Neil Harris gave his reaction to his side’s 1-0 defeat at Cardiff City on Tuesday night.
The Lions were beaten 1-0 in the Welsh capital thanks to Perry Ng’s winner – a free header from a corner in the first half.
Harris admitted his disappointment at the “soft goal” his side conceded.
“That’s my gripe with my team. Miscontrolling the ball and giving it away—that can happen, but don’t be soft and concede a poor goal. That’s something we simply can’t allow.”
“I felt we massively helped Cardiff City tonight. That’s our worst league performance this season, without a doubt. It was a poor performance.”
“We haven’t got the points total that we deserve. The stats show we should be much higher up the league table and have more points. The fact is we haven’t. But the stats don’t lie that Cardiff have been the lowest-scoring team and the worst-performing team in the division.
“Individually and collectively we were a poor Millwall side today. I said to the guys: ‘If you aren’t going to be at your best or fluid enough in our play, then you can’t give poor goals away’. Ultimately a Neil Harris team and a Millwall team can’t get suckerpunched on set-plays.”
“I’m disappointed in the performance, and I think it’s the right word to use—disappointed—because the lads have been so good,” Harris said. “We haven’t got a thick squad, we haven’t got loads, we can’t make wholesale changes. We have lots of young players in the group that need time to develop, so I have asked a lot of the group so far. Today is the first time we have not hit the levels.”