When trying to assess the future of Everton’s youth players it seems a particularly difficult pathway to the first team for most, if not all. To be fair to Sean Dyche, he has, for the 18 months of his tenure, been fire-fighting and using experienced professionals to maintain Premiership status in the “here and now” rather than blooding younger players for the future. Will that change? His past record at Burnley would suggest not, although, once again, he was often battling for Premiership survival with the East Lancashire outfit rather than having the luxury of time to experiment with products of the academy.