Darker Shade Of Blue

Everton kicked off their Pre-Season preparations with a comprehensive 4-0 away victory over Dundee at Dens Park. It was a surprisingly accomplished performance from David Moyes' men, who may have been weeks behind in schedule compared to Dundee but looked anything but.

Beto opened the scoring with a trademark turn-and-shot that took a fortuitous deflection off Owen Bevan; but it was then the turn of Dundee reserve goalkeeper Harrison Sharp; who looked anything but sharp in gifting the next 3 goals to Everton; first with a lackadaisical clearance that rebounded in off Thierno Barry; then a scuffed clearance that was turned in by Harvey Foster; and finally another calamitous sequence that led its way to Dwight McNeil's fourth.

It was nice to see some of the Everton youngsters getting game time. The likes of right-back George Finney; centre-back William Teemu and striker Braiden Graham all came on in the second half; and for large parts looked accomplished. Tim Iroegbunam also looked assertive in central midfield in the first half; and Tyler Dibling had a decent outing out wide on the right.