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Paul Goddard says the side must lose their naivete if they are going to make progress.
Paul knows that the poor away form is continuing to put pressure on the home games, as evidenced again following the defeat at Aston Villa on Saturday.
"People have got to learn - and we've got to learn quickly," he insists.
"They have to learn because if not their careers don't progress and we don't as a side, and decisions have to be made on players.
"It is not totally on that but you learn the game as a young player in the youth ranks and try to bring on those mistakes in the youth team, and the less mistakes you make at first team level the better player you are, which is why experienced players can carry on playing beyond a certain age; they become totally reliable and don't make mistakes.
"I was fortunate enough to play with John Wark at Ipswich in the latter part of his career when he was 40-odd and he is still playing at the back.
"If you had a straight sprint with him you would beat him by 10 yards but he had already learnt so much that he was already in the right position when the ball was coming.
"We have got some players that have a lot to learn, and they have to learn quickly."
Glenn Roeder has an interesting problem for the Everton game - who to play up front with Fredi fit again and Paolo Di Canio back in the frame since the weekend following a three match ban.
"Fredi was feeling worse on Saturday so we shipped him back, but who knows what the side would have been if he had been fit - and what it will be tomorrow," says Paul.
"I thought Paolo was super and Trevor coming back was also fresh and sharp; it is so disappointing that we didn't sit on the bus home taking something back from us."
Paul knows that there is a massive rebuilding job to be done this summer, and, as the Villa game illustrated, the strength in depth of the squad has to increase.
"Trevor played a different role at Villa," he says, "but it is one he has done before, and he is prepared to try anything we ask him to, and occasionally square pegs have to fit round holes.
"No disrespect to our substitutes, but if you looked at Villa's subs and ours you could sense that anyone of theirs could have come on and altered the game.
"Steve Stone and Dion Dublin were fit but not involved and a number of other players didn't play which shows what a huge squad Aston Villa have got.
"We have got some very good players and when everyone is fit we could give anyone a run for their money.
"But every time we play a home game, it is like 'this is it,' especially with two tough home games in Manchester United and Arsenal to come.
"Everton are fighting for their lives and we have to pick ourselves up from Saturday."