Everton legend Neville Southall believes that the current Toffees squad is lacking a Steven Gerrard-like leader.
The former goalkeeper insists that the lack of a real leader, like Gerrard was for Merseyside rivals Liverpool, is stopping the current squad from achieving its full potential.
"The team is missing a real leader in the midfield – a captain's captain – to change the game," he told Bwin News.
"If you look at the squad – and it's a good squad – we're missing one special player who doesn't have to be a world-beater, but someone like Steven Gerrard who will come in and take a team by the scruff of the neck.
"Roberto Martinez sets the team out to attack but all the fans want clean sheets – if we want to win the league we've got to have clean sheets.
"Overall, we're not far off but we're definitely underachieving and we're missing that spark. I look back at the Peter Reid's and Roy Keane's who would assert themselves on a team and make the players play to their tune."