We are getting relegated the simple fact is the players aren’t good enough, and don’t want it enough to win games. We lack pace, we lack creativity and we have zero defenders and confidence. Not through lampard, through incompetent signings before him and lack of plan. We are terrible, really really bad.
Under Benitez Everton had 19 points from 19 games. A point a game. Not too half form but comfortably clear of relegation in a league including Norwich, Watford and this season’s versions of Burnley and Leeds. Under Lampard the club has 3 points from 6, or 0.17 points a game.
Of course there’s been a long history of bad signings and incompetence at boardroom level, but absolving Lampard of blame is crazy. The teams at the bottom are soooOh bad this year that I find it impossible to believe that even a well past his best Benitez would have been anywhere near where you are at this stage. Heck, even Big Dunc would have done a better job.
Games in hand don’t mean a thing when the team has a porous defence and doesn’t know what it’s trying to do in attack. It will concede at some point and most likely won’t score. So you’re realistically going into every match with a goalless draw as the most realistic hoped for result.
Newcastle will beat you; then what? The way things are going it’s even looking possible that Everton will get overtaken by Watford and Norwich and finish plumb last.
