West Ham manager David Moyes calls for unity from fans as they look to recover from Watford loss

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David Moyes has pleaded with the West Ham support to get behind the club and called on his players to live up to their reputations after a 2-0 defeat at Watford.

West Ham's travelling fans chanted for the board to be sacked and sang, 'You're not fit to wear the shirt'. Goals from Will Hughes and Richarlison left West Ham rooted in the relegation zone after 12 games of the Premier League season.

Moyes said of the fans' discontent: 'I am thankful they were supportive of me, but we need a united club and I know they have grievances. I said to the players at the end that it's tough to play when the crowd is like that. There were some players with big reputations who disappointed me a little bit.' 

Manager David Moyes has pleaded with the West Ham United support to get behind the club

Goals from Watford's Will Hughes and Richarlison left West Ham rooted in the relegation zone

Andy Carroll was jeered by the away supporters not amused by his recent comments

Andy Carroll was jeered by the away supporters, who were clearly not amused by his comments following the recent thrashing by Liverpool where he criticised them for leaving early. 

Meanwhile, Cheikhou Kouyate and record signing Marko Arnautovic missed gilt-edged opportunities to drag West Ham back into the game.

Moyes said: 'I don't enjoy the performance and I expected us to do better. We tried to stay in the game and give ourselves a chance - and we probably did - but overall it was not good enough.'

Record signing Marko Arnautovic missed grear chances to get West Ham back in the game

Hughes steered in his first goal for Watford in the 11th minute, capitalising after Andre Gray's miscued shot fell kindly for him.

Heurelho Gomes made a stunning double save to deny Arnautovic, and then Kouyate blazed their best opportunity over the crossbar.

The atmosphere in the away end turned toxic after Richarlison's shot crept under Joe Hart, with the fans anger by now directed towards the club's board. 

Moyes said: 'Those supporters know more than me about the history, I told the players it's tough to play in front of a crowd like that but a goal would make the fans feel better.' 

West Ham's fans chanted for the board to be sacked and sang, 'You're not fit to wear the shirt'

West Ham's latest setback took away some of the spotlight from Hornets boss Marco Silva, who is still being heavily linked with the vacancy at Everton.

The Portuguese coach once again gave no assurances about his future when quizzed whether this would be his last game in charge.

'What I can control and what is in my hands is the next training session and we will be back in tomorrow,' he said.

West Ham's setback took away the spotlight from Hornets boss Marco Silva's links to Everton

'I know the speculation and people ask questions of our commitment, but me and my players gave a very good answer about our commitment.

'This type of interest in players and coaches happens but it's not fair to question our commitment. There has been not one change in our work. Every day is the same in our work.

'I'm not going to talk about that situation any more. Tomorrow I will do the next session to prepare for the next match.'