Lions lack pride as Greek bears gifts

MILLWALL manager Joe Edwards brushed off relegation fears after a grim defeat at Cardiff City.

A 78th-minute header from Bluebirds centre-back Dimitrios Goutas decided a dire encounter and left the Lions with just one win in their last 10 in the league.

Edwards, who took over from the sacked Gary Rowett in October, said: “It’s not a major concern, the Championship seems to go in streaks.

“In recent weeks it feels like teams at the bottom have done nothing but pick up points and we haven’t picked up enough.

“People will point out where we are in the league and that we are playing Leicester away in midweek, but at some point I think we will put a run together.

“But we can’t just talk about it, we just have to get some points on the board.

“It feels like we’re a group that lacks belief, it’s my job to snap us out of it.”

Edwards bemoaned the goal that sunk his side – a header direct from a corner by Greek Goutas.

He added: “The goal that cost us was disappointing because normally we’re strong at set-pieces. It’s a new journey for me with this team, there are signs of progress.

“But I can’t sugarcoat things, it’s about results and we’re not getting enough at the moment.”

Cardiff boss Erol Bulut admitted his side were partly responsible for a very poor spectacle.

He said: “It was not the best game, but we knew that they would be aggressive.

“We have to manage games like this better, we didn’t play how I wanted in the first half, but we were more compact in the second.” CARDIFF: Runarsson 7; Ng 6, Goutas 8, Mcguinness 7, Collins 6; Wintle 6 (Ralls (70) 6), Siopis 5 (Adams (89) 4); Bowler 7 (Etete (70) 5), Grant 5, Robinson 4 (Colwill (45) 7); Ugbo 4 (Meite (45) 4) MILLWALL: Sarkic 5; Leonard 7, Hutchinson 5, Harding 5, Wallace 6; Norton-cuffy 7, Mitchell 4, Campbell 4, Longman 5 (Emakhu (81) 5); Nisbet 6 (Bradshaw (69) 5), Flemming 6 (Watmore (69) 5) STAR MAN: Dimitrios Goutas – not just the goalscorer but flawless at the back. REF: Andrew Kitchen 7