Everton: Frank Lampard has lifted the fans, now it's time for the players to step up - Leon Osman analysis

Saturday's home game against Leeds is absolutely huge for Everton's season, and their Premier League survival.

I can't help but be worried about my old club because of their dismal form, which is the worst in the top flight. For months now, it has not taken much to out-fight them and it is too easy to score goals against them.

Whichever way you look at it, they are in a relegation battle and, to get themselves out of this mess, Everton need to find a way of becoming Everton again. By that, I mean playing with confidence and freedom but also showing the tenacity and tough tackling that is in the club's DNA.

The onus is on new manager Frank Lampard to sort out their problems and stop their slide down the table, and in less than two weeks at the club he has already brought so much positivity back for the fans. Now it is time for the players to step up too.

When I look through this Everton team, I think they lack leaders — that's what they miss when the going gets tough in games, because who does the team turn to?

Seamus Coleman has been that guy for a long time, and he is still there and still captain of course, but every good team has got three or four leaders on the pitch — and the very best have 11 of them.

At the moment, there is only one voice you are hearing during Everton games and, in the situation they are in, they need to find more characters.

I was a first-team player at Everton for more than 15 years and, there were plenty of different players who stood up during difficult periods and spoke out to the rest of the squad.

When I was on the cusp of the team as a teenager, I saw how Dave Watson would speak to us and operate as captain.

As time went on, it became David Weir, Alan Stubbs and Duncan Ferguson who would