Mark Lawrenson: Why a change would do predictable Everton good

Leighton Baines and Seamus Coleman celebrate against Wolves

EVERTON know they have a great asset in Leighton Baines – the problem now is that everybody else knows that too.

Baines has become a hugely influential player for David Moyes’s side, and not just with his prowess from dead-ball situations.

The left-back is arguably their most creative player this season, with his crosses from the flanks providing ammunition for team-mates.

It’s a very effective Plan A. Everton, though, don’t seem to have a Plan B at the moment.

So when opponents manage to successfully negate Baines, at least going forward, then Everton hit trouble.

Moyes’s team has become too predictable – you know what’s coming.

They cannot mix up the way they make their chances. They seem to generally be the same kind of movement, down the wing to either Seamus Coleman or Baines and then in comes the cross.

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