Frank Lampard is determined to be the calm head that Everton need to stay clear of a crisis but whatever he says to his players, the world knows there is potentially much more than a mere three points at stake tonight as his side face Newcastle United.
Speaking ahead of the fixture at St James’ Park, his first Premier League match in charge of the Blues, he said: “We have to absolutely isolate the game that’s in front of us, prepare well for it, try to get the right result and understand that there is a long way to go after it.
“Whatever the table looks like after, we will neither be safe, we will neither be relegation, we will neither be in the top 10 or whatever. There is a long road for that. We will just concentrate on this game.”
