Here are your Everton evening headlines for Wednesday, December 7.
Alex Iwobi sends clear Frank Lampard message to Everton fans and lifts lid on dressing room stance
Everton midfielder Alex Iwobi has called for supporters to 'stick by' Frank Lampard amid the club's bitterly disappointing start to the current season.
The Blues have secured just three Premier League victories since the return of the top flight in August and were beaten 4-1 by Bournemouth to exit the Carabao Cup at the third round stage at the start of last month, heaping pressure on Lampard's position at the club.
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Appointed in January of this year, the ex-Chelsea boss galvanised Goodison Park as Everton avoided relegation courtesy of a dramatic comeback win at the expense of Crystal Palace. Supporters who were present inside the ground for this match hoped there would be no repeat of a relegation fight this term, but the Blues currently sit one place above the drop as the halfway stage of the season approaches.
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Everton new stadium major developments continue as target date on horizon
The roof truss lifts are continuing this week at Everton Stadium as the second section was hoisted into position in the south stand.
The central piece of the first truss at what will be Everton’s 52,888 capacity new home at Bramley-Moore Dock now sits on top of the support trestles rising from the terracing units and has been conjoined to the larger 100-tonne steel section already in situ in the south east corner.
The lifts have, so far, alternated between the two steel-built stands at either end of the stadium, and the latest lift means the south stand now mirrors the developments in the north.
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