NEIL MOXLEY Dyche? He’s become Sean of the dead end

LET RAFA CALL TOON

Follow us on Twitter: @peoplesport WHY is Sean Dyche still at Burnley?

Let me rephrase that. How is Sean Dyche still at Burnley?

As Frank de Boer and Mauricio Pellegrino are ushered into jobs at Crystal Palace and Southampton despite a significant lack of front-line experience in English football, Dyche must be thinking ‘what about me?’

Falling through the trapdoor back into the Championship was perhaps a black mark against him but that sits between t wo Premier League promotions and, last season, keeping the Clarets in the top flight – not to mention saving them from dropping into League One a few years back.

And he has consistently balanced the books, too.

If you need further proof the bloke knows his stuff, how about this: Dyche has tamed the demons within Joey Barton.

Proof

Even the lippy Scouser hasn’t voiced a negative word about his former boss, and he has had a go at pretty much everyone else.

So how come Dyche remains at Turf Moor given the job he’s done?

There’s been more turmoil than ever in the managerial market this summer. Like a washing machine heading into its spin cycle, people have been in and out of jobs at frightening pace.

But a succession of bigger clubs and a string of owners – most, but not all, foreign – have overlooked Dyche.

Is five impressive years at Burnley not enough proof that the former Chesterfield defender knows what he is doing?

What is it that De Boer brings to the table that Dyche doesn’t?

Knowledge of the Dutch market? I would respectfully suggest that A.N. Other in the recruitment department at Selhurst Park should have a reasonably good handle on that.

Pellegrino, who spent six months as a player at Liverpool under Rafa Benitez in 2005, returned to Anfield for a two-year spell as the Spaniard’s assistant.

But being No.2 at Liverpool is way different from fronting the operation at Southampton.

Rene Meulensteen was Fergie’s No.2 for years but it didn’t do him much good when he later managed Fulham.

Now, you might point to Ronald Koeman – that appointment didn’t turn out too badly for the Saints, did it?

But Frenchman Claude Puel lasted just one season.

Eighth place in the Premier League and the first domestic cup final in a generation – a remarkable return because Puel wouldn’t have inspired me to go and put the kettle on – is not good enough these days for the decision-makers on the south coast.

But Dyche isn’t the only one with cause for complaint. Eddie Howe has been similarly overlooked despite the job he has done at Bournemouth.

It would probably help the Cherries boss if his name wasn’t absolutely intertwined with the town on the south coast.

He earned promotion – albeit by incurring a fine for overspending – but a large budget hasn’t helped Derby County and Aston Villa back into the Premier League.

So Dyche and Howe are being snubbed by a string of star- gazing chairmen who assume foreign coaches have something that blokes from Kettering ( Dyche) and Amersham (Howe) lack.

Is there a bias against young English managers? It’s almost got to the point where Sam Allardye’s quip about landing a top gig only if your name is foreign is actually true.

Dyche and Howe can’t get a sniff of the plum jobs.

Short of actually winning the Premier League, I wonder if they ever will. RAFA BENITEZ strengthened his hand at Newcastle United this week as chief scout Graham Carr left his post.

The Toon did have some successes under Carr – Georginio Wijnaldum, Mathieu Debuchy and Yohan Cabaye to name but three.

However, that was outweighed by other dross that signed on the dotted line, with owner Mike Ashley footing the bill. Luuk de Jong,g, Henri Saivet and Florian Thauvin were every bit as bad as that other trio were good.

After taking that significant step this week, Ashley now needs to allow Benitez ez (above) a free hand in the marketplace.

For too long, a succession of coaches, going back to Alan Pardew, have not been able to make recruitment decisions upon which their success or failure can reasonably be judged at St James’ Park.

With his Championship title-winning success, the former Liverpool boss has earned the right – although he’s still got a helluva fight this summer because his squad looks painfully thin on Premier League quality.