The visitors were the better side but gritty Hull City earned a valuable point in their promotion quest
Watford caretaker boss Charlie Daniels at the MKM Stadium(Image: Pro Sports Images)
Caretaker boss Charlie Daniels praised Watford’s players for the way they earned a point and pushed for more in the goalless draw at promotion-chasing Hull City just days after Javi Gracia’s abrupt exit.
The Spaniard ended his second spell in the Vicarage Road hotseat on Sunday, having called for talks with owner Gino Pozzo the previous day after overseeing a 2-0 home defeat to Swansea City, their fifth game in all competitions without a win.
Under-21s lead coach Daniels was parachuted in following Gracia’s exit, joined by Adrian Mariappa and Dan Gosling, and two days later oversaw an impressive performance at the MKM Stadium against a City side who had won their last four games.
“It was a really good performance,” the interim boss said. “I thought the lads understood what we asked of them tactically. The energy they played with and the quality they showed and they possess, I thought it came through tonight. For me, the only thing missing from that performance was a goal.
“From one training session, the response has been really pleasing. They’ve taken on board what we’ve said and what we’ve asked of them and they’ve implemented it. It showed in our performance.”
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Daniels expects to still be in charge when Watford travel to Southampton on Saturday lunchtime as a whirlwind week continues.
“Luckily on Sunday we were in prepping for our Under-21s game today against QPR,” he said. “We were actually on the pitch at the time when we got called in. We went up to see (chairman and chief executive) Scott Duxbury and he informed us that obviously Javi was leaving and we were going to take charge. I don’t really know too much more than that. We say control the controllable.”
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