Nigel Pearson has told his Watford players their mentality will be the key to Premier League survival. Watford boss Pearson and his coaching staff told the first team squad they must treat the run-in as a “nine-game tournament” as they battle to beat the drop.
Pearson has the know-how after guiding Leicester to the great escape in 2015 and that is certain to give Watford the belief within the players they can stay up.
They took a point from their first game against Leicester and now have eight games left. Watford No2 Craig Shakespeare, Pearson’s trusted lieutenant, said: “We spoke to the players when they came back and, for me, mentality is right up there. “We have spoken to them about a nine-game tournament and it felt like that after
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