Frank Lampard said it was “clear” Everton’s performance at Bournemouth was not good enough and failing to own up to that would be to “b*******” the fans. After the match, the ECHO asked Lampard what he had to say to the travelling supporters following the display.
Frank Lampard said: “The fans have travelled down and had to endure a poor performance there is no doubt. When they spend their money, spend their time and come to support and the players perform as they did then we have to hold our hands up to that extent and say it is not good enough. In terms of the setup of the game I made changes because I have got to protect players that have either got niggles now, which we know a few have got, or are playing again and have the turnaround and a really important league game for us on Saturday. But I also made changes because some players knock on your door to want to play regularly when they are not playing, some players train well and actually make a case for playing and you put them in because they play for Everton and they should be able to come to Bournemouth when they make changes and compete and in my opinion win the game. Without even going into the nitty gritty details of it they should be able to win because there is a lot of experience in that team and they didn’t do that. That is as clear as day and I think the fans saw that. I don’t need to b******* them.”
