I don't think we've been a laughing stock at all. For the most part this season people have been very impressed with us and most have noted how unlucky we have been.
The rest of your post is sadly, spot on.
That was painful to watch. So slow in our build up, pedestrian football that is so easy to defend against.
This wasn't our spirited loss where we are creating chances and dominating the game. To be fair I felt that we could and should have done this against a pretty slow and ponderous Arsenal...