In the midweek Premier League pre-match press conferences for Everton and Burnley, Lampard complained emphatically that the Premier League scheduled the next round of Everton and Manchester United on Saturday morning, resulting in the team playing three consecutive games in seven days that was not conducive to relegation. Frank Lampard seems to have forgotten that the midweek match with Burnley is the real relegation six-point battle, and finally facing the Red Wine Army, which has lost four consecutive games, Everton reversed and was defeated 2-3, losing this life-saving make-up match, Everton is only 1 point away from the relegation zone.
As one of the few teams in the Premier League that has never been relegated, Everton have to face up to the fate of possible relegation. Before Lampard took over, Everton ranked 15th in the Premier League under the leadership of former manager Benitez, there is still a 6-point gap from the relegation zone, and Everton experienced an active winter window, in the case of many strong reinforcements, the team's previously injured Players such as Dukure, Richarlison, Lewin and other players have also returned from injury, Andrand's Everton squad is definitely stronger than Benitez's later period of management, but counting the defeat to Burnley, Frank Lampard's Everton has lost 9-7.
Everton is the most relegated 6-pointer in Premier League history (27 times), this make-up opponent Burnley's defensive ability has dropped greatly after missing Benjamin m. The last 4 consecutive losses have conceded at least 2 goals per game, as long as they beat the downbeat Burnley, Everton will get as many as 6 points of relegation advantage, the key battle and then drop the chain, what happened to Everton?
High defensive frequently conceded points Everton became the team that conceded the most goals in the Premier League
Facing Burnley's relegation battle, it became a bad battle between the two sides, compared to the negative tactical play of the predecessor Benitez, Everton under Lampard focused on attacking more aggressively, and in the absence of a defensive core Mina, a large front pressure on the defense line, resulting in Everton frequently being used by opponents to break through the defense line.
In Lampard's tactical system, two wing-backs press on the attack for a larger range, and once they are countered by a broken ball, it is often two center-backs who face each other's attack. Everton's 5-0 defeat to Tottenham, as well as the last 1-2 defeat to West Ham United, had the ball cut off in midfield, and the opponent's simple straight foot completely penetrated the defense to form a single-handed loss.
So far this season, Everton have conceded eight goals due to their own mistakes, which is also the highest in the Premier League. After losing to West Ham, Lampard complained about the lack of a defensively minded midfielder, similar to that of Villa, coached by his former partner Gerrard. But compared to the more pragmatic Gerrard, Lampard's idealistic tactical arrangements have cost the team.
3 consecutive Premier League games red Domestic and foreign difficulties Everton mentality imbalance
In the last game against West Ham United, centre-back Keane Red will miss this game against his old club Burnley, Lampard had to let the 19-year-old branswaite, who has only made three Premier League appearances in a single season, started, and his combination with Godfrey's slightly unfamiliar centre-back largely led to the game being conceded by the attacking weak team Burnley. On March 18, Everton kept a 1-0 clean sheet at Newcastle, Alain served as a defender to deliver the most 5 steals in a single game, but in that game, Alain had to be suspended due to controversy, so that in the next FA Cup with Crystal Palace, Everton had to let André Gomez and Dukure, who had few starting opportunities this season, pair up at the back, and finally Everton, who was forced to make tactical adjustments, lost 0-4. Alain's red card appeal against attacking underceacher Burnley failed in the game, and Everton lost Alan and Keane due to suspension.
Coincidentally, in the previous Everton 0-1 defeat to Wolves, Kenny was also red, counting the above-mentioned Keane and Alan, Everton has had players sent off with red cards in 3 consecutive Premier League games, and Everton's mentality has also been greatly affected in the case of successive setbacks. Similar to Chelsea, Everton faced heavy penalties for the 2020-21 season, with huge losses expected to exceed £100 million, and the main sponsor, Russian Osmanov, was sanctioned, and many unstable factors off the court were also interfering with Everton's on-field state.
