Mick McCarthy has admitted that the lack of goals is a concern for his Cardiff City side and suggested other teams had now worked out how to nullify their threats.
The Bluebirds were comprehensively beaten up at Hillsborough in a chastening 5-0 defeat by Sheffield Wednesday, a result which appears to have ended any faint hopes of achieving a play-off spot.
The hugely disappointing result is the culmination of a series of six games now, where, the South Wales derby aside, the Bluebirds have struggled to make their mark at the top end of the pitch.
In Cardiff's last half a dozen fixtures, they have scored only two goals. The Bluebirds' unapologetically direct approach has lacked that accuracy and clinical edge which is so desperately needed to carry it out effectively, resulting in clear-cut chances being so few and far between in recent games.
And McCarthy suggested that he may have to go back to the drawing board because his team, who were once knocking down all that was put in front of them, are now running into brick walls.
"Yeah, of course it's a concern," he said of his side's barren goalscoring streak.
"Maybe teams have now recognised that we are a threat, teams have tried to stop us, they have matched us up and we are not finding it as easy to create chances.
"I'm not going to say it's through fatigue or anything like that."
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