Here is an excerpted one from Sean Dyche's message during the post-match conference on Dec. 29th.
"Look, they're all tough games. Expectation has probably grown a bit but today we didn't deliver on the expectations. They'll grow again and we've got to go and deliver. Four or five games ago, people were saying, ‘Oh, look at this run’. Well, we've turned over a pretty reasonable points return in that run. So now the next challenge is, every game is a tough game, I've said it before and I'll say it now."
What is "run" in this context?
A run here refers to a run of games which means a continuous series of games; so one game after the other.
In this example, the manager says that many people were worried about Everton's upcoming games or fixtures as they looked very difficult - their run of games was a tough one. However, he feels that they have done really well in that series of five matches.
Thank you for your easy-to-understand explanation.
BTW, Sean Dyche used "run" in his comment after the very tough match on Jan. 4, 2025.
“We’ve had so many draws and the runs still not really on paper, a bad run if you add wins in it, but we haven’t had wins.”
The meaning of "a bad run" in this context seems like "streak of losing and drawing".
Everton have a bad run obviously.
@nori Yes, I think the manager is trying to get people to look at the bigger picture and that the 'run' is not too bad overall.