Andy Gray believes there is the "most pressure ever" on the Everton board to sack Frank Lampard following the Blues' 2-0 loss to West Ham United on Saturday.
Two first half goals from Jarrod Bowen made it eight Premier League games without a win for Everton, who now find themselves 19th in the table and only ahead of Southampton on goal difference.
Blues owner Farhad Moshiri attended the game at the London Stadium, along with chairman Bill Kenwirght and CEO Denise Barrett-Baxendale. It was the British-Iranian's first Everton game since the 5-2 drubbing at home to Watford in October 2021.
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Gray, who had a two-year spell at Everton in the 1980s, believes that Lampard's position as manager is edging towards untenable and questioned whether the Blues had actually improved during his 12 months at the club.
"I think one of the problems Everton have had since David [Moyes] left, and since [Roberto] Martinez left, is they have changed too many managers too often," said Gray on beIN Sports while in discussion with co-host Richard Keys. "But when you have had 38 games [Lampard's league total with Everton], and I look at my club here and I see the state they're in...
"Can I honestly say that I see what Frank is trying to do? See where he's trying to take the team? See improvement from when he took over? The answer to all those questions would be no.
"I think now there would be the most pressure ever, ever on the board to change managers."
Speaking earlier in the show, the former Sky Sports pundit, Gray, insisted that Moshiri should have reappointed Moyes instead of Carlo Ancelotti in December 2019.
"If David Moyes had gone back to Everton after that handshake with [Farhad] Moshiri before they turned to [Carlo Ancelotti], would they be in this mess they are now?" asked Keys.
Gray responded: "No. I don't think so. David [Moyes] was made for Everton, certainly a person who knew about Everton and came up with the phrase 'The People's Club'."
After the final whistle at the London Stadium, Moshiri was asked by reporters if such a damaging result would see Lampard lose his job, to which the businessman replied: "It's not my decision."
Everton face Arsenal and Liverpool in their next two Premier League games.
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