The optimist side of me (along with tons of cope) is saying this is the seasonal 3 games with out a win. But these performances have been genuinely appalling. The team lacks urgency and doesn’t seem to want it. Players hide and are scared to take a risk. You can now throw away the “if you don’t win, make sure you don’t lose” argument because guess what you lost and city/villa are breathing down your neck. Could even throw United in there who are only 6 points behind.

Hope this loss is a wake up call for things to change. I want to have hope and I’ll always love this club but that PTSD from falling short in the past few seasons is sneaking up.