Getting back to scoring goals in the Premier League isn’t necessarily as simple as riding a bike after a spell out of the saddle but Dwight McNeil is doing both for Everton under Sean Dyche.
When McNeil signed for the Blues from Burnley in July last year for £20million, many were quick to pounce on the fact that the winger had failed to find the net in 40 matches for the Clarets over the previous season. However, in a campaign in which Everton found goals a precious commodity – as a team they struck just 34 times in 38 Premier League games – McNeil finished their top scorer on seven with five of those coming after he was reunited with Dyche, his former manager from Turf Moor.
He told the ECHO: “I knew I need to score goals, playing in the position I do so it was nice to contribute where I could last year and hopefully that can continue next season. The main thing for us though is to get more points on the board, to try and finish a lot higher and have a more positive season so if that happened, I’d be more happier than scoring more goals.
