Watford manager  Quique Sanchez Flores may be living in a fool’s paradise or talking a good game but says he is confident of beating us this weekend.

Speaking in his presser he said:“We respect the opponents a lot, and in this case it’s West Ham. We have to work very hard to get the result.

“We respect the coach Slaven Bilic and we respect the players too, but we are confident we can reach our objective. We are really comfortable playing at home, I like playing at Vicarage Road.

“Sometimes the results haven’t been so good, but we need to remain confident. And I love to play with our fantastic fans close with us. After promotion it’s important that we started well.

“We are happy with our first quarter [of the season]. We are happy and know we can improve. But there is respect from a lot of teams coming to Vicarage Road. It will be a tough game as they [West Ham] have done very well, but we will fight until the last moment.”