Up until yesterday I had an underlying feeling that we'll be fine, Bielsa and the players will fix it and we'll pull away from the relegation zone and comfortably stay up.
But I'm not convinced of that anymore. Are we capable of saving ourselves? At the moment we seem shot of confidence and determination to win. This square pegs in round holes approach isn't helping the players. First half I'm watching KP and Llorente swapping about at right-back, while our specialist right-back Ayling is injured, and his natural replacement Drameh isn't even on the bench.
Bielsa has frequently stated that players need to get match fit in the under 23s before they come back in after injury/illness. But Firpo came on last week, and started yesterday, with no match time for the U23s, and got 100% destroyed by Lamptey.
James as a number nine, no way is that ever gonna work, MB tried Harrison at 9 in the Cup at Crawley and that was just as disastrous.
No midfield again, now it's Forshaw's turn to fight the battle on his own.
These players look devoid of confidence and composure, and you could see it's even affecting KP and Raphinha now.
Next two matches are now must wins as we're heading in to some very difficult fixtures.
We're hoping there are three teams worse than us, but I'm not convinced of that now.
On the positive side there are at least seven teams in the mire, Leeds, Newcastle, Norwich, Burnley, Watford, Southampton and Brentford, and it's a possibility that Everton could get pulled into it.
If we don't get maximum points from the next two matches then the pressure and doubt will rise in our players and Bielsa. Yes, the club could and should bring in some players in January, an ACM like Swift at Reading is an absolute must. But where will we be by the end of January, in terms of points and position?
Very worrying times
Here's the next 10 fixtures that take us through January:
Palace H
Bees H
Chelsea A
City A
Arsenal H
Liverpool A
Villa H
Burnley H
West Ham A
Newcastle H