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LEON OSMAN reckons Everton’s stars will pull out all the stops to ensure there is no repeat of last season’s misery.
Former Blues midfielderturned-media pundit Osman said: “They know what happened last season and it’s more of a determination not to let that kind of situation happen again.
“The squad has been really relaxed on tour in the USA – and yet I feel there’s a real closeness about them.
“They’re bonding well, they’re laughing well, the mood is really good and the work on the training field is the best they can give.
“I’m seeing them come off absolutely exhausted — as training camps go, this has been a really good one.
“We had to change manager halfway through last season, so there obviously was a fundamental issue.
“The players and the manager have a good understanding now of how they see the games going and how they want to go about achieving results.
“When you look at the end of the season, once Frank Lampard and his team had been in for enough time to get his messages across, the last eight or 10 games is what will be remembered.
“We knew what we wanted to achieve, we knew we were in a poor position, we knew things were aligning against us.
“Yet we managed to galvanise, to produce good results, to get the fans on board and achieve what we needed to achieve in those last eight or 10 games.
“So that’s the kind mentality the guys are talking about, taking us forward. And there has been a real understanding between the manager and the fans, which is always crucial.”
Leon Osman was speaking on behalf of Stake. com to launch their clubrecord backing of Everton FC. 18+ BeGambleAware