I've said a few times mate that Dowell's skill set and languid style remind me very much of Matt Le Tissier. You can see Tiss in some of his goals too.
We have some very good young players at Everton at the moment and it's important that we find a way to give them first team football. Players like Kenny, Walsh and Dowell all need to get open age exposure next season and hopefully the cups/Europa games will allow that. But it's no use just playing the kids in games en bloc like we did against Krasnodar. They need to be playing alongside experienced players.
I'm sure Dowell and Kenny will both get plenty of game time this pre-season.
I still stick by though that, from what I've seen of Dowell over the last two seasons, he could still do with a loan to the Championship to improve his all-round game.