Walter Mazzarri is confident next season will see the best of his Watford squad as the Italian faces up to yet another injury crisis ahead of Saturday's trip to second-placed Tottenham.
The Hornets are set to be without former Spurs centre-back Younes Kaboul and Swiss defender Sebastian Prodl, while Miguel Britos is suspended.
It is a situation Mazzarri has needed to deal with regularly in his first campaign at the helm since replacing Quique Sanchez Flores.
Despite continued selection issues, the former Sampdoria, Napoli and Inter Milan boss has been able to oversee a recent improvement in form with back-to-back wins which ended a run of three defeats from the previous four matches.