Everton boss Sean Dyche has hinted at discussing the need to raise the quality in attacking positions with prospective new owners 777 Partners.
Directors from 777 Partners were in attendance for Saturday's home defeat to Luton Town.
Dyche said: Possibly, I've explained it to them, as I do with you, I try and give an honest view of what I think the situation is, changing the story. I explained it's mine and our job to do it.
I think there was another side to it here, plenty of intent, good quality chances but the cutting edge that we need, the killer edge has got to change here. It's been two years of the very same thing decent football, try and score a goal, don't quite score one, let one in, lose a game.
That's what we're trying to change. It's got to be a firmer mentality underneath it all to do that ugly stuff, the hard yards, that's what makes successful teams.
Most teams at this level especially us have got quality, I think that's obvious. The bit we've got to consistently reinforce to the players is doing all of the ugly details, everything counts.
We just go a little bit iffy with that. When we're on it, we are on it.
I thought Brentford was a very good performance in all ways, I thought Villa was a very good performance in all ways. This was a good performance in terms of the football and some of the quality but the killer instinct at one end and then to defend at the other, just goes a bit, I'd call it 'alrightness.'
Alrightness gets you nothing. 'It will be alright, he'll do that and he'll do that.'
No, no, you've got to be on it all the time. We're trying to create that mentality where we're on it all the time through training into games, through training into games again.
We've just taken a big shift and then lo and behold, we step back again and it drives me mad."
Dyche added: We've hit the bar a couple of times and created moments where you should do better. The main thing for me is driving into the box, the open-mindedness to drive into the box and take a chance, to take a gamble.
Also, playing forwards. There were too many sideways passes, too many backwards passes.
We didn't do that against Brentford, we didn't do it against Villa, we sort of leaped back into that story of Everton where we don't ask enough questions. We did here but you've got to finish it."