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Alan Sheehan's Swansea have won four of their 14 league games so far this season
Alan Sheehan insists he will "find a solution" to his side's attacking failings after defeat at Preston North End on Wednesday left Swansea City with only one win in six Championship matches.
Swansea were beaten 2-1 by the high-flying Lilywhites despite having 18 efforts on goal compared to Preston's four.
The lack of a cutting edge has been the theme of Swansea's season, with Sheehan feeling points went begging at Preston just as they had done in last weekend's draw at Charlton Athletic.
"[It is] the same message as the other day. When we get into those areas, we need to be a bit more clinical, a bit more calm," the Swansea head coach said.
"That's the difference between one point and six [this week]. We have been in every single game this year - a lot of our draws have felt like losses.
"It's disappointing. But I will find a solution and we will get there, I have got no doubts about that."
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Adam Idah was one of a number of Swansea players who had chances on a frustrating night at Preston
Swansea fell behind to a stunning Thierry Small goal at Preston before controlling long spells of the game.
Having wasted chances to equalise before half-time, Swansea conceded a second goal on the counter-attack early in the second period before substitute Eom Jisung's goal gave Sheehan's team hope 10 minutes from time.
But for all their endeavour, Swansea lacked the quality to find a leveller and suffered a third defeat in their past six league games.
As a result, they are six points adrift of the play-off places in 17th going into Saturday's home fixture against Ipswich Town, their final outing before the last international break of 2025.
"I think it's been a tough block [since the October international break]," Sheehan added.
"We didn't play well against Southampton. We had 10 men for an hour against QPR. We beat Norwich and then in the last two games, we have gone away to top-10 teams at the moment and come away with one point.
"We should be coming away with a lot more than that, I think if everybody's being fair. I am very frustrated."
Swansea were boosted by the return of Zan Vipotnik at Preston, with the striker featuring as a second-half substitute, but Marko Stamenic and Zeidane Inoussa were not involved at Deepdale.
