Twenty-one days after Everton set course for a new era called stability the search for their ninth permanent manager in nine years is under way. David Moyes, or whoever the new owners ultimately appoint, was handed a place in round four of the FA Cup plus a graphic demonstration of the task that lies ahead by a slender victory over League One opposition.
The Friedkin Group felt they had no option but to sack Sean Dyche after he informed them he had taken Everton as far as he could. Performances such as this suggest he may have had a point. Peterborough United rarely threatened to add an upset to Everton’s latest day of turmoil but, like many Premier League teams before them, they did a fair job of containing the royal blue threat. Beto, on paper the most expensive signing of the Dyche era, and Iliman Ndiaye, one of the few pluses, scored at the end of each half to edge Everton past Darren Ferguson’s side.
