I'd like to see him JAKE things up a bit

STUBBS CONVINCED O'BRIEN'S TIME WILL COME AS HE SENDS TARKOWSKI WARNING

- By CHRIS BEESLEY

FORMER Everton captain Alan Stubbs believes David Moyes now faces a “conundrum” in defence with his centre-back partnership and he reckons the Blues boss might be speaking to the current skipper about his antics last weekend.

Everton's 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest was their fourth victory and fourth clean sheet in their last five games.

Stubbs, who made 193 appearances for the Blues and scored seven goals across two spells, told the ECHO: “David Moyes has now got a nice conundrum to have in defence. After his display at Bournemouth, had Jake O’Brien had the option, he’d have probably have wanted to start at centre-back on Saturday, I’m pretty sure.

“But he only came in for one game there with Michael Keane being out, and the manager has shown loyalty to what Michael Keane has done since he's been in the team, which is only fair. I think Jake O'Brien's time will come, I don’t think there’s any doubt about that.

“Going forward in the future, I think we all potentially understand that Jake O’Brien and Jarrad Branthwaite is the next step in terms of a partnership. But I think Everton have got great options in terms of the centre-backs now.