Watford manager Chris Wilder was raging and launched an attack on his own players and club this week.

After his team lost against Cardiff on Wednesday night by a 3-1 scoreline, Wilder was furious at how his team were performing.

Watford were 1-0 up in the game, but a three minute spell saw Cardiff win 3-1 instead.

He started out by saying: “When we went 1-0 up, you might have seen I got a message on to Hamza (Choudhury) and said: 'Nobody changes the script, just do what we're doing, keep doing it, keep moving the ball, keep opening them up and finding the spaces'.

“It could have been a good night for us. The atmosphere before was great. I think people enjoyed the start we made. And then all of a sudden, it just went off plan."

He then added: “We allowed the opposition to get back into the game, they sniffed we were weak mentally and physically, and scored three.

“All of a sudden everybody wants to flick it and do their own thing. People are playing out of position, hitting cross-field balls... you lose your rhythm quickly.

“Basically, you say to the opposition: 'There you go, there's an opportunity to get back into the game'. And they took it. We gave a daft free kick away and we can't defend set pieces.'"

“Players haven't got the courage to dig each other out, they've not got the courage to say: 'Get off my toes and go and play in your position', and that's basically because they're individuals," Wilder added.

“It's quite difficult to analyze 20-odd players. Some might just be not bothered and underneath their breath saying: I'm not bothered, there's no consequence for me as a player.

“Some might care, they might take it on board. Some might not even know who I am. But I know who I am. I know what principles I've got and I know what I've achieved through being a team player and a team man.

“I'll keep being that team man. I'll sacrifice everything to be involved in the team.

“I don't think anybody will be able to get a tune out of this firm if they go individual."