Everton coach Alan Stubbs says they're working with Ross Barkley to accelerate his development.
Barkley has returned from a knee injury, which had kept him sidelined for three months.
"I think we're all excited about Ross' ability but he needs to keep improving," former centre half Stubbs told evertonfc.com. "Both mentally and in terms of his game management - when to try things, what areas to try them in and so on.
"In the final third, as far as I'm concerned, he can do what he wants because that could be the difference in us winning games and I feel we must allow him to do that. In the middle third the risks are greater and he has to have a responsibility then for the team.
"We're working on those areas of his game, which will definitely help him.
"From an attacking point of view, we've got no problems whatsoever. We're just trying to work a little bit now on when he hasn't got the ball, which will be the difference between him being a top player and an okay player."