Anjishnu Roy 01/11/2025 comments  |  Jump to last

David Moyes has hinted at the possibility of adopting a new strategy if Everton’s strikers continue to misfire. Both Beto and Thierno Barry have had a torrid season so far and have scored just one goal combined in between them.

Beto has struggled to recapture his form from the second half of last season, when he scored seven goals since Moyes’s return in January. He’s had just one goal in nine matches so far this season and has also been guilty of missing several gilt-edged chances.

Summer signing Thierno Barry, meanwhile, has found it difficult to get off the mark. After signing from Villarreal for £27 million, the U21 French international is yet to score his first goal in a royal blue shirt in nine appearances, two of which he started.

As a result of the strikers’ profligacy in front of goal, Everton are underperforming their expected goals metric and the goals are starting to dry up for the Toffees despite the creative presence of Iliman Ndiaye and Jack Grealish.

Asked about his strikers in the pre-match press conference before facing Sunderland, Moyes...