Everton double search proves change is necessary and lessons must be learned

As the players approach Goodison Park on Sunday they will be left in no doubt over just how big the Chelsea fixture is.

Supporters will line Goodison Road and City Road to welcome the arriving stars as part of determined efforts to create the perfect environment for them to perform. Calls have been made for that buzz to be replicated inside the famous stadium too, for the home crowd to turn it into a bubbling cauldron that inspires the Blues while intimidating their visitors.

The supporters have been immense throughout this season. Despite the miserable campaign they have endured they have remained in fine voice and backed the players continuously. They do not deserve the sleepless nights and relegation-inspired nightmares thrust upon them but even in recent weeks, when it would have been so easy for those fears to seep into the atmosphere, they have backed the team.

At Turf Moor and Anfield the travelling Blues could be heard throughout while against Manchester United the home support was a genuine twelfth man. Leicester City's early goal stunned those watching, but Everton's late rescue effort was inspired by the soundtrack of raucous support. As Richarlison's stoppage time equaliser bobbled slowly towards goal it felt as though the fans in the Gwladys Street sucked the ball over the line.

Backing the rallying call ahead of Sunday's game, Everton's Fan Forum said this week: "Nobody is happy with the position we are in - but one thing that unites every Evertonian is that we all want the best for the Blues. Right now, what is best is everyone pulling together, being united and doing all we can to help get the points we need on the board.

"All we can do is try everything in our power to make a difference, to give the