Barnsley 1 Watford 5: Reds players let Oakwell fans down, blasts Flitcroft

Flitcroft watched Hornets wing-back Ikechi Anya run more than half the length of the field to score the pick of the goals after strikes from Troy Deeney, Marco Faraoni, Fernando Forestieri and Sean Murray put the visitors on course for victory at Oakwell.

Tykes striker Jason Scotland cancelled out Deeney’s opener to briefly put the hosts level.

“We’ve been below our standards and against a Watford team you can’t even get away with 10 per cent off,” said Flitcroft.

“But today some players were 30, 40 per cent off the standards they’ve set. They’ve let the group down; they’ve certainly let the fans down, definitely.

“I want to design a football team that wins games. It’s something I’m obsessed with and, at the minute, we’re not doing that.

“There’s surgery needed and we’re going to make that surgery and see where that takes us.”

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