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In the most-dramatic ripping off of a shirt and tie since Clark Kent turned into Superman, Sean Dyche only needed a tracksuit rather than a cape to become the hero that saved Everton’s season.

However, for all the bluster about the Blues boss’ change of touchline attire, Dyche was always the right man for the job and many are now acknowledging that after he went one better than Superman and overcame what ECHO columnist Michael Ball described as his “Kryptonite” and finally unlocked the power of Goodison Park. This correspondent has said it before but it’s a point which I believe needs reinforcing at this opportune moment: I feel Dyche he is the most-natural fit for the position of manager at Everton Football Club since David Moyes.

Adding a dash of Latin flair to the solid foundations put in place during the Scottish predecessor’s long reign, Roberto Martinez produced the Blues’ highest Premier League points total to date in his first season but patient tiki-taka never truly sat well with the Gwladys Street and by the end of his tenure, the Catalan wasn’t getting many more points than Dyche would be on course for without the deductions despite having a considerably more-talented squad that contained Romelu Lukaku and John Stones at either end of the field.

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