Everton head coach Sean Dyche wants to change a mentality he believes has contributed to the club’s woeful away form in the Premier League.
The Toffees have not won away from home since they beat Southampton on October 1. After that victory, they have managed just four draws in 12 matches on the road. Two of those points came at Nottingham Forest and Chelsea last month.
Nine points from a potential 45 away from home in the current campaign is a continuation of issues from the 2021/22 season. That term, they won just twice and finished with 10 points in 19 away matches.
It is only their home form, from which they have accrued 18 points from 16 matches, which has prevented them from sinking even further in the table than their current 17th position by virtue of a superior goal difference to Nottingham Forest.
Dyche believes some players have struggled to adapt to the requirements of playing away from the safety of Goodison Park and accepts that needs to change with games remaining at Crystal Palace, fellow strugglers Leicester, Brighton and Wolves.
“It’s a bit different here because I walked into a situation where the record hasn’t been great for a couple of seasons,” said Dyche. “It is more a case of working it out with the players here.
“For sure it’s tactical but it’s also a mentality thing.
“You have players who have to be ready as if it is a home game and deliver like it is a home game.
“Some players find it more tricky than others because of the home support, but generally speaking it’s a mental shift and taking on the challenge.
“The noise has been long enough now that people say ‘They can’t do this away’, ‘they can’t do that away’ so let’s change that story.
“You can’t wait for some magic dust to change it. That’s what I’ve been relaying to the players. let’s change the rhetoric of the story.”
Dyche has looked at all aspects surrounding away matches in terms of training regimes, travel plans, nutrition and even the types of beds his players are sleeping on, but he felt it came down to delivering on the pitch.
“You are trying to look for everything but at the end of the day you can put all that aside because when the whistle blows the mentality has to be right from everyone to be pushing hard to win,” he said.
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