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Furious fans, Frank Lampard leading the sack race, a chronic shortage of goals with little to spend and now doubts over Jordan Pickford as they sit just a point above the drop zone... why Everton just can't shake off the gloom (oh, and it's Man City next)

If Everton thought their season had hit rock bottom when furious fans hurled players' shirts back at them following a dismal defeat at Bournemouth six weeks ago, they were sadly mistaken.

Jeers and whistles pierced the Boxing Day air at Goodison Park after Rayan Ait Nouri of rock bottom Wolves condemned the Toffees to a fourth straight loss.

It left Everton just one place and one point above the Premier League relegation zone in what is becoming a chilling echo of last season.

Jordan Pickford and James Tarkowski argue after Everton conceded to Wolves on Boxing Day
A fourth straight defeat either side of the World Cup piled more pressure on Frank Lampard
The Toffees are just one place and one point above the Premier League relegation zone

The only Christmas No 1 for Frank Lampard was in the sack race, where bookmakers have him 2-1 on to lose his job in the coming weeks, and a general sense of gloom and panic pervades.