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I want to see Sean Dyche take a risk with Everton youngster who does something nobody else can

Everton have got a huge dilemma of how to replace Ashley Young at Tottenham Hotspur. Seamus Coleman is injured, and Nathan Patterson doesn’t seem to be able to keep himself fit long enough.

After Young was sent off against Brighton & Hove Albion, Mason Holgate comes on and for the third goal he doesn’t get across his man. You can see what’s happening at Tottenham if Holgate starts there will be a yellow card early on and I wouldn’t be surprised if he got sent off as well.

If Roman Dixon plays the game, he’s shown a bit of quality in pre-season games and he’s fast and wants to go forward. I watched him and thought ‘wow, is he really good or have I just not seen a full-back run 10 yards forward for a good couple of years?’

I don’t know what level the boy could be, but he’s shown something that we haven’t seen. Has he got the quality in the final third? Who knows?

But given him the opportunity. If he has a poor game against Son Heung-min and company then whatever because it’s a win-win anyway.

The best right-backs in the world have poor games against players like that. However, if he plays well then imagine the confidence he’d get out of that with the manager saying: ‘Go on lad, show us what you can do.’

I had that as a youngster. Whether I made my debut because of my ability as a 17-year-old because of my ability or the circumstances over where the club was at, I was given the opportunity and I just wanted to pay that back tenfold, thinking: ‘I’m not going to let this side down, I’m going to do my job to the best of my ability and show my quality when I can.’

These youngsters are pulling at the reins and wanting to burst out of the traps to show what they can do. Training at Finch Farm is totally different and playing in a proper game is where you sink or swim.

If you don’t live up to expectations then fine, you’ve got time to learn from it. We all know what’s going to happen if he puts Holgate in there though.