Dyche - HE'S GONE

[Escalator]

No, it's too specific and detailed to be made up. Use your critical faculties.

It says Tarkowski stepped in and pulled Dyche aside to allow for the situation to calm down.

Look, we all know people will view this through the prism of their own biases. People who don't like Dyche will add it to their list of things to dislike, and people who defend him might downplay it a bit and say there's nothing in it.

Personally, I think it's quite revealing and not in a good way.

Fair enough.

[Gash]

People will read into it what they want, I'm not a Dyche apologist but it'll suit some agendas for people to make it a big issue. It's such a non story, it doesn't even mention any other players names or them jumping in etc, it spends more time giving a summary of our season and points deduction than anything else.

[brap2]

Always going to be a forum splitter this one.

[Trowel]

Joe Thomas played it down in the Echo:

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/f ... n-28831766

An incident involving Sean Dyche and Nathan Patterson during Everton’s training camp is understood to have been no more than a misunderstanding that was swiftly resolved.

Reports emerged last night of an issue arising during a team meal at the Portuguese resort the first-team squad had been staying at.

They centred on claims Dyche caught Patterson with a playful “slap” that led to a reaction from some team-mates and required the intervention of James Tarkowski to cool things down.

Sources have said the incident was a simple misunderstanding that was quickly dealt with and did not diminish what is being viewed as a positive week for the squad and management. Pictures from the camp appeared to back up that view, with images captured the following day showing players, including Patterson, smiling and laughing during one of their final sessions on Portugal’s south coast.

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And the Mirror added:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football ... n-32368558

The Mirror understands that there was no major bust-up nor any bad blood between Dyche and any of his players either during or following the meal. He did, however, apologise to Patterson for any offence that may have been caused by his actions.

[AjaxAndy]

Could quite simply be Dyche has done something he feels is ok, Patterson hates Dyche because he never plays him, didn't like it, got agro, players stepped in and calmed it down.

Or Dyche slapped him with his cock around the head and DCL got upset and swung for Dyche but completely missed, Beto frantically tried to get hold of Dyche by the balls and spent 5 minutes fondling him in a desperate attempt to get a proper handle on them, Pickford was going mental at Branthwaite and Tarks for not getting involved, and Young who was coming back from the bogs ran over to calm things down but by the time he got there everything had calmed down and the next training session was half way completed.

Or anywhere in-between.

[Paddockoldie]

Could quite simply be Dyche has done something he feels is ok, Patterson hates Dyche because he never plays him, didn't like it, got agro, players stepped in and calmed it down.

Or Dyche slapped him with his cock around the head and DCL got upset and swung for Dyche but completely missed, Beto frantically tried to get hold of Dyche by the balls and spent 5 minutes fondling him in a desperate attempt to get a proper handle on them, Pickford was going mental at Branthwaite and Tarks for not getting involved, and Young who was coming back from the bogs ran over to calm things down but by the time he got there everything had calmed down and the next training session was half way completed.

Or anywhere in-between.

The second one.... B, B

[Gash]

Joe Thomas played it down in the Echo:

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/f ... n-28831766

An incident involving Sean Dyche and Nathan Patterson during Everton’s training camp is understood to have been no more than a misunderstanding that was swiftly resolved.

Reports emerged last night of an issue arising during a team meal at the Portuguese resort the first-team squad had been staying at.

They centred on claims Dyche caught Patterson with a playful “slap” that led to a reaction from some team-mates and required the intervention of James Tarkowski to cool things down.

Sources have said the incident was a simple misunderstanding that was quickly dealt with and did not diminish what is being viewed as a positive week for the squad and management. Pictures from the camp appeared to back up that view, with images captured the following day showing players, including Patterson, smiling and laughing during one of their final sessions on Portugal’s south coast.

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And the Mirror added:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football ... n-32368558

The Mirror understands that there was no major bust-up nor any bad blood between Dyche and any of his players either during or following the meal. He did, however, apologise to Patterson for any offence that may have been caused by his actions.

Sounds more like it rather than Dyche charging around like an 80's geography teacher smacking players over the head.

[Trowel]

I imagine it was something as mundane as Dyche walking back from the bog and playfully clipping Patterson on the head as he passed behind him, as happened a million times on every team bonding meal I've been on.

[Bob Sacamano]

I went away with work for a bit of a trip last week and visited a few restaurants and nobody got a slip
Or even a “clip around the ear”. Everyone had a great time. Just for context.

[Cereal Killer]

Maybe he’d just spent a grand on a haircut and didn’t appreciate Dyche ruffling his hair

[Bob Sacamano]

I went away with work for a bit of a trip last week and visited a few restaurants and nobody got a slap, or even a “clip around the ear”. Everyone had a great time. Just for context.

[Bob Sacamano]

Hmm. I thought I hit the edit button but seemed to hit the quote button instead.

[Bluebridge]

Can’t beat a good fallout at a restaurant, remember the Kendall Chinese with Sheedy and Curran,we went on to win the league.

[Cozzie]

Did Dele travel to Portugal with them?

[brap2]

Did Dele travel to Portugal with them?

Doesn't appear in the galleries. Think he's a way off, and tbh I don't think we'll ever see him for Everton again regardless of fitness.