A look at the struggle up top for Everton.
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00:00Looking at Everton, we've spoken about the conundrum that Shaun Dyche faced in terms of the attacking department.
00:09What could he do to change it? There seems to be a bit of lack of potency up front, whether it's Calvert-Lew in Beto.
00:16Obviously, McNeil's had a few good games so far, but what needs to change to unlock that going forward and scoring more goals?
00:25Yeah, it was pretty toothless. 0-0 to Argington West Ham. Not too many guilt-edged chances.
00:35They did have a couple of chances at Southampton the week before, but are Everton consistently carving out enough goalscoring opportunities to win games?
00:45Especially when you think back to that Fulham one as well before it? Probably not.
00:49As you say, supporters do want to see a bit of a change. I think the one they're calling for is moving Ilhan Mendya into the No. 10 role.
00:59He's been really good since he arrived from Marseille in the summer, mainly played out on the left wing.
01:07Supporters want to see him playing off the striker. I asked Shaun Dyche about it last week at his press conference.
01:14He suggested that to play a No. 10 role, it's not just about roaming free in the opposition half.
01:22He needs to do the defensive duties as well. Maybe Dyche hasn't got that trust from Dyche yet in terms of on the back foot.
01:31There's an argument to make that if you play him in the No. 10, then you'd be more on the front foot.
01:38I think that's one that supporters are definitely calling for. Can they go more attacking full-back-wise?
01:46Could they bring Nathan Patterson in on the right-hand side? Maybe move Ashley Young to the left?
01:52Vitaly Mikhalenko is a good defensive full-back, but he doesn't offer you an awful lot going forward.
02:01Ultimately, Shaun Dyche has been without two strikers since the start of the season.
02:06Yousef Chometi, who has a good pre-season to be fair to him, had foot surgery just before the campaign started.
02:13Then Armando Brogier was brought in. He hasn't played a game so far.
02:19Just because he arrived with an Achilles issue, he's back in training at the minute.
02:24I guess Everton are going to start stepping things up in the international break.
02:28He needs games under his belt, so that means it'll be a few weeks in the under-21s.
02:36He probably needs to play twice at a minimum there, so Everton are going to be waiting for him to get fit.
02:43To be honest, if you're Dominic Calvert-Lewin, you may be thinking,
02:47I haven't had any supply line-up whatsoever. He's missed a couple of chances this season, one-on-ones.
02:53But in recent weeks, they haven't really been giving him the service.
02:56So how does Everton improve the service for the strikers?
03:00Definitely a lot of things to think about for Shaun Dyche, because he did say after West Ham that Everton are lacking a little bit of development.
03:07Ultimately, it's up to the manager to remedy that.