Sean Dyche is planning to get to more Under-21s games as he continues to assess some of Everton's most talented youngsters.
Opportunities in the first team matchday squad have been limited since the new manager's appointment but Dyche is keen to learn more about what those on the fringe of the senior team have to offer. Several players, including Stanley Mills, have retained the place in first team training at Finch Farm that former manager Frank Lampard granted them and Dyche said that, so far, they are "handling themselves very well".
Dyche's priority is to protect Everton's top flight status and he named five experienced defenders on his nine-player bench against Aston Villa rather than include youth players that may have given him more options. But he is set to step up his knowledge of those below the first team in the coming weeks.
