Norwich City boss Dean Smith admits he was upset with his players after their 5-0 home defeat to Arsenal on Sunday.
Smith has never been relegated as a coach, but heads to Crystal Palace on Tuesday bottom of the pile.
“It is the first time I have to be honest when I have not been happy with their attitude or their application," he said. “They have been spot on in that regard. They are a good, honest, hard working bunch of lads but they simply made too many mistakes.
“It's a bigger job, now, definitely but that is because when I came here we had a healthy squad. We had Mathias Normann, we had Milot Rashica, we had our captain, Grant Hanley, plus Andrew Omobamidele, so we have lost a healthy squad.
"We will do what we can to lift the players but I am also very keen to give them responsibility. I took responsibility for that first half against Villa, because we shouldn't have played that game.
“It doesn't help losing good players, but I expect better decision-making. That was a big difference in the Arsenal game. They were better than us in that area.
"The quality of their finishing was better, and what is tough for us in trying to turn it around is we have the same group of players who we have to recover and get ready for a game in less than 48 hours.
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