Frank Lampard insists Everton must improve to re-gain fans’ support again
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‘It’s the players’ responsibility to go out there and play with a higher level of energy and intensity’: Frank Lampard insists Everton must improve to win back fan support again after igniting Toffess following a slump
- Everton host Wolves in the Premier League at Goodison Park on Boxing Day
- The Toffees sit one point above the relegation zone before the return of the top flight.
- They lost 3-0 at Bournemouth and 2-0 at Leicester before the World Cup.
Frank Lampard admits Everton need to rebuild trust with their fans when they take on the latter club’s Wolves at Goodison Park on Boxing Day.
The Toffee fans turned on their team after their 3-0 defeat at Bournemouth in the last game before the World Cup break, which left them one point above the relegation zone.
The result capped a nightmarish week after a 4–1 Carabao Cup defeat to the Cherries four days earlier and a 2–0 home defeat to Leicester the previous weekend.
Frank Lampard has asked his Everton team to raise their screens for fans to participate.
Lampard acknowledged that the performance was unacceptable and has demanded that his team put things right, aware that the fans played a huge role last season as Everton avoided relegation with one game remaining.
“It’s understandable,” he said. ‘It’s a passionate club. People worry a lot. I understand when the fans were upset at the end of the Bournemouth game. It’s the responsibility of the players to go out and play with a higher level of energy and intensity and then the fans will join them.’
Wolves loan Conor Coady is ineligible but Ben Godfrey is fit and ready to return after picking up injury on the opening day of the season. Dominic Calvert-Lewin may not be taking any chances early on as Lampard wants to ensure the key, but injury-prone striker is fully fit for the busy schedule ahead.
Everton’s poor run includes a 3-0 defeat at Bournemouth in the last game before the World Cup break.