Gerard Houllier has struggled since taking charge of Villa in September and the club currently sit 15th in the Premier League after taking only six points in their last six matches. To make matters worse, Villa were sent crashing out of the Carling Cup in midweek by Second City derby rivals Birmingham. Houllier takes his team to his former club Liverpool on Monday and, ahead of the trip to Anfield, Dunne knows that Villa must stop claiming misfortune. The defender said in the Daily Mirror: "We have dropped off in the league and gone out in the cup to our local rivals so for us it has been a very disappointing season so far. "Everyone is really low and disappointed. Hopefully this is the lowest point of our season and from here we can turn it around. "Things have to change because we can't just keep saying we're unlucky. Everything that can go wrong seems to be going wrong. Even in training, people are getting injured or turning up sick. "We're not getting the rub of the green at the moment. We're playing quite well and not getting the result. "But we have to go out and put in performances on the pitch. Whether we are lucky or not, we have to win games. "The position that we are in looks bad and we're close to the relegation zone but we're only six points off the top six so the season is still wide open for us but we can't keep waiting for it. "We believe we can be in the top six or seven but it's alright believing we've got to start doing it. "In the meantime, we just have to knuckle down."
