Millwall head into Saturday’s away trip to the Bet 365 Stadium looking to win on the road for the first time this season – at the 12th attempt.

Neil Harris’s men have lost eight and drawn three times on their travels so far this season.

It is a similar situation that the Lions find themselves in having remained without an away win at the same stage year. The difference being they drew more instead of falling to defeat.

Millwall have been competitive in their matches away from The Den this term but have found themselves on the wrong side of results far too often.

One player who has been in involved more often than not this season is Aiden O’Brien, who has played 20 times out of a possible 21 for the club in the league.

And the 25-year-old is fully aware that Millwall must improve and emphasised the need to do just that, or face going on a “downhill slope” if an upturn in form is not forthcoming.

If things do not improve, the club will be entrenched in a relegation dogfight during the second half of the season with this weekend’s clash with Stoke marking the halfway point in the campaign.

In an interview with NewsAtDen, O’Brien discussed the club’s form and issued a foreboding warning about the rest of their season if results they don't register more positive results.

“We’re losing and drawing games that really we should be picking up three points from. It’s quite annoying for us. It keeps happening; it’s not a one-off thing,” O’Brien said.

“We need to find a way, dig deep, all of us as a team, even the ones that aren’t as vocal, to bring our strengths together and start changing this season.

“If we don’t it’s going to be a downhill slope. It’s a results-based business, and we need to start picking up some wins now coming into the second half of the season.

“I’m not massively vocal, but I’ll say it if I feel like something needs to be said or if I want to get something off my chest. I’m not the one that’s always going to be shouting and raising my voice.”

The verdict

Aiden O’Brien is spot on with his assessment – the problems Millwall have encountered this season have not been a one-off, they have been prevalent for much of the campaign.

It is indeed a results-driven business and should things not improve, the players or the manager – or both – will be changed.

And if things do not get better, O’Brien is again right in saying it will be a slippery slope that could end with a return to League One.

That is something none of the players, staff or supporters want so they will need to ease up on the repeated rhetoric expressed game after game and finally start to improve on the pitch to avoid any kind of relegation battle in the second half of the season.