Everton suffered a bruising 3-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
David Moyes will be really disappointed with his side as Everton gave away two really cheap goals from corner kicks.
The Toffees were unlucky not to get a goal through Jake O’ Brien, as he had one disallowed due to Iliman Ndiaye supposedly obstructing the goalkeeper.
Anyhow, there’s a lot to think about for Moyes, as his side looked bereft of ideas going forward at times, so it wasn’t just a poor defensive performance.
With that said, there is one very simple change to his starting line-up that he must make for the Sunderland game.
David Moyes has to bring Tyler Dibling into the XI
Ndiaye was the most threatening player on the pitch against Tottenham, and that’s despite the fact that he was playing out of position on the right.
To get even more out of him, Moyes should move Ndiaye into the middle and start Tyler Dibling on the right.
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Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall just hasn’t done enough in that number 10 role recently, so perhaps he should drop deeper into the midfield.
Dewsbury-Hall said he’s better as an eight anyway, so these changes would probably bring the best out of all three of the aforementioned individuals.
Dibling, who arrived in a £40m deal in the summer, has only been afforded one Premier League start, so it’s time to give him the opportunity to bring something different now.
Tyler Dibling has been modelling his game on Arjen Robben
According to the Liverpool Echo, Dibling has been learning from Arjen Robben’s footage with Everton’s analysts behind the scenes at Finch Farm.
He’s also been studying tape from Franck Ribery, who is equally as good at finding a yard to cut in and shoot.
Moyes clearly wants more output from the teenager before putting him in the starting line-up, so hopefully his game has come on significantly over the last few months.
If Dibling isn’t quite there yet, perhaps Merlin Rohl could be considered in the number 10 role to offer something different to Dewsbury-Hall.
It’ll be fascinating to see if Moyes changes his line-up for the Sunderland game, with Everton having won just one of their last seven games.