system.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin is vastly favoured up front, so he is expected to be the starter if one is to be dropped. But they simply must find that replacement for Abdoulaye Doucoure as soon as possible, who remains out injured.

Apart from that, the miserable lack of options due to an ever-growing injury list has left him hampered. It will take a true masterclass to claim something from Craven Cottage later tonight.