That infamous bust-up aside, what were the factors inhabiting Anichebe’s development.

“Victor has always needed to keep his work-rate high, he has to if he's going to play in the Premier League.

“ In the modern game, you have to work hard in your training and that makes your job at the weekend a little easier.

“Maybe he is laid back in his general mannerisms but behind all that he is a good boy and someone who I think wants to do well.

“But he needs help to do that, and we are willing to give him that guidance as long as he is willing to do his part.

“He knows how we feel. We like him a lot. But we want him to give more.”

The Everton boss considers Anichebe, at 21, still a youngster but old enough to take responsibility for himself.

“I still class him as one of the young boys. He is just above the youngest ones, he's in among the 21 and 22-year-olds.

“Victor now has to show that he is good enough to play and be a part of Everton going forward.”

But what prevented Moyes from selling Anichebe him last summer, particularly after the Hull fall-out?

“We wouldn't have allowed him to go. I still had a lot of hope that Victor would come through because he has a lot of good attributes.

“It was down to whether Victor was going to show them and show the attitude to raise his game and play, and I think he has done that. There have been a couple of games where maybe he has felt a bigger part of things here now.

“He has a bit of ability around his feet. He'll never be renowned as a scorer of lots and lots of goals but he can create goals and we want him to do that.”

Anichebe should consider the gauntlet thrown.

“If he scores goals like he did against Birmingham, then great. He should score more goals because he has the ability to do so.”

It's important for Victor to show he can play his part in Everton moving forward because he could save you some money?

“We need these young boys, we need the homegrown players such as Victor. There aren't many homegrown talents around and he comes into this.