Still adamant he is the man to lead significant change after another defeat

Ed Still is "100%" convinced he is the man to lead Watford forward but admits lots must change at the club after yet another lifeless defeat at Vicarage Road.

Sheffield United were 2-0 winners in WD18 on an afternoon when the Hornets were competitive for parts but offered nothing once they had fallen behind.

Several of those who remained at Vicarage Road booed the team off on full-time, after Still had pulled them into a huddle in the middle of the pitch.

The result means Still's side are five matches without a win and into the bottom half as another campaign ends in terrible style – but the 35-year-old is determined to be the man to lead what he accepts must be significant changes.

Asked if he is the man to lead Watford forwards, he said: "I'm convinced I can, 100%.

"I think you [the media] have felt in the small amount of time you've spent with me - and we've had conversations, and discussed things - the energy and passion I've got for it. The conviction I have.

"There's no doubt about how I feel about being here. There are a lot of things to take into account, take into consideration, and to understand moving forwards.

"I've never been concerned about my job. It is what it is, we know what we enter into, and I know I signed a two-and-a-half-year contract.

"I also know how many head coaches and managers have sat in this seat and how many different ones there have been.

"I'm very calm and factual about it. I'm not someone who gives up – I'm a fighter, I'm a winner, and it's just about working out how to make the next step forwards."

Still has always been reluctant to call out the character of his team and said post-match he "wanted to keep a cool head" rather than go into specifics on the significant challenges he faces.

He said: "There are a lot of things, to be honest. I'm not going to make a big story of it now but it is a lot of things, that second half performance does not just happen out of nowhere.

"I want to keep a cool head and stay calm."

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Later in his post-match press conference, though, Still revealed that even this week there had been discipline issues at the training ground that saw players prevented from training.

He said: "There are a lot of us, the whole staff, who need to think hard.

"We changed a lot this week, loads of habits that the players had. What time they come to the club – they all came in individually and now it's all together.

"Being late is no longer a fine, it's they don't train. We've had several players late this week – you're late, you don't train anymore. It's as simple as that.

"It's a whole load of things and we're just going to keep on pushing in that direction and moving forward.

"As I said, it's a whole load of reasons. It's not one thing – it's super complex and there are so many factors that come into it.

"How many loan players we've got, how many players are out of contract, small disciplinary issues, the work culture, there are so many things that ultimately lead up to this."

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Still kept his team in a huddle on the pitch at full-time, explaining that he wanted everybody involved to take accountability.

He said: "When you lose, you lose together.

"I'm not going to throw anybody under the bus and criticise or point my finger at anybody.

"Everybody's made mistakes in the defeat and it's important in moments like this that everybody gets together, not everybody goes and does their own little thing in the corner.

"You stay together and you walk around and you go in together. We need to come in and react collectively from this."