That Millwall Podcast
Lions Roar Into 3rd: Millwall 3-0 Birmingham | The Unbeaten Run Ends
26 Feb 2026
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This podcast is part of the Sports Social Podcast Network. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. Welcome to another edition then of the number one podcast, that little podcast. It's the one, no politeness, we just tell it how it is. And tonight I'm joined by the number two cunt of the show, the one and only Omar. How you doing fella, you alright?
Good evening, good morning, good afternoon. Yeah, mate, I'm good. Very good. On the back of a 3-0 win, mate. Absolutely delighted.
That's it, we're going to make your Thursday a little bit happier and just obviously give you a reminiscence of tonight's game. Just go through the game atmosphere, what's what. We'll even talk about the fucking four gimps, which were quite funny. And we'll talk about the three goals. Missed two of them, obviously, but saw the third one and you can catch that one now.
the youtube on the shorts um but yeah so um i don't think i need to do an intro today um we're not gonna be talking forever do you want an intro or not omar uh mate you do you mate don't worry about it and just clarify i didn't miss two girls in the first half mickey missed two guys in the first time because i was at work first i'll be able to recount all three goals for everyone and uh no worries we were we're gonna do this
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Millwall versus Birmingham on the back of obviously the disaster was the weekend against Portsmouth. Most fans were thinking that a draw would probably be fairly good and well received. Unfortunately, it seems the players read a different memo to most of us and they come out the blocks on fire, to be fair.
So, you know, Omar, obviously, I got to the second half, the first half I was on a work event. But yeah, come on, tell us the first goal. Did Femi mean to score that as the big debate was at halftime through lots of people? So yeah, come on, tell us.
I think I was being very harsh on him initially. Obviously, we sit the other end of the ground. Carver Lane, we sit lower. So you don't really see great… Jeremy Kyle style.
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Chapter 2: What was the atmosphere like during the Millwall vs Birmingham match?
The Jeremy Kyle stand, yeah, as you found out in the second half, mate.
Yeah.
Look, I think, did he mean it? Absolutely. I think, obviously, it felt to his weaker foot. You see it back afterwards. You think, you know, what an absolute welding of a strike. Yeah, it was, mate, I think, obviously, talking points going into the game, obviously, like you mentioned, you know, was it, you know, what's the kind of pressure going to be like after the results on Tuesday evening?
Obviously, most teams around us won. I think Barra obviously didn't get a result and therefore we could claw them back a little bit. And, yeah, going into it, I was a bit sceptical. Obviously, we spoke about it on the show that went out on Tuesday. But, yeah, mate, unbelievable.
The goal from Femi, I think, you know, he obviously took it from the right side of the box and struck it with his right foot. I felt like at the time, instinctively, he's just swung a foot and hoped to get on target. You watch it back and it just gets better every time you see it back. Like, it was an absolutely staunch bit of a goal. And yeah, he definitely meant it, mate.
And, you know, fair play to the fucker. Because weirdly, I think some of the fans are getting released back of late. People that I sit with or people around me, you know, I think obviously he had that muted move to Ipswich. But, you know, he hasn't, albeit he's got some assists, he hasn't really scored a goal in a few weeks. So he's back with a bang. That's for sure, mate. And yeah, great strike.
Great goal. 1-0. And a perfect start to the game, mate.
And even fair to him, when he got taken off and replaced with Watson, he didn't sit in the seats. He just sat, like, you know, against the wall on the floor watching the rest of the game. So, yeah, fair play to him. Do you know what I mean? Sat there in his shorts and shirt and just watched the game. So fair play to him. And then I think the second goal, obviously –
just cemented the way that the players were playing. I mean, Kramer just, you know, superb taking goal. And that sort of settled the nerves and allowed the team really to just slide into this game and just sort of not take it easy, but sort of be able to inflict pressure without really any worries. I don't think Birmingham looked as if they were going to cause us any problems, to be fair.
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Chapter 3: How did Millwall's tactical shift impact the game?
You know, maybe a few too many glasses of red wine when you were posted that, Danny. Do you know what I mean?
Yeah, maybe. I think... I think on the... I think... It was, I mean, you're right to name Chet Langstaff. I think he's influenced on the team, the energy he brings, the press that we have in place when he's in the side. It's clearly more visible on the eye. Again, it's, you know, horses for courses.
