Moyes holds out hope for Dibling during Afcon

The Echo claims that David Moyes wants Tyler Dibling to play a central role in Everton\'s efforts to cope with the loss of key players to the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations in December and January. 

But the club’s most expensive signing of the summer has been largely overlooked by the manager in the for early months of the season. minutes in the months since the move from Southampton that made him  overhaul led by Moyes.

Dibling has started just one Premier League game for the club -- the home game against Crystal Palace that saw him substituted at the break with Everton losing 1-0. The claim that he isn\'t ready for Premier League football has been surprising given that, unlike fellow young summer signings Thierno Barry and Adam Aznou, he arrived with almost a full season of Premier League experience under his belt.

Moyes insists the newcomers haven\'t been needed because he has been content with the performances his selected players have been putting in.  “Those boys are young, up-and-coming talents. We\'ve not necessarily needed Adam [Aznou] because our left-back\'s been doing okay.

“We\'ve not necessarily needed Tyler at the moment because our wide players are doing okay. I see them every day in training. They\'ve got good bits to go -- they\'re not the finished article, anyway. I\'m the one who gets a chance to see them most days and probably have an idea of what they\'re capable of. So we need them to step up. We want them as promising players.”

This fails to explain, however, why he hasn\'t given these young fringe players more of an opportunity for gaining valuable match time by making fuller use of the provision that allows the use of five substitutes during each game. Moyes has only done this once so far this season.

But Moyes holds out hope for Dibling that he will be improved to the point where he can be given more of an opportunity in the coming months:

 “We\'re hopefully going to try and get Tyler ready. Nobody\'s really talking about how we\'re going to lose Ili mid-December and there\'ll be opportunities that arise for players [then] and we\'ll see what comes around at that time.”

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