Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl vowed his team “will fight for everything” to stay in the Championship after their winless run reached three matches with a 0-0 home draw with Watford.
Rohl felt his team deserved to win a game which saw both teams hit the woodwork in the first period and Di’Shon Bernard denied a second-half opener by the impressive Watford goalkeeper Ben Hamer.
The Owls had 19 shots throughout the contest but failed to score against a Watford side who picked up their first clean sheet since November.
Rohl insists his team’s display was not one of a team five points adrift in the relegation zone.
He told a press conference: “We did well as a team but I believe if we do this in the next 17 games we will achieve our goals because this performance is not a performance from a relegation side.
“Of course we need some luck to win some games and the decisions today were not easy to take, but this is football.
“When I arrived the club had no belief, the club in trouble, no positive energy… whereas now my team goes into every game with the conviction we can take something.
“Everyone should be proud of what we have done since I arrived here. As long as I am the manager we will fight for everything.”
The Owls travel to fellow relegation battlers Huddersfield at the weekend and would move within two points of their Yorkshire rivals with victory.
Rohl admits it is an important match but does not think it will decide their fate.
“It’s a big game and we have to be ready for the fight,” he added.
“I also believe this game will not decide whether we stay in the league or not. It’s just another game with three points up for grabs. There is a lot in the game but after we have 16 games to go.”
Watford boss Valerien Ismael blamed the poor conditions as his side missed an opportunity to go within a point of the play-offs and drew for the fourth time in five league outings.
He said: “We will take the point, the pitch was awful and difficult to play football.
“We knew that before and prepared the guys but it was really bad. That’s why it was difficult for us to control the ball as usual and struggled a bit more than usual.
“Nonetheless we had some great chances in the first half to score but we were disciplined, calm and focused on our game.
“It was a tough away game but we finally have a clean sheet after two months and 15 games, but we take what we can get at the minute.”
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