{"id":291339,"date":"2023-10-19T22:25:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T22:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=291339"},"modified":"2023-10-19T22:25:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T22:25:44","slug":"dyche-has-used-own-injury-experience-to-advise-dominic-calvert-lewin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/dyche-has-used-own-injury-experience-to-advise-dominic-calvert-lewin\/","title":{"rendered":"Dyche has used own injury experience to advise Dominic Calvert-Lewin"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sean Dyche had to retire early as a player due to a string of injuries, one of which included him rushing back to start games when he was far from fully fit – and the Everton boss says he has used his lessons from that episode to advise Dominic Calvert-Lewin.<\/p>\n
The striker started just 30 of 76 Premier League matches across the last two full seasons due to long-standing injury issues, with Calvert-Lewin admitting he often rushed back to play at just 60 per cent fitness as he felt a duty to help his team, who have experienced back-to-back relegation battles.<\/p>\n
But the 26-year-old is looking at his sharpest level for years in an Everton side who have won three of their last four games, with Calvert-Lewin netting in three of those. The Yorkshireman is grateful for Dyche\u2019s patience over the summer in allowing him to trust his body at long last.<\/p>\n
Asked what he did to help his striker, Dyche said: \u2018It was something I learned as a player from my own bad moment at Bristol City, getting booed off. It\u2019s mainly because I had eight months out with a back injury, the manager told me, “I want you to be captain and play\u201d so I agreed.<\/p>\n
\u2018I learnt very quickly that I was miles off it, miles off being fit. It cost me badly. So when I look back at my own career, I thought, \u201cRight, something needs to change with Dom so what can we change?\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Sean Dyche has been using his own experiences with injuries to advise Dominic Calvert-Lewin<\/p>\n
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The striker started just 30 of 76 matches across the previous two full seasons and was often rushed back at 60 per cent fitness<\/p>\n
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Calvert-Lewin is back and scoring for the Toffees and is set to start against Liverpool\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u2018We needed to give him a chance when he is fit, not when he thinks he is fit. The hardest part of being injured is actually saying you\u2019re injured. You\u2019ll always have this inner voice in your head doubting you and going, \u201cNo I think you\u2019ll be alright, you\u2019ll be all right\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u2018And when it happens (another injury) you think, \u201cWhy did I do that?\u201d. I felt we together needed to get to the point when you don\u2019t have that fear and you go, \u201cDo you know what, I feel fine\u201d. So my goal wasn’t about him playing.<\/p>\n
\u2018I wanted him to come in here in his car, get warmed up, trained, have his lunch and go home. Once we\u2019re there, you will find true fitness. When you\u2019re there, your game will come back to you. I think he\u2019s very close now.\u2019<\/p>\n
The injury-stricken star returned to pre-season long before his team-mates, starting in early June with a visit to a health clinic in Germany that often serves their national team players. \u2018It was almost like a factory reset,\u2019 he said at the time.<\/p>\n
Everton signing an adequate back-up option in \u00a325million Portuguese target man Beto also helped ease the pressure on Calvert-Lewin, who is set to start Saturday\u2019s Merseyside Derby at Anfield against Liverpool, a team they have beaten just once in the last 25 league meetings.<\/p>\n
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