Everton must ditch Lampard to ensure survival
Club has slumped to 20 defeats in 37 games since his appointment as coach last year
Everton blew a huge chance to distance themselves from the relegation zone on Saturday when they lost at home to bottom club Southampton and now I feel coach Frank Lampard must pay the price.
The former Chelsea man appears totally out of his depth.He has been in charge for a year and taken the club backwards. The team was struggling when he arrived and they seemed to only get worse, but survived relegation by the skin of their teeth.
Lampard was then heavily backed in the summer transfer market, but made several bizarre signings, namely Dwight McNeil from Burnley and Neil Maupay from Brighton. He lost star man Richarlison, but failed to find a suitable replacement.
McNeil and Maupay now cannot even make the bench let alone the starting eleven.
Transfer market follies
Poor dealing in the transfer market is just one reason Lampard must be shown the door now. After 12 months in charge, Everton look clueless. There appears no style of play. It is haphazard. The team looks weak, slow, second to every ball and lack a cutting edge up front.
Had Everton beaten Southampton it could have been the turning point of their season.
There is time for Everton to turn things around and pull off another escape, but I believe it will only happen with a new coach in charge. Someone with experience. The statistics make for worrying reading for Lampard.
Everton are winless in their past seven Premier League matches — their longest run without a victory within the same season since October to December in 2021, when they failed to win eight in a row under Rafael Benitez. They have also lost their past four home Premier League games for the first time since 1958.
Moshiri appears confident in Lampard’s ability and publicly backed him earlier this week. They travel to fellow strugglers West Ham next. Ironically, it is where Lampard’s career in football began. And it could be where his time as Everton’s manager ends.