DAVID Moyes believes Seamus Coleman could provide the answer to his right midfield dilemma.

The Everton boss admitted he is considering using the 21-year-old right-back further up field, as he struggles to find a solution on the flank.

Moyes had hoped to have Victor Anichebe, who impressed in pre-season, available to play on the right, but the Nigerian has not been fit for any of the Blues opening Premier League games, and faces a further six weeks on the side lines after knee surgery on Thursday.

Coleman has been praised for his enterprising displays, with Moyes equally insisting the youngster still has much to learn defensively.

He said: “We have considered that because, locally, we are really short of a right-sided midfielder. We didn’t get Landon Donovan, we now it’s not Ossie’s position but we have to do it somehow.

“We have thought of Seamus but it is a position he has never played.Š We are in a situation where we are trying to find a solution on that side of the pitch.

“He has great ability going forward.ŠHe has come on fantastically and he is a real steal for what we paid for him.

“Could he play there? Well, he would need space to run on to rather than be in a position with his back to goal.”

Moyes is at least hoping to have Tim Cahill fit to return to his attack at Fulham today, after the Aussie trained yesterday.

But he is sweating on late fitness checks over Leon Osman, who has a rib injury, and Tony Hibbert who is unlikely to have recovered from a groin strain.

“Louis Saha is going to be out for another 2-3 weeks I would think,” added the Blues boss. “He's gone to a facility in France to get treatment and to be looked after and I think it'll be another couple of weeks before he is available again."

Fulham have injury problems of their own ahead of the fixture, Bobby Zamora has a long term ankle injury, whilst fellow strikers Moussa Dembele and former Everton man Andy Johnson will also miss out.

Meanwhile, the Scot is anxious his players’ confidence is not sapped by their ongoing poor form.

He said: “We’ve been knocked out of the cup, we didn’t play well in the league game before, the performance is OK but we are not picking up results, so you could definitely say that maybe under these circumstances we could lose confidence.

“It might be something that happens if we don’t get results soon, and we may have to wake up to that fact.

“The one thing we have got is a great group of players, epitomised by Phil Neville and the way he wants to do it.

“The rest of them are right behind him as well. They are bitterly disappointed with their current level, because they are top players – a lot of them could go and play for top four clubs in any country.

“So many of them are players who should be at the top level, and for them to be in this position, they find it incredibly difficult.

“There a real passion now to try and put it right. There’s a good chance the confidence could be affected by this run, even if we haven’t played that badly.”