Frank Lampard could take new training ground approach in vital Everton break

In normal circumstances, Frank Lampard might not have wanted the upcoming break that is facing his Everton side. Having just beaten Manchester United in one of the most rousing and crucial performances of the season, the initial feeling might have been to keep the momentum up as much as possible.

However, having played a taxing three matches in the space of the last week, in fact it probably came as something of a relief for both the boss and for his players. The Blues have given themselves what could be an important lifeline at this late stage of the season, and their current break now provides them options to try and hammer home some important work ahead of the season's final eight matches.

Everton are not in action this weekend as their scheduled matches against Crystal Palace has been postponed due to the Eagles' progress in the FA Cup, at the Blues' expense. There are significant ways that Lampard can turn this time on the training pitch into a positive though.

Following the victory over Manchester United on Saturday, he remarked: "We will work on the team, we will work a bit on the team in terms of the defence and offensive side but the most important thing is to keep the feeling now.

"I think this is going to be about people, about players, about how we broach it as a squad, so over the course of the 10 days a bit of rest, good feeling in training, positive feeling, nothing negative and be ready for Leicester."

Of course, the manager will not have wanted to go too far into specifics - and so it's left to us to speculate over what might just be taking place behind-closed-doors at Finch Farm in the coming days. Initially at least, you'd imagine there'll not be much - with the players set to have been given a few