Arsenal head coach Jonas Eidevall admits Arsenal have had "a very inconsistent season, but says it's important to stay constructive and evaluate in order to change that.
The Gunners are third in the WSL table, with six games left to play, and exited the FA Cup and the Champions League at earlier this season at the fifth round and the first qualifying round respectively.
Eidevall's side do have the Conti Cup final against Chelsea to look forward to on March 31, but their title hopes took a significant blow last Friday night, when they were beaten 3-1 by the Blues in front of a crowd of 33,000 at Stamford Bridge.
"It's a very human thing for the mind to drift because you're naturally very disappointed about what is happening and in something you're investing a lot of your emotions into," said the Swede, speaking in his press conference ahead of Arsenal's trip to Aston Villa on Sunday night, which is live on Sky Sports Premier League.
"Then you have, I wouldn't say problem, but a situation where you have a long time between the games, which can allow your mind to drift for a longer time than usual before you need to prepare for the next opponent.
"Our season so far has been a very inconsistent one. Where you can see progress has been in individual games and individual periods of the season, where we have shown we are a very capable football team playing some really good football and being able to compete and beat all of our competitors.
"But what we haven't been able to show is that we are a team doing that consistently and are able to perform at that standard consistently - and that's disappointing. That's really where I hope we could get with this team.
"Other reasons for why we are not there? Of course there are some reasons to
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