The Swansea City manager was speaking after his side threw away a one goal lead to lose at Burnley and told the official website "It was a game where again we had good control,
"We could have been 3-0 up at half-time, but we didn't take our chances.
"We scored a great goal through Fabio Borini who I thought was fantastic again. But we seem to have got into the habit of leaving teams off the hook, like we did against Hull in midweek.
"The first goal we conceded was off Ash's head and the second was never a penalty, although I was disappointed with our positioning. We've gone from taking control to losing the game 2-1 and that's very hard to take.
"We shot ourselves in the foot and not to get something out of the game is very disappointing.
"It makes it very difficult.
"It's still possible, but each game you don't win at this stage can kill off your chances.
"My first job was always to try and consolidate our place in the Championship, so to be in there fighting for a place in the play-offs is a fantastic achievement.
"If that's where we finish, then that's where we deserve to finish, and there will be nothing but praise from me for the players.
"But because we've been up and around the top two for so long this season, all the focus has been on an automatic place.
"If we pick up maximum points from the last four games then there's still a possibility, but our only focus at the moment is on next Saturday's game at Portsmouth where we need to show all our quality and character.
"We will be motivated and ready.''
