Tripps in yesterday's Daily Mail

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I would disagree, keeping the (by PL standards) rag bag collection of journeymen and mediocrities he's had to work with at this level for six seasons, suggests to me he is actually one of the most tactically astute managers in the game. I'm not convinced Pep could have done it.

It's the 70th minute and beyond substitutions that have always puzzled me sinkov. Why take Wood off and put Barnes on?

86th minute, why introduce Vydra and take Brady off or vica versa?

[sinkov]

It's the 70th minute and beyond substitutions that have always puzzled me sinkov. Why take Wood off and put Barnes on?

86th minute, why introduce Vydra and take Brady off or vica versa?

You've got me there BT, like everyone else I wonder WTF is going on, or not going on, at times. But the proof of the pudding is there at the end of every season, and there's a long list of top football managers on bigger budgets than Dyche who couldn't keep their teams in the PL while he has. Maybe he's not so much a tactical genius as a strategic one ?

[Supersub6]

You've got me there BT, like everyone else I wonder WTF is going on, or not going on, at times. But the proof of the pudding is there at the end of every season, and there's a long list of top football managers on bigger budgets than Dyche who couldn't keep their teams in the PL while he has. Maybe he's not so much a tactical genius as a strategic one ?

A manager who makes it plain to his players and staff exactly what he wants and how he wants them involved in delivering what he wants. He plays to the strengths of his squad and expects them to deliver the goods. Those who step out of line are given short shrift because it is his head that is on the line, even though that is probably not the case at the Turf.
He is a very proud man and will not accept failure without giving everything a good fight. Add to that, he is in a job that hardly anyone criticising him could even come close to pulling off what he has achieved over the years.