Ipswich Town defender Christophe Berra has said that the side "have to get used to losing" as they look to get their season back on track.
The Tractor Boys are currently 17th in the Championship after a run of two wins in their last 10 league games, piling pressure on manager Mick McCarthy.
"There are ups and downs in football and we're Ipswich Town, we're not world beaters, and we've got to realise that. We've got to be operating at 90, 95, 100% to get results. It's the same for all the other teams in this league, apart from obviously Newcastle," Berra told the Ipswich Star. "Let's be honest, we're not Real Madrid or a Bayern Munich. Unless you are one of the top teams, who have good times 95% of the time, you have to get used to losing now and again. There are going to be goals conceded sometimes and we can't let it affect us that much. We need to bounce back.
"Obviously no-one likes getting beaten, but sometimes you have to take it on the chin. You learn more in defeat than you do in victory. We've had it good in the past two or three seasons, but maybe we are in a wee sticky spell just now and we need to get through that. Most games we play in are fine margins decided by a goal here or there.
"The Championship is so difficult. If you compare our squad to other squads you couldn't say, for example, that we are outstandingly better than Forest or QPR. There is not much between us. This season it's just not happening for us at the moment, but we're not losing confidence and are going to every game thinking we can win it."
Town welcome Ian Holloway's Queens Park Rangers to Portman Road in their next league game tomorrow.
