一個隊長能夠在降班戰中擔起一個角色，這就是更衣室裡的一個真英雄。
他可以在更衣室裡遊走並確定各隊友有高漲士氣和一齊正常。這正正是高文將要為這支愛華頓做的事。
但是，最重要，林柏特都要帶出他的領袖魅力和領隊個性出來。
如果領隊是有信心和表達出他有能力帶領球隊走出困局，這樣隊伍的所有人都會同意並支持他。
一個隊長同樣地亦需要扮演一個重要角色，就好似我幫屈福特做的那樣，但是他要以他們的表現反映給領隊。
某領隊像林柏特這樣高動力和高信心。
他將會散播清晰明確指示，這有賴於隊長在之後如何在更衣室裡注入新的活力。
這工作非常艱鉅，特別是領隊缺少隊中球員支持。原因可能是缺乏成續及方法。
但是我不認為愛華頓隊內有任何一個球員在想，”我們不能夠逃出降班區。”
他們將會用正面態度並以最好狀態阻止降班危機出現。
正面想法並不是最主要因素去阻止降班出現，但如果有一個領隊，他是樂觀並且鼓舞，那絕對是一個好重要的關鍵因素。
作為一個隊長，你可以對所有隊員作出鼓勵，但是，如果領隊不能夠顯示出這信念，你和你的隊員都無機會阻止今次降班。
這是簡單正常的道理，正當所有在更衣室的事失去控制，這是高度危險。所有微少的事被仔細檢查，特別是當你球隊處於非常負面的降班區域。
當你球隊處於勝軌時，有問題的事往往沒有人理會。
但當成績差的時候，所有人都會來找領隊。”點解這位球員不做這些事？”這是很大壓力。
假若事情真的失去控制，好似我職業生涯見過很多次，作為隊長一定要阻止這些事有機會在更衣室裡發生。
這開始令到更衣室的氣氛愈來愈差，有少少似諾域治今周輸了球賽一樣。
我可以想像得到更衣室有幾差，而且被自私的氛圍圍著。當領隊去到這階段，球員就會想自己的後路。
每一位球員就會介意降班，不要攪錯，這些人是會從各方面去想這次降班。
沒有任何一個球員喜歡在他們履歷上有一條疤，但領隊始終會得到一些不愉快的情境，他們因為意料到會降班，又或者準備轉會。
這是很惡劣情況。
以現在的愛華頓來說，最理想就是每場球賽單獨看，一場接一場來應付，但我不想這樣說，但我很清楚這情境，這就是領隊的工作。
你要分析每場賽事，做一些計算工作和想一想：”如果我們擊敗這球隊，同時那隊又輸了另一場賽事”。
之後，突然之間某隊取得了驚訝成績，此時你想：”神呀，他們是從何處來呀？”這是精神上的放棄。
如果球員話他們不看績分板，但這是一派胡言。
所有人都望住績分板，並想出所有的不同情境和有什麼方法逃出此困境。
同時，愛華頓球員會為這星期的比賽繼續努力，他們會想盡辦法在車路士身上取得成績。而另一方面，般尼會跟屈福特進行護級戰。
這星期，對於拖肥糖一眾球員不是在賽季上一場過的比賽，但是如果他們在車路士身上取得勝仗，那麼他們會贏之後幾場比賽，而你會認為他們能夠留級抱著正面態度。
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Troy Deeney: Everton boss Frank Lampard has to be highly motivated and highly confident and squad will follow in battle to beat drop
A CAPTAIN can be the real difference-maker in a dressing room that is fighting relegation.
He will float around the group, making sure things are ticking over and morale is high – and that is exactly what Seamus Coleman will be doing at Everton.
But, more importantly, it comes from the leadership and the persona of the manager, in this case Frank Lampard.
If the manager is confident and showing you ways in which he feels he can get the team through a situation, the rest of the squad will fall into line and back him.
A skipper has his role to play too, like I did at Watford, but ultimately he will react off the back of the manager.
Someone like Lampard is highly motivated and highly confident.
He will be spreading a clear message and it is down to the captain to then reinvigorate the dressing room.
That can be a difficult task, especially if the manager is losing the support of a squad because of results or methods.
But I don’t think there will be one Everton player who is thinking: ” We cannot get out of this”.
They will be positive that they are good enough to get themselves away from danger.
Positivity is not all it takes to beat the drop but to have a manager who is upbeat and inspiring is a massive contributing factor.
As a captain you can shout all you want to rev everyone up or to keep them from downing tools but, if the manager isn’t showing that belief, you have no chance.
It is very easy for things to boil over in a dressing room. It is high octane. Every little thing is scrutinised, especially when you are in a negative position.
Questionable things a player does off the pitch or in the dressing room when you are winning, people give you a pass for it.
But as soon as the results hit the fan, everyone goes for you. “Why is he not doing that?” it is high pressure.
And if it does boil over, like I have seen many times in dressing rooms before games or at half-time, you have to nip it in the bud quickly as a captain.
Yet it only starts to get toxic and nasty when the writing is on the wall, a bit like if Norwich lose this weekend.
That will be a nasty dressing room, I would imagine. The selfishness takes over. When you get to that stage, players look after themselves and that’s when you see their true colours.
Everyone will care about getting relegated, don’t get me wrong, but people care in different ways.
No one wants that blemish on their CV, but you get some bad eggs and they get nastier because they realise they are going down or they have already sorted out a move away.
It is a tough one.
For Everton right now, and I don’t like the cliche of taking each game as it comes, but I have been in that situation and that’s what you do – no matter how hard you try not to.
You are identifying games and doing the maths and thinking: “If we beat this team, and that team may lose”.
And then suddenly a team around you gets a freak result and you think: “God where did that come from?” and that is mentally deflating.
Players say they don’t look at the table but that’s b******s.
Everyone looks at it and thinks of all the scenarios and ways you can get out.
And Everton players will be doing that this weekend as they look to try to nick something against Chelsea while Burnley play Watford.
This week won’t be make or break for the Toffees but, if they can get a result against Chelsea and then win their next few, you would have to make them survival favourites.
