Bit of a bad situation all round this. He should be thrilled to be playing for his home town club and his desire should be pretty much unmatched within the squad. At the bare minimum we should be seeing him leaving everything he has on the pitch. No doubt he has a bit of value and the club are still hopeful he kicks on and becomes the player he threatened to be when he first broke in to the side but he's so far off the pace at the moment it's genuinely hard to see how he fits in to the side.
I'm willing him to do well I really am but he's just offering nothing, nobody comes up against this Everton side and worries about what we have in the middle. Club as a whole is just too passive.