This is a really lovely email, sent in by Nicholas Byrne.
Toffee here. Just want to put on record my thanks to Sean Dyche and his team. When he was appointed, I wrote that we?d finally employed a grown up, and I say that as someone who really wanted Lampard to succeed, and really really wanted Rafa to succeed. I?m firmly in the mind that nobody but Dyche could have got us through our points deductions, which were definitely the club?s fault but most definitely not his, and he has handled himself with dignity throughout his tenure.
It won?t be any consolation to him tonight, but this Everton fan will always be grateful to him. As for who is next, the new owners have already taken one major decision, we need to trust them to get the next one right, too. Onwards and sideways, Blues.
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