A fuming Aidy Boothroyd said he didn’t “particularly want to pick” his players up after watching them lead Blackpool three times yet incredibly lose 4-3 at Vicarage Road this afternoon.

“Again great entertainment for you fellas [the press] I would imagine, and the neutral, but you score three goals at home you win the game – you score three goals anywhere you win the game.

Asked what he said to the players after the loss, the Watford boss responded: “That’s private and what I say tomorrow morning when we’re in will be private as well.

“The bottom line obviously is our attacking play is terrific and we’re scoring goals and we’re making lots of goals and the two front players were wonderful today.

"But we’re making silly individual errors and you can work as much as you want on the training pitch, but these are the same players that have got promotions at other clubs and at this club. At this moment in time, for whatever reason, there’s some absolute howlers taking place.”