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title: "Crooks claims Calvert-Lewin must work on conversation rate to be top strike"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Elliott Cuff"
section: "Everton News"
published: "2020-02-25T21:15:00Z"
modified: "2020-02-25T21:15:00Z"
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# Crooks claims Calvert-Lewin must work on conversation rate to be top strike

Former Tottenham striker Garth Crooks has insisted that Dominic Calvert-Lewin won’t become a top striker unless he can improve his conversion rate.

Since Marco Silva was sacked as Everton manager in early December, Calvert-Lewin has [scored nine goals in 12 games in the Premier League](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/dominic-calvert-lewin/leistungsdaten/spieler/306024), excelling under both Duncan Ferguson and Carlo Ancelotti.

The 22-year old scored his 12th Premier League goal of the season against Arsenal on Sunday, which takes his league total above any previous Premier League tally that[Ferguson managed](https://twitter.com/Adam_Jones94/status/1231619125526528002) with the club.

Despite Calvert-Lewin’s goalscoring form though, he did miss a handful of gilt-edged chances to equalise against the Gunners late on.

Writing in his weekly team of the week column for [BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51607364), Crooks indicated that the England international hopeful must work on his conversion rate, saying:

> Everton should have got something out of this game when you consider their chances. Most of them fell to striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who has been in blistering form recently.
>
> However, if Calvert-Lewin wants to be among the best strikers in the country, a return of one goal in five chances just won’t cut it.

### Read Everton Verdict

Crooks isn’t wrong, although Calvert-Lewin has shown clear signs of improvement over the past few months, having been much more clinical since Silva left the club, scoring just [three goals in 13 games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/dominic-calvert-lewin/leistungsdaten/spieler/306024) before the Portuguese coach left.

As a 22-year old, Calvert-Lewin has time to work on how clinical he is, and in Ancelotti’s side, he is set up to succeed if he can crack that part of the puzzle.

Everton [have ambition to break into the Europa League](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7956181/Carlo-Ancelotti-insists-Everton-Europe-dramatic-comeback-victory-Watford.html), and they also have the squad to do it.

However, it will take players like Calvert-Lewin to put an extra amount of effort into working on their respective game for the Blues to claw up the league table and into the European places.