of the table, then you can see
its third against seventh Chelsea against West Ham,
Chelsea looking good for a top ball place, especially as I've
only played 31 games compared that to those below them who
played more including Manchester
United who played three more. But
Arsenal you have to say
our closing West Ham probably out of the running now, for
a Champions League spot fire, the league there are eight points
away from the top four, but were they to win the Europa
League?
Then they would be in next. Season's Champions League
the bottom half.
The relegation situation. Everton. That's that one point
cushion. They play later against Liverpool. By which
time Bernie would have played two more games and Bernie as
they say, all they need is a point because they have
a better goal difference
against wolves this morning to move out of the bottom three,
the relegation picture. Now looks like one of either
Everton or Burnley to join, Watford and Norwich.
Good morning. Welcome along to Sunday's Premier League
mornings. I'm Rebecca Lowe. Tim Howard. Robbie, Musto alongside
me. Plenty of time to talk about Chelsea West Ham and
Liverpool with the title race, but we're going to begin by
talking about the prospect of Everton being relegated. It's
never happened
in our lifetime, Tim Howard spent more than 10 years at
the club today. As I mentioned, if Burnley got a point about half
an hour before, Everton kick off, they will know. So,
they'll probably be in their warm-up. They'll know, if they
are in
the bottom three. Is that something too.
But will be mentioned, be whispered from player to player
out there, or in the dressing room.
Yes, and if, if it isn't, it should be. That's something
that the players will absolutely. No, they know
exactly where they
sit in the table, what's expected? What's needed?
And that pressure isn't needed for this Everton team, and
they'll literally be on the pitch at him field.
If, if and when Burnley get a result and I can assure you,
all of those
Liverpool fans that filtered into the cop during
the warm-up, will let them know exactly where they stand. So
there's a A pressure on this Everton team today. And I, and
look, I think that whether they're talking about it, in
the dressing room, whether Frank Lampard
as made note of it,
every single player
will know what the Berlin result is. It changes,
psychologically, doesn't it? If you actually drop into
the bottom three, it feels different for fans. I think,
and for players as well. So do you think if this reality hits
and Everton were to be relegated? Robbie? Would that
be for you the biggest Club ever
to go down? Wow, it's right up. There is right up there.
I think when you look back Ali, Jinnah Heated Aston Villa being
European Champions in the past and their history, huge
football clubs while. But you know, like you said, we've
never known it from watching the game from a kid
to playing in it. And now to analyzing it never
thought about it. I mean, this is kind of Unthinkable. It's
Unthinkable that ever did in this situation right now given
last season, 10th in the league 59 points, 59 points last year,
different manager.
I mean, the lost some players, of course, you know,
how much wood regas was a star when he first came in
but not really. I mean, moist,
In Luke edenia, which like, has been a disastrous decision,
Bernard, moist Keen.
I mean, just look at the list of players have gone.
But after that, Rebecca for me, a series of
terrible decisions,
bad decision making at Key moments with managers
with players, you know, you're looking to bring in Frank
Lampard on the back of of shaky
in experience. Really? He lost his first six. Five of six in
the Premier League,
just bad decisions. Ever even from the January window like,
you know, No from bringing Delhi in. That's done. Nothing
Van Der. Beek's had moments, but he's injured right now.
Marcel Brands to Rafa Benitez was a risky. Hi, you know,
Marcel Brands was let go rough Benito's given more power. He
sells Luke edenia. He gets fired. They bring it. I mean,
it's just a series of events.
This led to the situation that Everton a staring at the face
or in the face of a, what, the abyss really. But those are
just decisions made this year because there's been risky,
shaky decisions, made over the last five years of LED them to
this point. What? Out the decision on who leads them, no
matter what happens. So are we all happy? But Frank
Lampard is the right man, whether they say up or go down.
We all have. I don't know if my steel agree with it, but
I think I think he is. I think that when I look at
the appointment, but, you know, again I go back to like
Manchester United and what they're doing. Listen, if Frank
Lampard is the manager, let him be the manager. Whether they
stay up or go down.
I think he's got the ideas
for at least, for this club. And certainly you showed that
in the championship with Darby that he could do it. Okay. I'll
be over the course of one season, but there has to be
some stability at some point at Everton football club.
Wow, if I go down
Franklin continue and my opinion, see how he goes, if it
doesn't go out, he's not going to last very long, I think
going back to decisions.
He hasn't done anything that's real book club. He hasn't
affected anything. They're not any better.
And that
is on Frank Lampard. That was a decision. Again, you know, it
was a big decision. The fans wanted Frank Lampard instead of
other candidates that were being band around it.
Time and I get is very, very difficult to bring in good managers
at this point in the season,
but he hasn't and he's a brilliant. Guy was an amazing player.
We know him a little bit,
such a great guy, but he hasn't had an impact Rebecca
and that's got to be concerning. If he can keep him safe.
It can regroup. Maybe they can do a little bit of trading in
the in the window
and he goes again, but
right now that hasn't worked and it's a harsh world. I get
what you're saying. I think he's inherited team,
low low on confidence. I don't make them better. Make them over.
The quality and the team has been
has been poor. The quality is standard. It's not as if he
could even pluck players from the bench, who got put Into
Obscurity, from the last manager.
They haven't been very good. I will say
the next three or tough Liverpool, Chelsea
Lester, but they have an opportunity after that, to pick
up points. That don't a covenant with just Rebecca's
thinking back, Dominic, a balloon has been a big mess or
no question from last year's into the engines of this is
such a long injury, didn't even he came back and I was injured
again. So Frank Lampard hasn't got too many options to