Everton manager Sean Dyche wants his players to develop a physical and mental resilience so they are happy playing three times a week.
The Toffees boss made just two changes for the comfortable 3-0 Carabao Cup victory over his former side Burnley – who made seven – to set up a quarter-final meeting with Fulham.
Dyche’s school of thought is if his side are playing more it means they are involved in more competitions for longer and that is the route to success.
“It’s always tempting (to make changes),” he said after goals from James Tarkowski, Amadou Onana and Ashley Young – his first for the club – saw off the Clarets without much fuss.
“The challenge you have got is if you want to go and be really super-successful you will play a lot of football so I want the players to realise they can play three games a week, that they can have the mentality and take these games on.
“The support systems have never been greater so I don’t think it’s a lot to ask players to play three in a week.
“At the end of the day I want the mentality to be ‘I want to play every game’. It’s not finished but it’s building.”
Momentum is also building after a fifth win in seven matches as Everton gave their late chairman Bill Kenwright the send-off he would have wanted.
Goodison Park rose as one to mark his death last week at the age of 78 and the team ensured the occasion was marked in fitting fashion.
“It’s work in progress but there is progress. When you start winning people start to believe a bit more,” Dyche added.
“I think the players are beginning to believe more and more. Five in seven is a good marker. The players deserve it, they are working very hard on the training pitch.”
Burnley boss Vincent Kompany insists his side are still trying to adapt to life at elite level despite blowing away the Championship last season to book an immediate return to the top flight.
“I have never mastered the art of feeling good after a defeat. The first half was good but mistakes cost us at this level,” he said.
“You don’t accept it, absolutely not. But you put it into context because it could make your head crazy.
“Is it a bad performance? No. The worrying thing would be if you didn’t have belief in the squad but that’s not the case. These are steps we have to make.
“You go through such a huge gap between the Championship and Premier League. It is not an excuse but motivation to get better.
“When you get promoted it is not supposed to be easy. You are on a journey. That is part of what we are experiencing now.”
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