Everton won 2-1 against Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday at Goodison Park.
Dwight McNeil scored twice for the Toffees in the second half as Everton came from behind to seal their first victory of the season.
Michaell Ball was not too impressed with the performance of summer signing Jesper Lindstrom, who clearly looked “frustrated” in the middle of the park.
The former Toffees full-back said that he needs help from Everton teammates at the moment, but if he keeps throwing his arms up in the air, the fans will not forgive him.
Ball told the Liverpool Echo on September 30: “It feels like we’re not all singing from the same hymn sheet. We saw the disappointment from Jesper Lindstrom not having the best of games but while I get that and it happens, he needs help.
“He was getting frustrated because he was isolated. When he received the ball, he had no midfielder asking for it, no striker round the corner to pass to while Ashley Young was 20-30 yards too deep to support.
“Yes he reacted when he lost the ball, waving his arms up, but that’s a message to his team-mates to go and help him. It’s a learning curve for him though that the Everton fans won’t forgive you if you act like that.”
Everton need more from their midfielders
The Toffees lost a top-quality midfielder in Amadou Onana this summer, and Sean Dyche needs to properly integrate the new players into his system.
Lindstrom is a quality player, but he needs support from other midfielders around. After losing four games in a row, the confidence in the team is not sky-high.
At times, they have played some cracking football, but the Toffees are hardly consistent. The first half was really shocking and they were lucky to be down by just one goal.
In the second half, the game shifted gears, but that was largely down to two individual brilliance rather than a well-constructed and planned move.
There is hardly any flexibility in how Dyche operates, but as long as they are winning games, it shouldn’t affect the side. It is pedestrian, old-school and often lacks imagination, and as a result strikers and forwards are getting isolated most of the time.
Getting back Jarrad Branthwaite will bolster the defence, but Dyche needs to evolve tactically. Everton are too predictable in their approach and are relying on individual brilliance mainly. That approach needs to change going forward.
