Quote Originally Posted by Swissclaret View Post
I do not disagree, sinkov. His record in those years speaks for itself. Six years on will he be able to replicate? Will he change his methods?

Football is not static and styles of play change with the talent that is available and the thinking of people like Guardiola.
Hit the nail right on the head there Swiss, 'styles of play change with the talent that is available', as the quality of player available to Dyche deteriorated, his style of play changed. Given that he gets the Stoke job, and he has a decent enough squad, I cannot imagine why he would change the style of play that was so successful at this level twice previously, rock solid defence, good football, plenty of goals. In those two seasons he lost just 10 out of 92 league games while being one of the top scorers in the division, why on earth would he change from that ?

If however his squad isn't up to scratch and they're in a relegation battle, the style might be a bit more 'pragmatic' until he gets the players in he wants. Although some fans were moaning, I thought he did a superb job in the season he took over at Burnley, season after we took off, can't see why it would be different at Stoke.