Watford head coach Ed Still admitted the end of the season was 'needed' by his team after they lost 4-0 at home to champions Coventry in their final game.
It extended the Hornets' losing run to five matches and increased the speculation about the Belgian's future at Vicarage Road.
"Our job is to put a team together, create a balance and make sure you're creating more – and better – opportunities than the opponent, and not giving away much (at the back)," he told BBC Three Counties Radio.
"We had more than enough chances to come level (at 1-1) and we don't do it, and the phase we've been in for the last few weeks, we know oppositions are going to put balls in the top corner from 30 yards – that's when you feel just how fragile the whole team is at the moment."
He added: "The end of season is needed and there is plenty of time to reset, reshape and start again afresh from the summer.
"We have young defenders, lack of Championship experience, lack of focus and you get punished. For the third (goal), we were eight against four, or six against three, a massive overload.
"You can't be as soft as that in the box, you'll get punished for it, especially against teams on such a high."
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