Tom Cleverley holds nothing back in explosive Watford rant ahead of Leeds United trip.
Watford have lost four of their five away matches this season.
Tom Cleverley will hold an inquest with his Watford coaching staff as they seek to cure their travel sickness ahead of the trip to Elland Road.
The Hornets visit Leeds United on Tuesday, having lost four of their five matches away from Vicarage Road this season. They were brushed aside 3-0 by arch rivals Luton Town today.
Watford supporters were quick to let their players know what they felt about the performance, with Jordan Clark, Carlton Morris and Jacob Brown netting in a routine Luton win.
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“It doesn’t take a genius to see that it was a very disappointing performance,” said Watford boss Cleverley. “You know what you’re going to get when you come here and that is good channel balls and strong channel runs, competing, winning set-pieces, balls coming in your box.
“We didn’t stand up to that challenge well enough to start and then our own identity, which is to get on the ball, playing through the lines, getting the ball wide and into the box, we just didn’t commit to. So when you fall short in both areas, it resulted in a really poor afternoon for us.
“There’ll be an inquest into what we can do as a coaching staff to make the players realise, but for me it’s an away form thing and it’s something we really have to address. We are flat away from home, we’re not committing to trying to play football and we’re just not standing up to the battles well enough either.
“So that will result in some shaky performances and it’s absolutely my responsibility to make sure the team looks like it has an identity away from home and can start picking up results.”
