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I don't trust Sean Dyche to change Everton approach - plan for West Ham must be clear

Everton manager Sean Dyche and West Ham United's Julen Lopetegui
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West Ham United is now a huge game for Everton because of the previous two matches. They’ve got some top quality players who can hurt you, but they’ve been struggling and their new manager doesn’t seem to be fitting in well.

We’ve got to go there and get a result. Let’s try and force them into errors, rather than sitting back, and make it a toxic atmosphere for the hosts.

If you’re going to press then press properly and with a bit of enthusiasm and intensity like you’re actually trying to win the ball.

Sean Dyche needs to be less obvious with his substitutions. We could probably write out what they’re going to be now before the game kicks off, we know what’s going to happen.

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It’s all too predictable. Make it harder for Julen Lopetegui, he’s going through a difficult time.

Do I trust Dyche to make it difficult for them? I don’t, but he needs to find a way.

Let’s not let West Ham off the hook. Everton need to kick them while they’re down.

At the start of the season, Dyche said he wanted to play more offensive football, but I haven’t seen any of that. His comments haven’t added up for me this season.

We got 48 points through our on-the-pitch performances last season, we should be trying to build on that and improve it.

It’s a huge week for Dyche. I feel he’s going to get a lot of heat if he doesn’t get it right at West Ham.

If you’re playing bad football and winning matches, you can be easily forgiven, but it’s not happening. If we went toe-to-toe with the teams around us and still lost, I also believe there would be more understanding too.

I’m not talking going all guns blazing like Roberto Martinez, you’ve still got to have that balance, but we’re continually far too negative and far too passive. The players need to step up and win their battles, but they also need more guidance from the manager and I’m not seeing that.