Not in my personal opinion no.....for me eking out is making the most of scant resources....
.our number of players is hardly scant , our attacking options are hardly scant....our defensive resources more problematic but eking out scant defensive resources would involve some strategy to get the better out of them than conceding more than 2 a game
it is only semantics but eking out results for me is more reflective of the 1-0s and the 0-0s of Feb and March this year than the roller coaster of this October and November