This has to be a joke right?

I really like the way we play but as I just posted elsewhere - playing well doesn't guarantee results and they are what we need currently.
It is fine margins at this level and the odd mistake and the odd miss means so much right now.
Our form isn't awful - the last 10 games have seen us take 10 points - 4 losses against Liverpool, West Ham, Chelsea and Spurs - we wouldn't have expected anything from those games in reality would we?
13 goals for - 15 conceded - not great but 9 of those conceded in three loseable games - so not worrying to concede 6 in the other 7 games.
It is not knowing how to beat the likes of Norwich and Brentford that is causing the problems.
Wednesday and next Saturday are crucial now and we have to find a way to take some chances.
Early goals against the teams around us change games - they have to come at us then which will work in our favour.
PV needs to work this out and set the plans and the traps.
4 points from these next two games and we will be fine - lose one or both and trouble is looming.
Watford and Burnley both looked good yesterday and we need to dampen their spirits asap.

Edited by The Dolphin (20 Feb 2022 7.51am)

The performances have not been that bad but we have not been getting the results.
We’re always competitive and remain in games, although the concession of late goals is a concern.
There does not seem to be that much wrong except, and this is critical, in making and taking chances.
You can’t win games if you don’t score and this is one of the reasons we draw so many.
There’s much to admire in the way the team is adjusting to Vieira’s methods, but the one area where he has yet to convince is in his deployment of our forwards.
It’s easy to say they are not good enough, but do we play to their strengths?
Are they being giving an opportunity to build a rhythm with the constant chopping and changing?
I haven’t a clue from one week to the next what the make up our forward line will be but am pretty certain what the back four will look like.

I fear a 1-0 defeat against Watford. Roy has in Sarr and Dennis two very quick forwards who are also good finishers. He will put 8 men behind the ball and play the ball behind our back four exposing our lack of pace.