New West Ham boss David Moyes has thrown down the gauntlet to his players ahead of their clash with Watford.

Moyes took charke of West Ham last week after the dismissal of Slaven Bilic.

He insists his new squad have asked him for more work, but says it is now down to them to make it pay off.

"I certainly wouldn't be one who would ever be critical of anyone before," Moyes said of what had gone wrong earlier in the season.

“The players have told me what they think, so we'll give them what they think they need to get better, we'll put it on [in training] and I've got to say they've got to be the ones that take a lot of the responsibility for what they're actions are now.

“They can't always be saying 'The manager doesn't do this, or the manager doesn't do that.' So, come on let's see what you can do yourself."

Moyes is convinced there's a good leadership culture inside the squad he's inherited.

He added: “I actually think there's quite a lot, you'll have heard that they've already come in [under Bilic] and locked the dressing room and said 'we better sort this out amongst ourselves'.

“So, I tell you what I don't know any manager who wouldn't want players like that you want players who take responsibility, you want players who are going to dig each other out, players who are going to communicate.

“I've got to say I've seen that here and because of that it gives me a big hope because you need the players to take ownership of what they're doing and their own personal performances."