Analysis: Moyes sees season peter out

When Everton delivered an impressive 3-0 win against Chelsea in late March, there were genuine hopes that a season that started with sights on stability might end with a place in Europe.

Since then, Everton's form has flatlined, failing to win any of their last seven league games, dropping out of European contention and slipping to 13th in the table.

Everton have looked like a side running on empty, especially two of their most creative forces this season in Iliman Ndiaye and Kieran Dewsbury-Hall.

It has meant the season ending in frustration for David Moyes and many Everton supporters, who now view it as a campaign in which a big opportunity to return to Europe was missed.

Everton's lack of a reliable striker, with Moyes constantly alternating between Beto and Thierno Barry, has hurt and must be addressed as a matter of urgency.

Their final league placing of 13th is the same as last season, winning one more point with 49. A season of stability, yes. Serious progress? Questionable.