Accrington Stanley manager John Doolan has been praising Everton winger Isaac Heath who is with the League Two club on a season-long loan<\/p>\n
Everton prospect Isaac Heath has been hailed as \u201can unbelievable talent\u201d by Accrington Stanley manager John Doolan. The Blues winger joined the League Two side on a season-long loan on transfer deadline day<\/a> September 1 after impressing against them in Everton<\/a>\u2019s opening pre-season friendly.<\/p>\n That was a 1-1 draw at the Wham Stadium on July 15 when Heath came off the bench as a 62nd-minute substitute and won the penalty which Beto<\/a> converted to spare David Moyes<\/a>\u2019 men\u2019s blushes after Ben Ward had opening the scoring for the hosts.<\/p>\n Since making his temporary switch to Accrington, the 21-year-old from Leeds, who has been with Everton since he was 13 and was their Under-21s player of the season in 2024\/25, has made 17 appearances, scoring five goals and providing four assists.<\/p>\n READ MORE: I had to blag my team-mates over my pregnancy – the lads at Everton were amazing to me<\/a>READ MORE: What Iliman Ndiaye promised Everton team-mate speaks volumes as remarkable rise continues<\/a><\/p>\n Heath enjoyed mixed fortunes at the weekend, firing Stanley ahead against League One Mansfield Town in their FA Cup<\/a> second-round tie on Saturday with a 27th-minute strike, but with the game ending 2-2 after extra time, he saw his decisive final penalty for the hosts saved by Stags keeper Owen Mason in the resultant shoot-out to ensure Nigel Clough\u2019s side went through to be drawn away at Championship Sheffield United.<\/p>\n Doolan has been impressed with what the Blues academy graduate has shown him so far though and told BBC Radio Lancashire<\/a>: \u201cHe\u2019s a top player, but we\u2019ve brought top players to the club.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got the lads from Burnley, Logan (Pye) has had a bit of a hamstring issue and he\u2019s still trying to find his feet in that position in terms of left-back, but he\u2019s a good left-back as we\u2019ve seen in the Under-21s and Joe Bauress is a top player, he\u2019s a top footballer, he showed his qualities when he came on, on Saturday. Isaac Heath is just an unbelievable talent.<\/p>\n \u201cTo see what teams are doing to him now, doubling up, trebling up \u2013 they trebled up on him on Saturday \u2013 they had (Adedeji) Oshilaja whose been playing centre-back and central midfield for Burton for years and centre-back for Mansfield recently, ends up playing left-back to stop him.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the second half they changed their shape and had him playing right side of a back three and they also put Lucas Akins against him, who\u2019s a unit. He\u2019s getting asked loads of questions, he\u2019s figuring it out himself, he\u2019s got answers.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s scoring goals and assisting. He\u2019s a constant threat and he\u2019s only going to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n