Maybe, just maybe, our perceived lacklustre performances against 'lesser' opposition is simply the players instinctively (or otherwise) playing in a lower gear to prevent burn-out, injuries, etc, in preparation for a hell-for-leather push for promotion in the last quarter of the season?
Maybe this is what we're starting to witness the beginning of with Bournemouth - i.e. They could be starting to run out of steam.
Time will tell.