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Jack Grealish remains unavailable as Everton return to Premier League action on Friday evening with a home clash against Coventry City.
The attacker has not featured for David Moyes' side since the 2-0 home defeat to Chelsea midway through October, with Grealish missing the recent Premier League and Carabao Cup wins over Newcastle United due to a "breach of club discipline".
Grealish's availability, unsurprisingly, was once again hot topic in Moyes' pre-match press conference on Thursday.
"No, Jack is not available," stated the Scotsman when asked for the latest on his player. "I wouldn't give you the plan but we will be working with Jack again soon."
When pressed on if the issue could be resolved during the international break, Moyes added: "We just need to wait and see how things go."
Amid question marks over when exactly Grealish will feature for Everton again, Moyes currently has the opportunity to give fans a glimpse of the future by opting for a rather youthful attack.
Tyrique George has started Everton's last three games on the left-wing in Grealish's absence and really made the position his own.
Signed on a permanent deal from Chelsea in the summer, the 20-year-old is an extremely promising prospect and his pace, trickery and energetic displays have left Everton fans wanting more.
George did have a hand in Thierno Barry's winner at Newcastle on Monday evening after Lukas Hornicek failed to gather his effort and that allowed the striker to tap home on the line.
The winger does only have one goal to his name this season, though, and that is something he needs to improve on going forward, with the increase in game time and regular starts potentially key to that under Moyes.
He has shown plenty of promise so far in his Everton career and the £24m the Toffees splashed out could prove to be an extremely shrewd investment.
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Dibling waits for his opportunity
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Whereas George has flourished in recent weeks for Everton, fellow youngster Tyler Dibling has had to make do with limited minutes on the pitch.
The 20-year-old earned rave reviews when first breaking through at Southampton but his Everton career has yet to fully get going in truth.
Dibling has only made three substitute appearances in the Premier League this term, with the player an unused substitute in Monday's win at Newcastle.
He did, however, start in the Carabao Cup win over the Magpies a few days earlier but his performance on the night did not result in another go from the off at St James' Park at the beginning of this week.
It was the versatile Merlin Rohl who started in the north east instead and the German delivered a strong, energetic display as he helped Everton claim a third win in a row at Newcastle's home.
Rohl is in a good position to start again against Coventry City on Friday night unless Moyes feels like it is the perfect opportunity to unleash Dibling again.
At a time when Grealish can only watch on following a breach of club discipline, Moyes has the chance to try and form Everton's attack of the future as he looks to continue taking them forward.