Millwall to ‘fight tooth and nail’ to make Championship play-off place a reality

Adam Barrett says that Millwall are going to “fight tooth and nail” until the end of the season to secure a Championship play-off position.

The Lions lost 2-1 at Wigan Athletic on Saturday as they suffered back-to-back league losses for the first time since August.

“There’s two games to go and we’ve got to go and win both games,” said Millwall assistant manager Barrett.

“If you stop believing and stop wanting to get in there, you’ve got a problem – but that won’t happen. We’ll make sure that we’re driving the players, we’ll be coming in next week ready to work. We’ve got an extremely important game, Blackpool, away.

“There’s going to be twists and turns. We’ve seen it in every division over the last few weeks, so we’ve got to go there believing. We’ve got to win both games, it’s as simple as that.

“No way are we going to give up on anything. We’ve worked so hard this year to be in this position and competing for a play-off spot. What we’ve got to do is to show more bravery and we’ve got to show a competitiveness that we’re going to fight tooth and nail until the end of the season. Who knows? You never know what’s going to happen.

“A lot of teams are playing each other where they’re going to drop points. But the disappointing thing today is that you’ve got to take control of our own business first and foremost. You can’t be relying on anyone else, and at the moment we’ve got to concentrate on Blackpool.

“Whatever happens elsewhere happens – that’s out of our control. There’s no way we’ll be giving up on anything. We’ve got to rally, which we will do.

“We’ve got a group in there of players that care. They’re hurting at the moment. All of them are extremely disappointed. One thing we will do is roll our sleeves up and we’ll come back.

“We’re still in it and anything can happen. I’m sure that there will be a few twists and turns along the way.”