Aston Villa boss Dean Smith is calm about their form slump ahead of Sunday's clash with West Ham.
Smith has seen his team lose three Premier League matches on the spin but insists their current form “hasn't been anywhere near a disaster".
“The negative is unfortunately you can't control the narrative out there, and it's usually down to social media," said Smith.
“We've had two narrow defeats against Tottenham and Wolves, and we were comfortable in the Wolves game and we've had one bad half of football where we were terrible but when they were very good.
“The players don't need any reminding of that. They know that. But the second half (at Arsenal) is certainly more of what we need and what we want. So, the players know where they are.
“They're good enough to compete and have shown that already against the likes of Manchester United, Everton, Chelsea, Tottenham. But we need to put that right this Sunday.
“It hasn't been anywhere near a disaster. If our performances were disastrous, I would be a lot more worried than I am."
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