Watford boss Chris Wilder takes small positive from Stoke victory

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Chris Wilder admitted that Watfords 2-0 win over Stoke was only a small crumb of comfort after his immensely disappointing season.The Hornets bo s, who was sacked by Middlesbrough last October, refused to discu s his future at Vicarage Road, with the rumour mill rife that he is about to be replaced.Imran Louza and Keinan Davis scored second-half goals to ensure Wilders side at least ended the campaign with a top-half finish.Louzas brilliant 20-yard curler broke Stokes resistance after 70 minutes and Villa loanee Davis deflected shot beat Matija Sarkic four minutes later.Wilder said: The me sage to the players was that there is always something to play for. Theres always somebody watching, theres always that pride in pulling that shirt on, whether as an individual or as a team.From my point of view it could have been a really disappointing afternoon. The atmosphere might have turned one way but it didnt because weve got a result.The supporters want to see a winning team and theyve seen a winning team today, even all three results could have happened.We had some good moments first half and they had some good moments first half. But in the second half we get the goals in Yu Darvish Jersey quick succe sion and then its a comfortable afternoon.To get a small consolation out of a deeply disappointing season is a small positive. But it was disappointing when were walking around (on the lap of appreciation) because this shouldnt have been the end of the season. But it is and theres a reason behind that.Its been a strange old season, personally. Its been quite tough. Ive had a relatively succe sful career as a manager in terms of being involved in winning sides and building teams and personal accolades as well.Youve got to take the rough with the Eric Hosmer Jersey smooth. Im a better manager for all these experiences, I havent gone off the boil.Im just concentrating on this win today, anything else going forwards will be a conversation, Ive not sat down with anybody, I dont want to go into gut feelings.Stoke bo s Alex Neil looked relieved to wrap up a poor campaign from the Potters, especially as his former club Sunderland, who he left last August, clinched a play-off spot.Neil said: My verdict is that game pretty much sums up our season.I dont think it was a poor performance. I thought in the first half we were really good at times, we created some really good chances. But, ultimately, if you dont stick the ball in the net and then you cant defend in moments, because that was all Watford had in the second half, moments.Their first goal was quite a good goal. Their boy cuts in and puts it in the far corner. Their second goal was just a one-v-one situation where we just dont deal with it and the ball ends up in the back of our net.But we had three or four similar opportunities and we dont manage to convert any of them. Thats basically the tale of our season for me. This season, at both ends of the pitch, we havent been good enough.Today wasnt ever going to change anything. Whats been needed has been needed for a number of weeks.I feel as if Im doing the Trey Wingenter Jersey same pre s conference week after week. Its going to be a big summer for the club.Ive got meetings (with the players) over the next week. Loan players were not in control of because ultimately theyre not our player.Well need to see what happens over the summer, but the difficulty is that weve got urgency, but that urgency needs to be shared by the opposite club. So its going to be difficult to get anything done.
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