Tyler Dibling and Adam Aznou have barely been given a look-in since joining Everton.
Dibling and Aznou joined Everton last summer with big expectations, having shown real promise in their young careers.
But, so far, it’s been a struggle for the youngsters, with Aznou not even getting the opportunity to make his Premier League debut yet.
Moyes’ current deal expires next year… 🤔
Everton manager David Moyes.
Dibling has only started four league games, so David Moyes was recently asked why they’ve not been getting many minutes.
Moyes essentially said they aren’t showing enough in training: “We’re keeping our ambition, to see if we can make Europe and I want to play the players who have the best chance of getting those results. They need to improve.”
With that said, Gareth Bale has recently indirectly criticised Moyes’ approach.
Gareth Bale says you can’t improve without game time
Speaking on The Overlap, Bale stated that players can’t improve if they aren’t given game time, so he evidently disagrees with the treatment of Dibling and Aznou.
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“You can’t change playing games,” the former Real Madrid star said.
“You can train all you want, you can do extra practice… unless you play games, you’re not going to get better.
“Your touch might be a little bit better, but under pressure, you don’t get better unless you play games.”
Moyes expects Dibling and Aznou to show a better level in training than the first-teamers who are playing week in and week out.
That’s quite simply unrealistic, as they won’t be as sharp or match fit due to the lack of opportunities they’ve been given.
How can Tyler Dibling actually turn things around at Everton? 🤷♂️
It's going to need some turnaround from the youngster 😫
David Moyes quote on Everton flop Tyler Dibling
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Dibling was given one minute of football last month. Aznou played zero minutes.
So, how are they possibly expected to ‘improve’, like Moyes is asking of them?
It looks like they’ll have to wait until next season for more game time, as the Toffees boss is mainly focusing on experience in the final run-in.
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