A rather worrying pattern is beginning to emerge for Everton. Well, of course, there are already multiple on display - but this is something which has been a common theme under Frank Lampard.
Sunday afternoon's game against Crystal Palace demonstrated it almost perfectly, and the obvious nature of what is to come in these matches is what will frustrate those beleaguered fans in the stands more than anything else.
Everton are actually starting all of their recent matches on the front foot, they're showing the kind of qualities that give supporters that brief bit of hope that maybe this will be different to what has come in the past. But, it just never is.
