Frank Lampard reveals Everton training change that is already having big impact on squad

Frank Lampard has explained the training methods he has used to instil as much confidence in the Everton squad as possible.

The Blues go into their clash with Southampton this weekend on the back of a rousing victory against Leeds United at Goodison Park last time out.

The hosts were on the front foot straight from the first minute and secured a 3-0 win thanks to goals from Seamus Coleman, Mason Holgate and Anthony Gordon.

When asked about his specific training methods on bringing a renewed confidence out of his squad, Lampard opened up on the mentality that he has brought to Finch Farm in his days in the job so far.

He said: "The first thing to do is to try and set the environment in and around the pitch.

"I want things to be as....when I say easy for them as anything in a professional level I expect certain things - but they have to come work with smiles on their faces and when I first came in on the first day I wasn't sure that the players were smiling that much and that is because of results and circumstances.

"It is not important at that point to find out why because that's gone, it's more important to change it. So we tried to be very bright around the group, we tried to prioritise what we needed to get better at and clearly possession, moving the ball well, was something I really wanted to focus on and how we work off the ball and keep teams away from our goal.

"So we had sessions to increase possession and sessions to slowly work on the physical condition because it is very hard mid-season to do that. And that can't be an absolute priority because you can over-work them when there are to many games coming up quickly."

The fans, the players and the staff all worked in tandem at Goodison last weekend to make sure