Valérien Ismaël spoke to the media after Watford lost 1-0 at home to Cardiff City in the Sky Bet Championship.
Read what the Head Coach had to say below after defeat at Vicarage Road:
On the result:
It is a big frustration for us, tonight. I think that the first half was more the lack of a spark, and we were too slow in our decision making.
We wanted to play too safe and not absorb the pressure, nonetheless we still had some chances to score, but the opponent scored with the first shot on target.
This is the game, we know that we can come back, we have got the mentality, so it was not the main problem. The main problem was to play with more energy in the second half and we made it.
On the triple substitution:
We put on more energy, and more belief in ourself, and to lift the crowd, but as I said tonight we are really disappointed.
We stepped up after the substitutes, dominated the ball more, but into the final third we need to be obsessed with scoring goals.
It is more the frustration that we lost the game, and that we are not winning at home against an opponent that we should beat. They shot only once on target and then got the three points, and the frustration in football sometimes is you have to accept that, but this one is tough to take.
On a missed opportunity:
Today was a big chance for us, a home game like that against an opponent you dominate, you have to step up with your level and make sure you are able to win the game.
This is the frustration we have got after the game. It is a home game with a big chance, we had the fans behind us and we didn’t get the win for our fans and for us.
On mindset:
If you want to create a winning mentality you have to be obsessed to put the ball behind the line and I think maybe in some situations we are too soft. We need to shift that mindset, we have to become more angry, have more desire, be more nasty, and make sure we show the right mentality to win.
On Tuesday's FA Cup replay at Southampton:
It is another game. We know that, we know the schedule, we know that it will be another tough away game but I think tonight we need to calm down and reflect on the game because it is a big frustration for us.
