FRANK Lampard believes Everton fans had “a right to voice their opinions” after they booed their team following their 3-0 Premier League defeat at Cherries. Lampard believes the performance of his players warranted the reaction from the travelling fans, with the Toffees also beaten 4-1 at the same venue in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday.
Frank Lampard said: “The fans have a right to be disappointed because they’ve come down here twice this week and seen poor performances and before that we’ve been going OK. And then they see that there are performances that they don’t like. So when they see after Palace – and we can see that they gave us a welcome – they have to voice their opinion. And their opinions were right today. The players have to respect that the fans have a right to voice their opinions – and again they were right today.”
The Toffees will finish the weekend just one point clear of the drop zone with manager Lampard severely under pressure going into the World Cup break. Cherries rise up to 13th in the Premier League table, three points clear of the relegation spaces. Despite the reaction the players received from the travelling support, Lampard believes it was important for the players to go over to them.
Frank Lampard explained: “What was important today was the players went over to the fans, because they travelled down, they have to all go over. The players – albeit the performance wasn’t good enough – are not bad lads and they were disappointed. There’s things we need to speak about and the footballing level (was not good enough).”
