A strong element of truth in what you say.
Would be nice if the club told fans before buying tickets that they aren't treating the competition seriously.
Reference to "Personalities" is just a meaningless catch-all to paper over failure.
No striker ever said "I struggled to score today as the defenders had terrific personalities".
It has the feel of "we could play all day and not score."
If we don't shoot we certainly won't score, and we haven't bothered to take even a speculative strike yet.