Watford's Marco Silva urges players to 'keep their feet on the floor'
Thursday 19 October 2017 16:13, UK
Watford boss Marco Silva has urged his players to "keep their feet on the floor" after a fantastic start to the season, but admits he is proud of the "ambition" they have shown.
After eight games Watford find themselves in a Champions League spot, having only lost to league leaders Manchester City and they are already being spoken about as this season's surprise contenders for a European spot.
But Silva was keen to remind his players not to get carried away as it is "too early" in the season to start thinking about competing for a place in the top four.
"It's too early, I want everyone at the club to keep their feet on the floor and to work hard every day to prepare the next match because in football everything changes too fast," Silva told reporters.
"I want everyone to be calm. I think it is fair we are having these conversations because we did really well in our opening eight games.
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"You need to keep going, to work hard and to think of each game like it's our most important."
Watford's dramatic 2-1 victory over Arsenal was their most impressive result of the season so far and Silva was full of praise for the ambition his side demonstrated after equalising against Arsene Wenger's side.
"I feel pride when I see the way they worked in the last match. I saw the ambitions we had in that moment, when we scored the 1-1 against a big team like Arsenal.
"We didn't go back, we continued with our work and tried to achieve a better result for us."
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Watford travel to Stamford Bridge on Saturday lunchtime to play Chelsea, live on Sky Sports, and Silva insists that although his side are two points ahead of last season's champions, the home team remain favourites.
When asked which side is the favourite, he said: "You know the answer, no? I think you know the answer - the favourites are Chelsea of course.
"In football the last results are really important but Chelsea have players who can decide a result in one minute.
