Tag: confidence

5 May 2026 Off

Millwall opinion: Lions heading into Championship play-offs with confidence

By Total Football News

So the play-offs it is then…

Last Saturday’s routine 2-0 win over an already-relegated Oxford United was as much as the Lions could do in their chase for the final automatic promotion spot.

But in truth, it was always Ipswich Town’s to lose – and the Tractor Boys were too good a side to allow the prize to slip from their grasp.

Two terrific goals from talisman Femi Azeez were

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1 February 2026 Off

Portsmouth: Confidence grows after 3-0 win against West Brom

By Total Football News

That was Portsmouth’s most comfortable win of the season by some distance.

There was a lot to like about a number of aspects. Pompey were a constant threat going forward in the first half and controlled the game after the break.

This all must be caveated by West Brom being as poor as any side that’s turned up at Fratton Park since Pompey returned to the Championship. They are in

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29 October 2025 Off

Southampton: Podcast – Saints in a crisis of confidence

By Total Football News

“The players are getting away with this massively. It’s up to them to sort this out but the manager will be the one that will get it because, for whatever reason, the players are not looking that confident under him.”

Former Saints striker Rickie Lambert joins the podcast to discuss the pressure mounting on Southampton boss Will Still, while BBC Radio Lancashire’s Andy Bayes talks Preston North End before their

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2 December 2024 Off

Ante Crnac: Goals provide confidence boost for Norwich striker

By Total Football News

Crnac was given a four-year contract, with an option for a further 12 months, when he arrived from Polish club Rakow Czestochowa in the summer, a clear indication of the club’s belief in his ability.

The Croatia Under-21 international insisted that the physical demands of the Championship had not been the reason for his slow start in terms of goals.

“I was one year in Poland without my family and

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10 April 2024 0

Bali Mumba’s confidence boosted by key Plymouth Argyle goal in Rotherham win

By Total Football News
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Bali Mumba was named Player of the Match in the win at Rotherham United

Bali Mumba says his winning goal against Rotherham United has boosted his confidence as he tries to help Plymouth Argyle beat relegation.

The victory saw Argyle move four points clear of the relegation places while condemning the bottom-of-the-table Millers to League One next season.

“It feels unbelievable. It’s something that I needed, it gives me that

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