Millwall Lionesses Manager Ted Jones believes the break has come at the right time for the group - but is relishing their next fixture against Herne Bay on Sunday 5th January.
Millwall’s last match was a 3-0 victory against Sport London Benfica.
Firstly, whilst we’re on a little Christmas break, can you sum up your first four months in charge of The Lionesses please?
Overall, we’re really happy with how things have gone since joining the club. If I’m completely honest, we don’t feel like we’ve made massive changes in what we’ve been doing. We’ve introduced how we want to play, made sure we’re working hard in training and implementing our game plans and credit to the squad, they’ve been brilliant.
From the start, Jack and I had full belief in the squad to start turning results around and getting some points on the board which the players have responded excellently and it shows in our recent form.
We’ve had some superb performances and results along the way but if we’re ultra critical, we feel we could have picked up some more points along the way.
A couple of lapses in concentration have cost us points but that’s the standards which we’re holding ourselves accountable to. We feel we can beat anyone in the league and the girls are always pushing each other for more.
What’s your thoughts going into the second phase of the season?
I think the break has come at a good time for us as a group. Preseason was a tumultuous time and we’ve been playing catch-up in the recent months since Jack and I joined. We’re using this time as an opportunity to reset and use it as a mini preseason before beginning the second half of the season.
We’ll be treating this as a small season where we feel we’re in a much better place to assess where we are against the other teams in the league.
Ultimately, we want to finish as high up the table as we can and close the gap to the teams above us - which we’re fully confident in doing.
We host Herne Bay next up for a place in the next round of the cup - what’s your views going into that one?
We’re really looking forward to the game, they’ll be a good side who have put on some great performances against sides in a tier or two above - even knocking Sutton out of the FA Cup.
We know it won’t be an easy game but we go into it full of confidence. We’re setting our sights on winning the cup, as I’ve said before, we feel that we can beat anyone in our league so we feel that this is the perfect opportunity to do so.
It’s been a long time since the club has won any silverware so it’s certainly something which we’ve got our eyes set on.
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