This could be the turning point.
But, rather than make matters any better in this dreadful Everton season, somehow it's actually conspired to make things even worse than they were previously.
Goodison Park over recent weeks has been hailed as the Blues' saviour. The away form is shocking, but the home fans will pull them through.
That was the message from some, those who disagreed were brushed off as being too cynical - with Frank Lampard's side still with games in hand on those around them.
This felt like something different, however. This felt like the belief was even being mercilessly sapped from those supporters in the stand who give everything for their club.
Everton have been in a relegation fight for some time. Only the failures of other teams in the Premier League has kept them out of languishing comfortably inside the bottom three.
Now, it's just goal difference separating the blues from that fate.
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Throughout Sunday afternoon's match there was an atmosphere among the supporters in the stand that just didn't feel right.
Everton started well and the fans were right up for it in the first half, but they quickly tailed off and the uninspiring football understandably led to discontent in the stands.
Those murmurs as the scores from elsewhere were shown on the big screen, with both Leeds and Watford winning, told its own tale of the mood among fans.
That discontent quickly turned to anger as Wolves came out for the second half rejuvenated and eventually took a deserved lead through Conor Coady's header.
From that point on, there was only one winner of the game.
That very same mentality which has been questioned for weeks, months, even years among this Everton squad was on full display once again.
Rather than rallying behind each other, banding together and attempting to fight with tooth and nail to get any point they possibly could - instead they crumbled.
Fans have been through it all this season. All the shambolic displays, the slight high moments, and the truly terrifying troughs - but this is absolutely the worst it got.
They've been through despair, anger and apathy multiple times over the course of this sorry campaign so far in what has become a worrying cycle.
However, none of those were the overriding emotion this time. This was fear on full display.
This should have been a turning point in the opposite direction. Everton had two crucial home matches in the space of a few days to attempt to finally put a bit of distance between themselves and the drop zone.
It was widely appreciated that at least four points from these matches against Wolves and Newcastle would be required. It wouldn't be easy, but that's what they needed.
They've failed that at the first hurdle, and fans are increasingly terrified of what could be on the horizon.
Why wouldn't you be after witnessing the reaction on the pitch that they were subject to on Sunday afternoon?
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Everton were out-played, out-fought and out-classed by Wolves. Bruno Lage's side have done that to many teams over the course of this season, but perhaps never this easily.
Just like it was earlier in the week with the dismal defeat to Spurs, the blame can be pointed every which way.
A lot of the focus will be on the players, the majority of whom seemed to have given up the ghost with at least half an hour of this match still to go.
Abdoulaye Doucoure and Donny van de Beek proved non-existent in the middle of the pitch. Much of that can be placed down to Lampard's system as much as the pair as individuals.
Ruben Neves and Joao Moutinho completely dominated the centre of Goodison Park on Sunday, as if they had just turned up to one of their local pitches for a casual kick around.
They were dropping off and showing for the ball from their centre-backs, carrying it up the pitch, picking out fantastic passes into the final third and never shirking out of challenges when out of possession.
Everton's pair did none of that. They were almost completely bypassed in what looked like could have been a strange tactic from the hosts - but one that proved to be completely ineffective throughout.
That left the Blues defence looking lost whenever they picked up possession to try and build from the back, relying any of the front three to drop off into space - or to boot a long ball up to their heads.
In fact, Vitalii Mykolenko did almost find a way for that to work in the early stages, curling a lovely ball in behind the Wolves defence for Richarlison to rush onto, before he was denied by Jose Sa.
The Brazilian was often Everton's only outlet, and he very nearly got on the end of a wicked Anthony Gordon cross midway through the first half as one of his side's only other half-chances before the break.
Shortly after the restart, Wolves made their dominance count when the Blues failed to close down Neves, and his cross found Coady rising highest to place a strong header past Pickford.
The visitors kept up their momentum after scoring and upped the pressure to try and find a second - putting their efforts wide or being denied by Jordan Pickford.
Everton's dismal game was compounded in the 78th minute when Jonjoe Kenny received a second yellow card for a late lunge on Raul Jimenez, having only picked up his first caution three minutes previously.
But really, it was the mood after the game which summed up the worrying feeling in the stands.
The boos were expected, but they weren't exactly deafening.
That could be down to a number of supporters leaving before the final whistle, but really it points to the emotions deep in the stomachs of Everton supporters having watched that match.
This was a turning point, because this represented many fans becoming legitimately scared that their side might not be able to get out of this.
Goodison Park was meant to be the shining light, it was meant to push these players on to better performances, but they did nothing of the sort in this game.
In reality they never looked close as a collective to having the required fight, organisation, desire creativity, solidity - anything that might drag them away from trouble.
That's scary, and even the most optimistic of Evertonians would have felt that from their seats on Sunday afternoon.
It doesn't bear thinking about the pressure on the Newcastle match now. It's a must-win game, no doubt about it.
Have these players got it in them to secure that three points? Not on recent evidence, they don't.
Two wins in 20 matches. Nine points gained in over half a Premier League season. That's relegation form and everyone at Goodison knew it on Sunday.
It's getting tougher by the game to see what is going to change Everton.
