You could hear the disappointment in Garry Monk's voice as he talked about the defeat at Norwich after the game to Sky Sports and you sense his frustration at the silly mistakes that his team are making.

The Swans were undone by yet another set piece as Norwich scored the only goal of the game although you have to question the control that seemed to keep the manager happy as the Swans never troubled Reddy in the home goal.

It is all well and good having 66% possession but when you are creating nothing it is completely pointless and whilst Monk is right on some fronts that it was a lapse of concentration that cost us, there are more concerns than an inability to defend a set piece.

Only three players have found the back of the net in the Premier League for us this season and only two of those have been from open play that tells you much about where the problems are at the moment.

Monk said "I am very disappointed with the result, we had a lot of control but did not have the cutting edge

"We looked very comfortable and they didn't look threatening until they got the goal. We talked about concentration at set pieces but one lapse cost us the game, we had total control up to that point without threatening ourselves.

"We tried to chase and get back in but unfortunately we couldn't.

"We were using the ball well and were trying to get a chance but we conceded a poor goal and it is costing us dearly at the moment.

"We lost the game on one lapse and you would think that with us having control it would be them who had the lapse but it was similar to recent weeks where mistakes are costing us.

"It is now back to the drawing board and try to put the wrongs right. We are not far off where we want to be, it is just making sure we don't concede at vital moments. I don't think we deserved to lose today."

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jewsonjack added 18:03 - Nov 7 If Monk thinks we used the ball well we have a problem, and we seem a million miles from where any fan would want us to be!
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Bloodyhills added 21:41 - Nov 7 Monk is deluded if he thinks it was a moments lapse in concentration that cost us the game. I would say the problem was the entire game in which we did not trouble their goalie at all.
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