There’s a renewed sense of vigour at Goodison Park but it goes beyond Everton’s players and fans.
Frank Lampard has now steered the Blues to more home victories in two matches than they’d collected from their previous seven fixtures and while it’s early days, it seems as though ‘The Grand Old Lady’ is quite smitten with her energetic Toy Boy.
Following Carlo Ancelotti’s defection back to Real Madrid last June, this correspondent put forward the case that Everton should have been looking for a younger man to fill the vacancy.
