Everton defender Seamus Coleman to return to XI v Crystal Palace amid Ashley Young woes
Sean Dyche is expected to axe Ashley Young from the Everton starting XI v Crystal Palace after his disappointing display v Brighton.
Karou Mitoma bullied the former England international, especially in the second half and it was his cross that finally led to Young scoring an own goal.
Even apart from that, he did not defend well at all and with Seamus Coleman returning to the under-21s, he could be in line for a rare start – the first one of this season.
On their website, the Toffees reported that Coleman played 45 minutes of the game and perhaps after another week of training with the first team will see him starting a senior game.
The former Manchester United player has just not been at and it’s baffling why Dyche keeps picking him ahead of Nathan Patterson.
With Coleman back in the side, there will be much needed cohesion on the pitch and having another leader in the side is certainly going to benefit the Toffees.
Whether or not he’s ready to last the 90 minutes, remains to be seen, but at least giving him a start could work and he can play an hour.
Young will undoubtedly get targeted against Palace as he was against Brighton and Dyche cannot afford that.
The game against Roy Hodgson’s side is one they can pick up maximum points from and must do their best to ensure that happens.
In other Everton news, a BBC pundit believes that a first-team player may have upset the rest of the dressing room after what he did and said recently.