Sean Dyche could revamp Everton midfield as hint dropped over attacking change
Sean Dyche has a number of potential selection posers for the trip to Newcastle United on Tuesday night after Everton equalled their club record of going 12 Premier League games without winning.
Everton were beaten 2-1 by Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday and as they now head up to the other end of the country with a fixture at St James’ Park just three days later, the Blues boss could be tempted to shuffle his pack. Vitalii Mykolenko, who has arguably been the squad’s most-improved player this term compared to last season, missed the fixture on the south coast through illness but with Dyche stating that the Ukraine international was “likely to be through that” after the weekend, he could return at left-back.
A recall for Mykolenko could see Ben Godfrey miss out then or he might revert to right-back where he had been deployed for the previous half dozen matches after captain Seamus Coleman netted the Cherries’ winner with a stoppage time own goal in what was the 35-year-old’s third game of the week after playing the full 180 minutes in the Republic of Ireland’s brace of internationals.
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The right-back berth is the one area on the pitch where Everton have a plethora of choices given that Ashley Young and Nathan Patterson are also both available.
Young, who came on at the Vitality Stadium for Jack Harrison, could also be an option on the right wing, especially for a visit to the Magpies and Dyche used him in such a role for the game at reigning champions Manchester City in February. There are also increased available numbers in central
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