Manager Neil Harris has hinted at ‘tactical changes’ ahead of tonight’s clash against Wigan at the DW Stadium.
On the back of a solid three one victory over Rochdale to notch up our first home win of the season, Harris is obviously looking for the players to continue their overall bounce in form that has seen us win four of the last five as we head on our travels later tonight.
Speaking to the official site ahead of the DW trip, the gaffer said that following last year’s experience in April (two nil to us at The Den) where he had to make tweaks at half time to combat their strengths, Harris admits he’s playing with a few things already to make sure we can deal with them from the off.
‘Change of shape is definitely at the forefront of my mind. Against a footballing side we will have to look at our options personnel-wise and how we want to play. Sometimes you have to adjust tactically and freshen up different areas of the team.’
With Wigan being unbeaten at home under Gary Caldwell so far this season, they are also sit one point and two places ahead of us in the League One table so it should be a tight encounter you would think.
Despite home form though, Millwall are also unbeaten on their travels so far this campaign and with momentum in our favour over the last few games, you’d hope that would be enough to tip it in our favour.
‘I was delighted on Saturday and it’s been a nice couple of days for the players, the staff and for the fans to finally enjoy a home win on a Saturday afternoon. It has helped to boost the morale and the confidence, which was already sky high within the squad going into what is a really difficult game against a very good Wigan side. They’ve done well at home and we’ve got the best away record in the Football League, so it’s certainly got the makings of a interesting match.’
With Wigan’s style under their gaffer, as well as a turnover of players, Harris went on to say that in some ways we still know what to expect given matches against Crewe and Rochdale more recently, because they try and play it the same.
‘We have to be wary of the threat they possess and respectful to it but with our confidence and momentum we will also be looking to focus on ourselves and what we are good at.’
Team news wise, we have no fresh concerns following last weekend’s action and Harris revealed that Shaun Cummings now comes back into his thoughts – but the news is less good for Sid Nelson and Paris Cowan-Hall.
‘Shaun Cummings comes back into the squad. He has had a few days training so will certainly be in my thinking for coming back into the side. Sid still won’t make it I don’t think. It will be a last-minute look with him, and Paris is missing for us. We played on Saturday, have a game on Tuesday and then another one on Saturday, so we will be looking to freshen things up, especially on a big pitch against a footballing side. We need to compete so making changes is definitely a possibility.’
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Harris Talks Wigan Changes
