Head coach Slaven Bilic emerged later than usual from the dressing room after the defeat at Blackpool, and pulled no punches.

“I see quality on paper in our squad but not on the pitch, and certainly not consistently. I don’t see a group of players determined to win every game and willing to give everything,” he said.

“We have to find that, right now. If we think we are going to win games because we have a good squad on paper, then we’re wrong.

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“It starts from now, with all of us, including me. If we start pointing fingers at each other and trying to find excuses, then let’s all give up and go home. That is all too common in modern football.

“But if we very quickly realise that we have to give everything for each other in every minute of every game, then we might be able to start moving forwards.

“We’ve just had a long meeting in the dressing room and there will be more time during the week to discuss this, and we need to.”

Bilic admitted the only plus point was that his side didn’t suffer a bigger humbling.

“We got what we deserved today. Absolutely. If it wasn’t for our keeper it could have been 5-1,” he said.

“They wanted it more than us. They were competitive, aggressive, especially in the second half.

“I’m very disappointed. It’s about time we picked ourselves up and started working as a team.”