With an FA Cup tie against AFC Fylde next up for Millwall this weekend, both manager Neil Harris and striker Steve Morison have been in front of the media talking about their hopes that Millwall can continue our current run of form and improve our season even further.
With the Bradford draw making it six unbeaten with four wins, Harris told the official site that he was determined the club would continue to make improvements and he was delighted to see the positivity around the club at the minute.
‘What I think is clear for everyone to see is that we are looking more and more like a Millwall team. Four straight clean sheets at home bodes well, especially when you compare it to the way we started the season at The Den. We are learning and enjoying it, but it will continue to be about the attitude, desire and commitment of the players. We have a group who are all desperate to play for this club and wear the shirt with pride.’
Harris went on to say that he felt the supporters were really now ‘identifying’ with the effort of the team and the way we are playing at the moment.
‘We were great against Rochdale and Swindon, as well as in spells of the Doncaster game, but we are not in a position where we can be great for 90 minutes. That is where we want to get to. In spells of positive play, though, I think the fans can see the growth in the team and the passion and aggressiveness on offer, which is helping many to enjoy watching again. That is a big thing, particularly for me, because it was an aim of mine to get that balance. What we have to strive to continue is when our loyal fans are turning up that they are doing so with excitement to watch their team. We want everyone to turn up in a positive frame of mind with a winning mentality, which is so important because we maybe haven’t had that for a sustained period of time, especially at The Den.’
Harris admits that although it’s been a good start and a good turn in form of late, improvements like that – especially consistently – don’t happen overnight so nobody it getting carried away and everybody is focused on the next challenge at hand.
‘We do not want to take any steps back. We have to keep moving forward.’
As for Morison, he was equally upbeat and determined that our current run of form would continue – but he did warm that there could be no complacency against Dave Challinor’s boys because they are on a good run of form themselves.
Fylde head into the game with a Vanarama National League North run of ten victories in 13 matches and they will be after our League One scalp.
‘I know what it is like. I was at Bishop Stortford for a while earlier in my career. They will come here on Saturday and put on the performance of their lives. We need to be professional, do our work like we normally do and then we should be alright. We have come a long way since August and our confidence has grown because of the performances and results we have been getting, so long may that continue. We want to keep our run going and will have to continue to work hard to do that.’
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Harris & Morison Keen To Kick On