It could be just dependent on how Alex Neil wants to set the team up and, you know, maybe it's deliberate to kind of, you know, on Saturday, maybe sit more back in our shape. You mentioned, obviously, probably him giving him a rocket after Saturday. And yeah, I think what Langstaff brought
along with Coburn, because I think it's worthy of praising both of them, because obviously we missed Coburn on Saturday for illness. But the pair of them up top together, especially the first half, like there's often times where Coburn was winning flick-ons, holding the ball up and Langstaff's in and around him.
It's kind of, you know, not to blow my trumpet, but how I kind of, you know, thought if you played both of them together, because I think I was critical of Ivanovic Saturday. However, he was very isolated. Like the whole team was having an off day. So I don't think he's worth singling out just one performance. I mentioned Kroen already. No.
I thought Aziz was poor Saturday we spoke about it the other night right but what it brought was was Coburn wins the ball holds it up and he's got Langstaff next to him to kind of play off and Langstaff was on every single second ball that Coburn was going for and you know I think the serve was poor Saturday and what you have is more energy in that front line when you have them two playing together so yeah it's definitely worth you know name checking both of them and Langstaff like unlucky not to get a goal second half and the same with Coburn in the first half again I think it was down the right ball over the
into the box, and then he picks up on the left. A similar sort of situation to what Langstaff had. They had him in the box and probably could have and should have done better, really. But it wasn't clear-cut. But the pair of them both were a handful. And, you know, both probably should and will be in the line-up for Saturday, I suspect.
Yeah, no, I do. And I think probably the clean sheet done Paterson the world a good, built his confidence. I think Alex Neal was right there.
You missed it first half, Mickey, sorry, by the way. But when it was nil-nil, there was a mistake by Kramer where he's played it backwards towards goal. He kind of falls off the sideline and hits the wall. But Patterson has to stand up strong and make a really smart save. Reading the situation, I think it was Jay Stansfield runs through on goal. He shapes to kind of cut at the bottom corner.
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Chapter 4: Did Femi Aziz mean to score his wonder goal?
And like you say, the confidence of a clean sheet, we're doing the world of good.
Yeah, I think, you know, I mean, the three points against Birmingham, I mean, don't forget, you know, when we, when we done this, these two games last time, we got beat twice. Um, you know, Portsmouth done us and, um, and Birmingham done us. They were the two games where we got beat. Um, and it's nice to be able to do the return. Okay. We got beat by Portsmouth because we just switched off.
I think it was just a bad day at the office. That's it. We move on. It's typical Millwall style, you know, games where you think we're going to win. We don't in games. You think we're going to necessarily draw or potentially get battered. Um, We don't, we win. I think it was nice to stop another team doing the double on us this season and just get the three points.
The teams around us yesterday fucked up and I think it's nice that we've taken today, grabbed it and then we can move on to Preston with positivity and back in third place again.
Worth name-checking Juicy Jake for his third goal.
Yeah, congratulations to all those who had a bet on him.
Yeah, Karam obviously peeling off onto the back post from the set-piece and played it back to him. And then he scores, I think it's his third goal of the season I've got in front of me here, in 33 appearances. And just a reminder of Jake Cooper being the ever-present in this side that he is, mate. And I think that's 33 games of the season, 33 appearances for him.
And, you know, three goals and, you know, just proving he's worth to us and the importance he has in this side. And I think you're right, mate. You know, shortly afterwards, Birmingham get a red card. makes our life a lot easier. You mentioned about being comfortable. Second half was very comfortable. I was disappointed by Birmingham. I didn't know what to expect.
We don't proclaim to be the championship experts, do we, mate? But we watch our side and obviously they beat us 4-0 earlier this season, albeit Wes Harden played and other players featured. We had injuries. I think it was one of Taylor's first games as well, I think, if I'm not mistaken, or maybe the game that brought Taylor in afterwards.
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Chapter 5: How did Millwall's second goal change the dynamics of the game?
You know, hopefully they probably haven't got over their trip to Swansea and Snoop Dogg walking around and hopefully they're, you know, they're still blinded by the lights and... And us going in there in all positivity, I think, you know, it's a must-win game for us as such. Obviously, Alex says it's not cup final games, but I think it's a must-win game for us.
And I think, I don't really fear us going in there. Do you? I don't.
