Frank Lampard was left clinging on to his job as Everton supervisor following a harmful 2-0 defeat at fellow strugglers West Ham.
The Toffees’ under-fire proprietor – majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri – and chairman Bill Kenwright had been in attendance as two objectives from Jarrod Bowen stored the Toffees rooted within the relegation zone.
On one other depressing afternoon for the blue half of Merseyside, Everton’s followers made their emotions crystal clear once more by unfurling banners studying ‘Board Full Of Liars’ whereas their workforce capitulated.
Such is the discontent surrounding the membership that Everton’s administrators had been suggested to keep away from final week’s house defeat by Southampton for their very own security.
Thus, Moshiri’s look on the London Stadium felt vastly vital. It was the primary time he had attended an Everton match in nearly 18 months, and subsequently the primary time he had witnessed the workforce underneath Lampard. Whether it will likely be the final stays to be seen.
Moshiri dismissed questions on Lampard as he left the bottom whereas Kenwright, requested if it was the top for the supervisor, stated: “It’s been a bad run of results for us all, and for Frank, but I would never say that to you. We’ve just got to start winning, haven’t we?”
Either manner, the Everton board have a fortnight to stew on this newest defeat, their eleventh in 14 matches, earlier than the following sport at house to leaders Arsenal subsequent month.
On his personal future, Lampard stated: “Those things are not my choice, it is my job to work, focus and keep my head down.
“I know there’s things going on at the club but it’s never been a consequence for me whether a chairman or board member is at the game.
“I was at Chelsea for 18 months and the owner didn’t come to one competitive game. It’s not about that to me. It’s not for me to guess what he thought about the game.
“It would hard for me to sit here and talk about the right direction because of the result. We stayed up by the skin of our teeth last year and were five points shy of safety with not many games to go.
“I’ve said that we might stay where we are, and was questioned whether that is competitive enough talk. But, for me, if you are in a club where the club has moved downwards with serious investment, the conditions now are that we don’t have that investment and we are trying to rebuild.
“That doesn’t mean straight away you start climbing stairs. It means you have to dig in as a club and I’m prepared to dig in.”
Bowen’s celebrated his two first-half strikes by tucking the ball inside his shirt, a day after accomplice Dani Dyer introduced they had been anticipating twins.
They had been additionally celebrated by supervisor David Moyes, who has created some respiration area together with his future additionally underneath scrutiny following their latest slide.
“I’m pleased with the result and bits of the performance,” he stated.
“I think it’s a relief to the club itself, it was a big result for us all. The players earned it, they recognise the situation we are in and are working to get away from it.
“I really hope Everton stick with Frank. He is a top bloke from the times I’ve been with him, but I have to think about my position because me winning one game doesn’t mean everything is fine.”
