Sean Dyche's chance of success at Everton will depend on how deep the rot has already sunk in at Goodison Park - something that is risking his good reputation.
That's the view of journalist and Burnley fan Andrew Greaves, who covered the former Clarets manager's eventful tenure at Turf Moor, where he achieved promotion to the Premier League in 2016 and was subsequently sacked before relegation for the Lancashire club was confirmed last season.
Dyche has been out of football ever since but made radio appearances in the interim expressing his desire to return to management. Now that wish looks set to be fulfilled, albeit he could hardly have landed a more difficult task than trying to follow in the doomed footsteps of Frank Lampard and Rafa Benitez. It is an opportunity, however, that Greaves - who has covered the Clarets for the past 20 years - feels is an earned one.