It's one of those weird places when you go there, like you're not sure what to anticipate or expect. I've been out to Preston a few times in the past and it's a tricky place to go. It always rains. It's a tricky place, but they're out of sorts a little bit and they were, you know, in touch distance of the playoffs and they still are. Look at the league table now.
They find themselves on 49 points from 34 games. They're five points behind Wrexham. So they'll be the best point of the recent form. So they'll be looking to bounce back, mate. So it'll be a tough game, but we'll see.
I haven't got the stats handy, but you've got them there. I don't know if Alex Newell's ever beaten Preston, has he?
I don't know. Wasn't it last season, the stat that you started to read that he's never beaten them? But I think we did beat them last year, perhaps. I will just quickly get it up on my screen now. Mill Preston, I think maybe that run's still ongoing, mate, in fairness, because the last time we beat them was 3-1 in 2024 under Harris when Hardy Moon, Essay and Langstaff scored.
Langstaff's first ever goal for Millwall. There you go. Another home for you, mate. But then after that, last season, we had two Desmonds against... Well, we had 1-1 against them. I say Desmonds. It was 1-1, bloody hell. Ivanovic scored that free kick away there. That was kind of the spark of his run last year. And then this season, we drew 1-0 at the Den. Ivanovic scored again, so...
You never know. There's some moments there for the serve. But yeah, we'll see, mate. They're tricky sides. But like I mentioned, they're a bit out of sorts. I think Heckenbottom came out, was it last weekend? And had a really cryptic post-match interview where he turned around and said something like, I'm going to avoid them. I don't want to speak to them after that. And I don't know. I think...
They're there for the taking. You're right. I don't fear going up there. I think having won today, the squad will be buoyant and hopefully can get back to winning ways, especially when you've got a week gap. So then you go to Hull away, obviously, with Hull being up there in the playoffs with us. I think they're still in the playoffs with us. It's going to be a tricky game, mate.
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Chapter 6: What role did the Solis red card play in the match outcome?
And you've got Doughty, Watson and Bannon coming on with Sturge, Aziz and Mitchell going off. But you mentioned four players there that could all probably get into R11 at the minute. Ivanovic, Doughty, Watson and Bannon. And you wouldn't be disappointed if any of them started.
So, you know, having them options off the bench and, you know, having the ability to either see out a game or kind of, you know, coast a 3-0 win like we did tonight. But also, like, if it's a 0-0 and you can kind of make a few changes and introduce players that can make a real impact. Watson's shown it already a couple of times this season and he's a couple of spells for us there.
he can come and make an impact so yeah exciting times mate and you know i don't know how long taylor's out for but if he's even back in the fold on saturday it'd be interesting to see what he decides to do mate
Yeah, no, let's see. I think it'll be interesting. Fingers crossed that it's nothing too serious. I think he went off, I think he got injured just before half-time in the Portsmouth game. So, yeah, hopefully it's nothing too serious and he's back in the squad ASAP. But, yeah, what's the scoring? Obviously, if you're watching, put it in the comments. What's the scoring for Saturday then, fella?
2-0 Millwall. There you go. Give me a good day out in Preston. I love it. It's always, you know, I think I'm on a half nine or quarter ten train out of Euston. Get out to Preston about one-ish. And then, yeah, I'd love to see us get a 2-0 win up there. I'm going to say Aziz gets one, getting his goal again today. Hope you're feeling the world of goods. And then Josh Coburn getting one as well.
How about that? 2-0 Millwall, mate. How about yourself?
I'm going 3-0. I'm going Ivanovic because he likes scoring against them. I would like to see... I would like to see Langstaff, but I think you're probably right. It's got to be Coburn, Ivanovic and Femi. Nice.
3-0. Mate, I tell you what, if it's 3-0, I might not be coming home Saturday night and staying up there. Yeah. It's exciting times, mate, isn't it? And it's nice to be back on talking after a win. And obviously we've only just got indoors, haven't we, from the game. But it's nice to... Yeah. You know, feel the optimism, be the buzz around Milorgan. And, you know, it's only one game.
And that's what the answer was to Saturday. It's only one game. And I think, you know, Alex Neil's obviously, you know, doing a stern job, isn't he, mate? And he's keeping the players afoot. And if they could just put that same energy and replicate on Saturday, that's the real ask, isn't it? You know, you've played Wednesday. Thursday, you'll probably have a light training session.
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