We asked for your views on David Moyes' return to Everton - and you have certainly responded!
We have been inundated with comments, with many different opinions on the 61-year-old's appointment - some of you are happy to see him back, and some of you are not so keen.
Read below for a selection of replies from both sides of the coin...
Image source, Getty ImagesDavid: I believe Moyes is the right appointment at this time. He is available and there isn't any compensation to pay. Hopefully the players and fans can unite behind him. He will keep us in the Premier League and play a more entertaining brand of football. But it will take time - Sean Dyche has sucked the life out of the club.
Brian: Probably the the sensible choice at this point because the team needs a reboot after the pragmatic style of Dyche. There are too many good players to be languishing at the bottom end.
Malcolm: This is classic Moyes take-over territory. He will solidify, inspire and develop the players into a team that picks up narrow victories regularly. It is practically a given. What comes next will define his legacy.
Ivor: Mixed emotions sad - sad for Sean but elated for David. He will give a much-needed boost to the squad and the supporters. Optimism returns to Goodison Park.
Paul: This is a very needed appointment. The past three managers (Rafael Benitez, Frank Lampard and Dyche) smacked of desperation. Moyes will be a safe pair of hands, but it is stating the obvious that we need a couple of quality signings - preferably who know where the net is.
Andrew: Absolutely the right choice. We need the stability and experience, and he understands the uniqueness of Everton.
Image source, Getty ImagesPaul: We're going backwards. He's not much different than Dyche and mid-table mediocrity will be judged as a success. I could understand until the end of the season, but not two and a half years.
Tom: Shows no vision for going into a new stadium and future appointment is based on keeping us in Premier League and that is it. I think supporters deserve a braver approach.
Gary: It is madness. Why would you go back to a club? It is a massive challenge as the team needs a complete overhaul. I don't think he has a enough time to turn it around unless the new owners invest heavily.
Adrian: Hmmm - not so sure. Going back is never really a good idea and when Moyes was in charge, Everton were very average. Not an inspired choice.
Terry: This is like going backwards. Yes he did wonders at Goodison, but this is a different Premier League and top players are hard to come by, unless you spend big big bucks!
Troy: Never go back a second time around, it never works. It only destroys their legacy they left behind. He should have retired and enjoyed his life.
Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport football news reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesWith Everton teetering above the drop zone, David 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 Sean 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 with 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.
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.
Image source, Getty ImagesEverton's numbers in the league this season make for grim reading:
Only in three seasons in their history have they scored fewer goals after 19 games.
They have the division's lowest expected goals (xG) at 18.33.
Their tally of 63 shots on target is the second lowest behind Southampton's 58.
Everton's average of 0.79 goals per game is their lowest in 13 seasons. It was 1.05 last season and 0.89 in 2022-23.
So, will Moyes turn it around? Have your say on the appointment
Image source, Getty ImagesThe FA Cup third round is well under way, with Premier League sides Everton, Fulham and Aston Villa the clubs already booking their places in the fourth-round draw with wins on Thursday and Friday.
But for other sides hoping for a healthy cup run this season, when will the draw take place?
The draw will be live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer following the conclusion of the Arsenal v Manchester United tie, which kicks off at 15:00 GMT on Sunday.
It will include 32 teams - with all third-round matches this weekend settled on the day - and the resulting ties will be played over the weekend commencing Saturday, 8 February.
Image source, Getty ImagesThose are the words of David Moyes as he returns to Everton as manager.
Moyes has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract at Goodison Park following the sacking of Sean Dyche on Thursday.
Everton are 16th in the Premier League - one point clear of the relegation zone - with only three wins from 19 games this season.
"I enjoyed 11 wonderful and successful years at Everton and didn't hesitate when I was offered the opportunity to rejoin this great club," said Moyes.
"Now we need Goodison and all Evertonians to play their part in getting behind the players in this important season so we can move into our fabulous new stadium as a Premier League team."
So, it is David Moyes who will succeed the sacked Sean Dyche at Everton - the 61-year-old returning to Goodison Park for a second spell, after managing the club from 2002 to 2013.
What do you make of it, Blues fans? Is this what Everton need to galvanise the club under new ownership? Or would you have preferred someone else?
Ian Kennedy
BBC Radio Merseyside reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesWhenever a manager is sacked, we often talk about how important the next appointment will be. But never more so than now.
Everton have a brand new, state-of-the-art stadium waiting on the waterfront and it is vital that they go there as a Premier League club. Whoever comes in will need the experience and ability to make sure that is the case.
David Moyes is already being strongly linked and he would fit the bill on many levels. He is experienced, yes, but more than anything he understands the club, understands the fans and the rich traditions of Everton. He even coined the phrase "The People's Club".
And he is available.
But we shall see - and whoever comes in will still have around half the season to try to get the side back to a comfortable position. The long-term vision is another matter. But for now, it is about stability and safety.
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Mike Richards
Fan writer
Image source, Mirror, Star and ExpressAfter weeks of Sean Dyche's managerial term at the club being on life support, it appears he decided he had taken us as far as he could if reports are to be believed.
It is somewhat surprising that a man whose tenure was all about broad shoulders and fight, lacked the stomach to see the job through.
The vast majority of the fan base will be delighted the Friedkins have taken action. Whatever the circumstances around his dismissal, it was needed, it is justified and it is time to look ahead.
Stability at our football club is so desperately needed. We have achieved it off the field, so it is now time to reach the same goal on it.
