The Hornets lost 2-0 at Oxford United, prompting an outpouring of anger and frustration from the travelling contingent, whose side haven’t won on the road in April or May since 2021.
Two consecutive away losses to QPR and now at the Kassam Stadium have contributed to the fact that another campaign is fizzling away with a few matches left to play, a cycle Still called “terrible” post-match.
He revealed his players knew they had not been good enough and had to take their medicine.
Still told BBC Three Counties Radio: “You have to accept it.
“There’s nobody who’s reacted in any kind of way. That [the performance] isn’t good enough and we haven’t done the basics well enough to be able to say anything after the game.
“The dressing room is extremely disappointed and we’re just going to put our head down, not speak, and move on to Sheffield United next weekend.”
Moving on does not mean this defeat will be brushed under the carpet by Still, though.
He added: “There’s always reflection, otherwise you’re not honest.
“There needs to be reflection, analysis, and again to make things even more crystal clear than what they have been.
“You’ve got to grow and learn from that.
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“OK, there are a lot of young players, but it isn’t just a team of young players.
“It’s everybody who’s got to step up, take responsibility for it, not point fingers and start saying, ‘It’s his fault, it’s his fault’. It’s everybody.
“Everybody inside the building, all of us, have got to come even more together and push harder and buck the trend that’s been happening over the past seasons and now over the past weeks.”
One positive was the reintroduction of Othmane Maamma off the bench, the winger providing some moments of quality in the latter stages of the defeat.
Still said: “You see the difference.
“Straight away, the difference of having [James] Abankwah back in the team, having Maamma coming on the field.
“They’re quality players and they’ve been missed in the past weeks.”