If we had Eze, we win that game.
Still a solid performance against a team at the other end of the table without our key goal scoring weapon. I don't think it's a case of accepting mediocrity but if you break down how they played for most of the game we should be happy.
On a different day/ref we may have been awarded that Pen and think Eze would have scored from the chance Piper had. There's enough there to build on for a coach one week in the job.