David Moyes named Everton manager for second time

Shamoon Hafez, BBC Sport football news reporter

With Everton teetering above the drop zone, Moyes’ key task will be to ensure the club move into their new stadium on Bramley-Moore Dock next season playing Premier League football.

The side have been sound defensively but stagnated under Dyche’s one-dimensional style of play, with the team creating few chances and the goals drying up.

Strikers Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Beto have struggled to score through a lack of service, but will now have a fresh start under a new boss with different ideas to help fire the club back up the table.

Supporters had grown tired of watching the team and, despite a general consensus that dismissing Dyche was the correct decision, there was a subdued atmosphere in the FA Cup third-round tie against Peterborough on Thursday evening.

The Blues faithful have been starved of success, but a significant issue at the club in recent years has been a lack of stability.

The Toffees have had to install yet another man in the dugout, and caretaker boss Leighton Baines said there has to be “hope and optimism” amid the managerial change.

Moyes is a safe pair of hands as he returns to familiar surroundings, with the hierarchy bringing back someone who many fans wanted. Their job now is to stand by the new manager.