agreed, LB is a weak position.
what you have said strikes the chord best though about the errors. we were about 15 minutes from glory today, it should have been bodies on the line!!!! instead it was just people shutting off. thats a problem that BR needs to address asap in order to really start motoring in the right direction.
I think confidence plays a big role in that. I think we just need to beat one big team and then it will happen for us.
One big team as in for example Stoke then, who are in place 10 atm.
We're still waiting for a win even against a mid table team that is!

Wins so far in PL this season: 9
Against:
Fulham (h) 4-0 (league position 13)
Norwich (h) 5-0 (14)
Norwich (a) 2-5 (14)
Qpr (a) 0-3 (20)
Reading (h) 1-0 (17)
Southampton (h) 1-0 (16)
Sunderland (h) 3-0 (12)
West Ham (a) 2-3 (11)
Wigan (h) 3-0 (18)
The best team we have beaten so far is in other words West Ham, currently occupying 11:th place in PL that is! Shocking stats really!
Our 9 draws have come against:
Arsenal (a) 2-2 (league position 6)
Chelsea (a) 1-1 (3)
Everton (a) 2-2 (5)
Man City (h) 2-2 (2)
Man City (a) 2-2 (2)
Newcastle (h) 1-1 15)
Stoke (h) 0-0 (10)
Sunderland (a) 1-1 (12)
Swansea (a) 0-0 (8)
We are playing much better football than we have gained points from though, which is encouraging. But we need to start converting good displays into core points asap!