Harrison Armstrong has undoubtedly been one of the bright sparks of Everton’s season so far – but Leon Osman would like to see one thing from the midfielder.

So far in 2026/27, Harrison Armstrong has started all eight of Everton’s Premier League games, which has been refreshing to see, considering how he faded away towards the end of last season and barely played.

Armstrong enjoyed a good pre-season and immediately found himself in the starting XI – and his consistency has been the reason he’s stayed there.

One of the particularly strong parts of his game has been his physical work, with Armstrong having covered a huge amount of distance in the Premier League so far. Indeed, he currently ranks second.

But while he is undoubtedly making superb progress, Leon Osman believes there’s a side of his game that needs to improve.

Leon Osman wants Harrison Armstrong to become a goalscorer for Everton

Armstrong has received a lot of praise for the amount of work he gets through, and how hard he battles against his opposition counterparts.

But for Osman, Armstrong needs to be scoring more goals.

He said on the Outside The Box Pod: “Harrison Armstrong is one or two or three teenagers that’s started every game this season in the Premier League. He’s played a lot of minutes. Good on him, but does he need a bit of a mental rest? Does he just keep on going, do you play him?

“Do you know what I want from Harrison Armstrong. I’m not saying I’m demanding it from him yet because he’s still young. But he needs to start scoring goals, for me. He’s done so well, and he’s shown so much and now I want him to get me a goal.

“He’s box-to-box, he’s having shots. He’s getting up and this is an actual compliment to him, this is credit to him. This is not me saying, ‘He’s just about treading water’. This is me going the opposite way and saying, ‘He’s doing so well, he’s showing that he could be such a good midfielder, that he just now needs to add goals to his game’.

Osman went on to suggest Armstrong – who Don Hutchison believes could get to Declan Rice’s level one day – has it in him to score around eight to 10 goals per season for Everton.

As per Fotmob, Armstrong actually ranks fifth in the Everton squad for highest xG per 90, but he has yet to open his account for the Toffees. He also has a shots-per-90 metric of 0.9, ranking him seventh in the Everton squad.

So he has been showing himself to be a bit of a threat, we now just need to see him find the net.

He got one goal during his loan spell with Preston and at Derby County he also scored just once. So goals have not been a big part of his game up to now – improving in this aspect will see him get to the next level.