What Goodison Park does every time Everton play out from the back will stop them from progressing

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Everton played terribly against Fulham yesterday, and fans had every right to voice their displeasure.

In fact, they almost always do, given they are the ones who pay for their ticket. In return for their hard-earned money, they expect to be entertained.

Ironically though, the man in charge is far from an entertainer, with Sean Dyche a pragmatic manager who seeks to grind out results in any way possible.

If that means playing a negative, uninspiring brand of football, then so be it, with Michael Keane playing at striker for Everton yesterday a microcosm of this.

However, for a fanbase who often lambasts this philosophy, they are also awfully critical when the team does try and actually play football.

Goodison Park creates a nervous atmosphere for Everton players

Goodison Park used to be one of the Premier League‘s most feared grounds, where no team was guaranteed an easy ride regardless of form.

To walk away with three points, you had to battle, but that notion has sadly dissipated in recent years.

Now, the Old Lady is actually seen as a bit of a walkover, with Everton’s home record diminishing with each passing year.

That is naturally owed to the mass regression of the club, but the nervousness sometimes created by the crowd hardly helps proceedings.

Yesterday, against Fulham, that was exhibited yet again, as the brief times that they tried to actually play football and pass out from the back, anxiety grew.

Shouts of ‘get it forward’ could be heard from the Upper Gwladys, with that same supporter then likely to be frustrated when possession gets gifted away by a misguided James Tarkowski long ball forward.

Eventually, Everton fans need to start encouraging this kind of progressive football rather than nervously casting it away.

Everton will one day have to appoint a progressive manager

After all, should Dyche depart his role as the Everton manager this summer when his contract expires, or even sooner, the next coach will surely be a more progressive one.

All the best managers in the world nowadays have a philosophy built around playing out from the back, whilst legendary figures like Jose Mourinho, who are more pragmatic, have seen their methods fade.

Pep Guardiola is the leader in this regard, but others have followed suit in an effort to be like the best.

Eventually, Everton must try and follow that path if they seek long-term success.

Should the fanbase continue to be so adverse to it though, it will take far longer than it should because these players will see so much added pressure placed upon their shoulders, as the home crowd moans, groans and boos every failed attempt to play out from the back.

This club desperately needs dragging into the modern era with a young, fresh, intelligent coach. If he does plan to pass out from the back, Everton fans need to back him, buy into these new ideals, and prepare for a nervy start.

They cannot allow the Bramley-Moore Dock stadium to become a cauldron for nervousness should that be the case, or else it will simply prohibit their progression.