AFTER what he described as a 'dream debut' www.watfordfc.com caught up with the Hornets' latest signing, defender Martin Taylor.

The former Birmingham City man explained that manager Malky Mackay had been a big part of his decision to make the move down south.

He said: "I spoke to Malky and I was really impressed by him" said Taylor. "Watford have got a great tradition and I spoke to a lot of people who have played here and know the club and they said that Watford are a good young side and there's a lot of positives there.

"I wasn't really playing at Birmingham and it was time to move on to a new adventure and after speaking to the manager I thought it was a great opportunity for me."

Taylor couldn't have wished for a better start to his Watford career with a clean sheet and a 3-0 home win against tough opposition.

He said: "It was a dream debut in the fact that we won 3-0 and I thought the lads were brilliant.

"We were really high tempo just like the manager had asked us to be and I'm just really pleased as a defender to keep a clean sheet as well.

"I thought the rest of the lads in the back four and the goalkeeper were great.

"I aim to achieve as much as possible here, obviously the way we played against Sheffield United- if we could play like that in every game then we'd be top of the league!

Taylor: "There's a lot of ability here and I hope to add something to the team"

"But hopefully we can get up there and thereabouts and show how good we are as a team.

"I was disappointed when the game against Swansea was called off on Saturday - I had got myself ready to play.

"In the long run, it was probably better to have a couple of training sessions with the lads in preparation.

"But I just had to wait a couple more days until Tuesday's match with Sheffield United so it wasn't too long."

The Northumberland-born centre back comes into a young squad at Watford and he went on to praise his new team mates' ability and drive during his post-match chat.

"They are all great and play at a high tempo, there's a lot of ability here and I hope to add something to the team.

"Jay DeMerit's got a lot of experience at the back and it's important that you have that experience in a group of young lads.

"If we can keep up performances like the one against United for the next few games we can really start pushing and that's when you do need that consistency that Malky mentions.

"If you work as a team you can achieve that consistency and we showed great ability and passion in the win at game at Vicarage Road, which was great."

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