'I have trust and faith in the players we have'

Tom Cleverley's Watford are 12th in the Championship table

Watford supporters should not judge the transfer window as a failure because they did not sign a forward, according to boss Tom Cleverley.

The Hornets missed out on the deadline day signing of Fulham winger Martial Godo but strengthened their defensive set-up.

"I think the one that tipped the balance into what other people thought was the Godo deal not materialising and it was a bit disappointing on the final day not being able to get that one over the line," Cleverley told BBC Three Counties Radio.

"We're a team that's scored in 80 or 90 per cent of the games we've played this season but not kept enough clean sheets, so we brought in [defender] Caleb Wiley, and James Abankwah looks a very capable centre-half, and the goalkeeper [Egil] Selvik will also stengthen us."

Forward Kwadwo Baah is out for a number of weeks with a thigh injury, leaving Cleverley short of options up front with Vakoun Bayo suspended for three games after being sent-off against Norwich.

"We have back-up targets, but are they going to strengthen us and I thought no, I have a lot of trust and faith in the players we have. You can say numbers are thin at the minute but it's fairly unprecedented.

"I will never judge a window in numbers and I think that's a mistake everyone can make, but when you're strengthening the less sexy part of the pitch it doesn't get supporters [excited] - but I'm probably more happy than you think with the window."

Watford visit Sunderland in the Championship on Saturday looking to avoid a fourth successive league defeat.