Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend

“We’re trying to be active,” said Sean Dyche, asked about potential new arrivals to help rescue Everton. A grandmaster at affecting being unruffled in the face of adversity, underneath the gruffness, Dyche is one of football’s great optimists, forever willing to take the positives when many of his contemporaries would plunge into the deepest funk. Considering Everton’s eternal state of doom, then perhaps that sunny outlook is the tonic the club needs to keep swigging from. However, this season bears similar signs to the 2020-21 campaign that ended with Burnley’s relegation. With no goals scored so far in the Premier League, Everton look cold and ill-prepared. They can still be difficult. Last season, Everton seized on the slowness of Andoni Iraola’s start in English football, beating Bournemouth 3-0. In March, it took a last-minute Séamus Coleman own-goal for Iraola to be able to celebrate defeating an Everton team without a win since the previous December. JB