Worst away in the Premier League Lampard's succession of games is difficult to manage
The 2-3 away defeat to Burnley was Everton's eight consecutive away defeats in all competitions, following the 5-0 and 4-0 bloodbaths of Tottenham hotspur and Crystal Palace, and Everton have only gained 6 away points so far in the Premier League this season, ranking the worst in the Premier League. The last time the team won away from home in the Premier League was on 28 August, not long after the start of the season, when Ronaldo beat Brighton 2-0 away, when Cristiano Ronaldo was still playing for Juventus. In 2022, Everton lost all away games, making them the only team in the Premier League, Championship, League A and League Two to lose all away in the league. Lampard also became the first Everton manager in Everton history to serve as the first manager in Everton history to lose four consecutive Premier League away games.
Lampard has not been able to change the situation of Everton's weak away game under Benitez, and because of many factors, Lampard has been changing the original tactical deployment away from home, such as the 0-2 defeat to Southampton on February 19, Lampard lined up the 442 formation, but after the 4 defenders could not play a series of losses, Everton changed it to 352 in the 0-5 defeat to Tottenham on March 9, and in the recent three consecutive away games, Everton's formation has also swung back and forth between 3 centre-backs and 4 defenders. Injuries to the team's backline are certainly one of the reasons, but under the team's dense schedule of double games for a week in a row, the players are absolutely unable to adapt to new tactical play and ideas without sufficient training.
Reinforcements are still weak Injuries are still frequent
In the past 6 years, Everton spent a total of 450 million pounds on the transfer market to recruit reinforcements, the performance did not improve significantly, but fell into a debt to face heavy penalties, in the internal friction with Benitez, Everton sports director Marcel Brands left at the end of last year, no director does not prevent Everton winter window to continue to attract reinforcements, McColenko, Patterson, Van der Beek, Ali and other people have invested, but as in the past few years, Everton's reinforcements have had little effect.
Digne left the team due to a bad winter window with Benitez, and the young Ukrainian international McColenko, who is regarded as Dini's successor, clearly does not have the strength to play in the Premier League, and his appearance is even overshadowed by Kenny, whose contract is about to expire this summer. Patterson has not yet made his Premier League debut due to consecutive injuries, and may even be reimbursed early for the season; the two big names Ali and Van de Beek are Lampard's hand-picked people, but the former was criticized for his strange clothing as soon as he appeared, and then because of his sluggish performance, 6 games are all substitutes; Van der Beek has played well, but was injured in the last warm-up with West Ham, lampard had to let Holgate move forward to the back position.
Admittedly, the signing-free signings hand-picked by the former Benitez are more in line with Everton's current financial situation, but Townsend, who has played well under Benitez, has also suffered a cruciate ligament injury in the recent past, saying goodbye to this season early, and Townsend scored a wonderful world wave goal in the first half of the game against Burnley, and if he can play for Everton, he may still win something. In addition to the general lack of reinforcements, injuries are also a major reason for Everton's poor performance this season, during the Benitez period, Everton injured Mina, Dukure, Lewin and other main central axis, after Lampard took office, although the team's offensive end was less injured, but Mina's absence still seriously affected the team's defensive quality, according to statistics, this season Everton in the absence of Mina, the average number of goals conceded per game was as high as 2 goals. Coupled with the aforementioned new signings Van de Beek, Patterson, Townsend, as well as Andre Gomez, Tom Davis, as well as Godfrey, Coleman and others who recently recovered from injury, Lampard also faces more serious injuries in the near future.
The seventh highest salary in the Premier League Everton will face a huge blow if relegated
Less than 48 hours after a 2-3 defeat to Burnley, Everton will also host the Premier League with Manchester United, followed by a succession of matches against Leicester City (18 rounds of play-offs), Liverpool, Chelsea, Leicester City, while relegation rival Burnley, they will face only Tottenham Hotspur.
In recent years, the cost of reinforcements, inflated players and high salaries have put Everton under a huge financial burden, Andreon's salary bill is as high as 165 million pounds, ranking seventh in the Premier League, and its salary expenditure is almost 89% of the team's income! The team's plans to build a new 52,888-man stadium last year have been approved, and the team has suspended sponsorship contracts with Russian companies USM Holdings, MegaFon and Yota, coupled with years of high investments that have been undersized, and Everton will face a huge blow if they are relegated.
1 point difference, the gap between life and death, the Bundesliga's former dinosaur Hamburg relegated to the Bundesliga or will not have the opportunity to be promoted for four consecutive years, this team that has not been relegated in the English top league for 68 years, and the Premier League has never been relegated, will it really fall? (Back-ups/MIKU)