West Ham United captain Matthew Upson says the table doesn't lie.
The England defender has told his team-mates that, before they can climb out of trouble, they need to accept their performances so far have warranted their lowly position.
"I think some of our performances have been a mixed bag in the same game, with good and bad that has just cost us in little areas," he told the club's website.
"We've made bad choices and we've been punished heavily this season. We need to get back on a winning streak and a couple of wins will change everything.
"The brutality of the Premier League is that, if you make the wrong choice, you'll pay for it.
"We can't say we're not a 'bottom of the table club' because the facts speak for themselves and we are.
"The table doesn't lie and the points we have don't lie. That's the things we need to change and until we change that, we have to accept that we're in this position and we have to get out of it.
"I think we need to learn from games like Saturday and understand that once we went 2-0 up and our attitude, our decisions with the ball and the way we played the game needed to be different.
"If we'd done that, we'd have won the game."
