West Ham boss David Moyes feels Watford are now a tougher proposition under Roy Hodgson.
Hodgson, 74, recently replaced Claudio Ranieri at Vicarage Road, with Watford currently one place and one point from safety.
"To have any level of success you have to have a huge love of the game and Roy has once again shown he has got that," Moyes said.
"If anyone can keep Watford up, Roy would be the name I would pick. Big Sam would be another one."
Moyes added: "It is strange but not strange that Roy is back in football because he is a brilliant football man, with his age I don't know if I can do that because he seems like he is going on forever.
"But he has a great passion and love of the game and a drive to stay on the training pitch. If anyone is good at it he is, he is very good with his organisation, his coaching and planning. So I think he gives Watford a very good chance of staying up."
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