Defender William Troost-Ekong has tasked his Watford teammates to find a way of holding onto leads during games, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
Troost-Ekong, who started his first league game of the season in Saturdayโs 2-2 draw with Sunderland at Vicarage Road, rued the dropped points from the game.
โWe were better Saturday and need to find ways of killing such games,โ he told Watford Observer.
โI havenโt seen the goals back. There was a discussion over whether their first was over the line but the referee has a watch, so we need to trust that. Thatโs part and parcel of the Championship without VAR.hem. Those are crucial moments. If we went in 1-0 up we could be a bit more confident.
โWe managed to get ahead again and we need to find a way to hold on.โ
It was certainly a marked improvement in the team performance at Blackburn.
โYou canโt guarantee wins but we gave everything. We need to find a way to be a bit cleverer. We looked much better. We dominated spells and tried to play football.โ
Despite only getting his first league start on Saturday, Troost-Ekong had nothing but praises for head coach Rob Edwards.
โHeโs been very good,โ he added.
โHe came in to change the narrative from last season and despite the results, he has done that. All the boys back him 100 per cent. Weโve been going through a difficult spell of not getting the wins we would like to but we are all responsible for that.
โHe tries to fill us with confidence and give us the licence to play. My season has only really started now. This is what I want to focus on. There was some unrest in the transfer window but Iโm here now, Iโm a Watford player and I will continue to do that.โ