New Watford head coach Ed Still hopes his players will be heartened by their 2-2 draw with Preston in his first game in charge.
Watford came back from 1-0 down and were denied what would have been their first win in eight games by Preston's equaliser.
Still felt they showed many positives and told BBC Radio Three Counties: "I'm exhausted, but it's not about me, it's about the performance the team have put in there. The first half wasn't so bad, it wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great. It's a shame that we did have that one moment where we switched off. Apart from that, they didn't have much.
"We conceded a goal from a throw-in where we're not quite sharp enough in the box. We need to get better at that quickly and the second goal, there is a transition where we had an overload on the midline and we can manage that better as well.
"So there are things we can improve on and we need to improve on quickly to be able to capitalise on the good stuff.
"I really hope the team has felt and taken a lot of confidence from the second half, the speed and tempo that we put in the game. We put them under a lot of pressure and created enough chances to win.
"In the end, it's a good point, but I'm disappointed for the dressing room that they didn't get more."
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