Wagner unhappy with Watford performance – but sees ‘the sun’

David Wagner laid into his Huddersfield players for their performance in the 3-0 defeat to Watford.

Huddersfield lost their seventh league game of ten as Watford cruised past them on Saturday.

The Terriers are now bottom of the table, but Wagner believes their recent performances prove they can stay up, with this weekend the exception.

“First of all we have to be honest with ourselves and say today was not good enough,” he said.

“We conceded two goals which are easy to defend if we’re more aggressive and take more responsibility for these challenges.

“We didn’t deserve anything out of this game because defensively we weren’t good enough.

“I will not judge my players on one performance and one game, but I have to be honest – defensively this was not our level.

“If everyone thinks the other guy will do it, this just does not help.

“But what we’ve shown in recent weeks gave me all the confidence which I need. Of course I’m confident because we’ve already played 10 games, a lot of them on a high level, just without collecting the right points.

“The place where the sun shines is only two points away and there’s another 28 games to go.

“We have everything still in our hands, but we have to perform better.”