The immediate talk has indicated David Moyes leads the way with a quick appointment on the cards.
Moyes has his detractors among supporters. How he left the club, underhand bids for both Leighton Baines and Marouane Fellaini and allegations of referring to Evertonians as "a disgrace" not sitting well with some.
I always believe time is a great healer. The most important thing is the football club and its best interests.
Moyes is the proverbial safe pair of hands who can certainly provide stability and begin the major rebuild we so desperately need.
A time will come when we appoint a young, up-and-coming manager, who can reinvent the club's identity. Now isn't that time.
A strong head, safe hands and familiar face makes perfect sense.
Maybe it is written in the stars.
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Image source, Getty Images"Appointing someone hastily is the cycle that we have to break," says former Everton captain Barry Horne on BBC Radio Merseyside.
Reflecting on the timing of Sean Dyche's exit announcement and what the owners should do next: "They are successful businessmen with an interest in football so you would like to think they know what they are doing.
"They will either have a plan and someone will be appointed quickly, or nobody really knew this was going to happen and the departure of Dyche was not the intention of Thursday's meeting.
"I have no idea because the circumstances are just so strange. The worst thing that can happen is that they don't have someone already lined up and they appoint someone hastily.
"That is the cycle we have to break."
Image source, Getty ImagesFormer Everton captain Alan Stubbs says he was "shocked" Sean Dyche was sacked a matter of hours before the FA Cup game against Peterborough as he feels that is not a professional way for a club to behave.
"I thought it was going to happen but I am shocked it did on the day of a game," he told BBC Radio Merseyside. "I think it has been on the cards since Monday because when I looked at Dyche in his press conference, I thought he already knew that he was going.
"It was very short and subdued and through his body language it looked like he knew. It hasn't been dealt with in the right professional manner."
As with every manager sacking, the attention soon turns to who could succeed Dyche at Goodison Park and Graham Potter is no longer an option after being unveiled as West Ham's new boss on Thursday.
"I don't believe that Everton are in a position where they can pay someone's compensation to get them out of another club right now because of the PSR [profit and sustainability rules] impact," said Stubbs.
"The club need to be spending the money on players rather than a manager right now, so that leads me to looking at managers who are out of work.
"It is leaning towards David Moyes coming in. He will have to win some fans over who are still not happy about the way that he left, but others would like to see him back.
"What fans needs to see right now is the team playing in a different way and getting results. It is possible with this group of players but under Dyche they appeared to lack confidence and belief.
"If Moyes can do that and turn it around then he would be accepted again."
Listen to Stubbs' full interview on BBC Sounds
Following the sacking of Sean Dyche on Thursday evening, we asked you who should replace the outgoing boss.
Here are some of your comments:
Jon: Should have gone a long time ago, lacked vision. The Friedkins need to put their money where their mouth is and bring in a world-class manager who can return this club to what it should be - winning trophies.
Ivor: Sean Dyche and his team have done a good job under the most difficult circumstances. As fans, we do not know what happened behind the scenes, but new owners want results as soon as possible so a big name like Jose Mourinho is on the cards, or a David Moyes comeback could be the answer (he should never have left).
Steve: We need someone who can get them scoring. David Moyes - time to come home.
Paul: The talk of Jose Mourinho only fills me with worry. Please, please, please appoint someone who understands and appreciates everything that makes Everton the wonderful club it is! In Moyes I trust!
Richie: I am hoping we get someone that nobody is expecting. Jose would be a huge mistake, I know he has a history of winning but he has a history of leaving a mess behind him.
Harry: I would be good for Lee Carsley to come as he has done well at England with the senior men's team and the under-21s.
Shaun: This was needed earlier. Would get big Duncan Ferguson in or Moyes to get us clear of relegation, then line up a top manager like Carlo Ancelotti or Jose Mourinho. Cannot carry on like this every season. New manager, new ground, new owners.
Steve: Only solution now for me is to appoint David Moyes until the end of the season. If we stay up, give him the job. If we go down, it starts again. One thing that gets forgotten is that Moyes was never sacked. He was considered the best option for Manchester United. Go with Moyes, Carsley or Coleman.
Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport football news reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesSean Dyche's exit did little to enthuse the Everton faithful in Thursday's FA Cup, with the Peterborough game played in bitterly cold conditions amid a largely subdued atmosphere.
"Why was Goodison so flat?" asked former Blues winger Andros Townsend on BBC Radio 5 Live. "I thought it would be electric."
The supporters will have to rally themselves and fully get behind the next man, with the club hopeful of making an appointment before Wednesday's Premier League home game against Aston Villa.
Dyche's successor will take charge of a side mired in another dogfight at the wrong end of the table in 16th place, just one point above the bottom three.
Everton have won just three of 19 Premier League games this season and were beaten 1-0 by Bournemouth on Saturday, when they failed to register a shot on target.
Though they scored two against lowly League One opposition on Thursday, finding goals in the league will be the main issue for the new manager to resolve, having netted only 15 times in those 19 league games.
"Looking at the bigger picture, I think it's a major red flag for this ownership," said Townsend.
"Whether it's the right or wrong decision, it's three hours before kick-off in an FA Cup game. It's a man who has saved you from relegation the last two years - one with a points deduction, yet somehow managed to keep them up, and this is how you treat him.
"But I think Everton have more than enough in that dressing room to stay in the Premier League.
"I don't think they will be anywhere near the bottom come the end of the season."
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