Frank Lampard and Everton in Trouble

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The 2022/23 English Premier League season resumed on Boxing Day with a number of fixtures, together with the assembly between Everton and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Julen Lopetegui is the brand new man within the Wolves dugout and he couldn’t have requested for a greater begin to the second half of the season as a ninety fifth minute winner noticed his group take most factors at Goodison Park.

The win for Wolves lifts them off the underside of the Premier League desk and into 18th place on 13 factors. Southampton have dropped to the foot of the desk, with Nottingham Forest, but to play on this spherical of fixtures on the time of writing, in nineteenth place.

Nonetheless, extra considerably is the drop for Everton, who’re just one place above the relegation zone and 1 level higher off than Wolves.

Alarm bells should be ringing at Goodison Park as Everton are being dragged right into a relegation battle this season. Traits present The Toffees have received just one of their final 8 Premier League matches and have misplaced 6 of these league video games.

Everton have misplaced every of their final 3 Premier League fixtures, with the defeats coming at dwelling towards Leicester Metropolis and Wolves plus away to Bournemouth, the latter of which was a 3-0 loss.

The Everton followers are starting to get annoyed and there’s a acquainted feeling brewing round Goodison Park as Frank Lampard is aware of his job is now on the road.

Even when Everton took the lead towards Wolves, they by no means appeared in charge of the sport and the house followers knew the away group have been going to attain a late winner to take most factors.

Everton did create possibilities to attain however have been wasteful and the very fact they’ve the second worst file in entrance of aim at dwelling within the Premier League tells you every part it’s good to know.

Everton have scored solely 12 objectives within the Premier League this season. Solely Wolves and Nottingham Forest have a worse file in-front of aim and each these groups have been languishing within the relegation zone for a while.

The damage issues going through Dominic Calvert-Lewin haven’t helped the trigger and Everton’s high striker has solely appeared six instances this season, scoring 1 aim. The England worldwide was absent as soon as extra as Everton misplaced to Wolves on Boxing Day.

Lampard wants to usher in a brand new striker within the January switch window because it has develop into obvious, he can not depend on Calvert-Lewin to be match for the rest of the season.

Nonetheless, there are a lot of golf equipment in a greater place than Everton eager to strengthen on the high finish of the pitch. The board can also be reluctant to again Lampard within the switch market as his future is doubtful.

With Manchester Metropolis away the following fixture for Everton, an enormous defeat in that sport may very well be the top for Lampard at Goodison Park and Everton shall be within the acquainted place of searching for a brand new supervisor.