Koln

Cologne striker Lukas Podolski has held up his hand to admit he has failed to deliver on the expectations at the start of the season. "We have all got to question ourselves, me included," he said. "We have a week and we have got to try and get our self-confidence back by discussing things." Podolski arrived in the summer from Bayern Munich for a club record fee of 10 million euros, but he has yet to live up the high expectations placed on the homecoming striker's shoulders by an expectant fan base. "I can understand the fans' disappointment," said Podolski."We were weak and deserved to lost. We showed absolutely nothing. You could see that our opponents mastered us and we did not play as a team. You cannot win games like that."