‘It’s a disappointment’ – Jed Wallace delivers verdict on Millwall’s current predicament

Starting the season on a very poor note, winning just one of their open nine league games, the Lions were able to get themselves back on track but like a lot of other teams in the Championship, they have been unable to be consistent enough.

This inconsistency and their three consecutive losses at the start of 2022 has consigned them to 14th position at this stage, a position they will be very disappointed with at this stage having achieved an 11th-place finish last term.

The main reason for this underwhelming position has to be put down to their lack of attacking firepower, scoring just 29 times in 28 league games and with that, giving themselves little chance of maximising their points return and firing themselves into the promotion mix.

Their defence, on the other hand, has conceded the same number of goals they have scored and that’s a record the likes of Shaun Hutchinson and Jake Cooper will be proud of as the side with the best defensive record in the lower half of the table.

In fact, they have one of the better defences in the Championship overall, conceding less than Blackburn Rovers, Queens Park Rangers and Huddersfield Town who are all in the top six at this stage.

Nonetheless, Wallace has been disappointed with his side’s record going back, saying (4:47): “We’ve never been a free-flowing team, we’re not the sort of team that’s going to win 4-0, that’s not what we’re about.

“What has let us down this season is defensively, as a group, we’ve not defended as well as we’d like.

“And my overriding emotion is frustration – because at the moment – I certainly believe we have a lot more at the football club than where we are in the league.

“When I look around training today, the talent we that we’ve got in the group –