So, the novelty of Championship football has worn off, hasn’t it?

After three games, the Lions have managed just a solitary point at home to fellow newcomers, Bolton Wanderers sandwiched between two narrow defeats by Nottingham Forest and Ipswich Town respectively. In another life, one point could easily have been nine had chances been taken and defensive frailties not shown up.

I have the propensity to be a bit of a ‘glass half empty’ bloke when the going gets tough, so I’ll try to keep this piece relatively positive. Don’t worry, there’ll be time near the end to chastise and lament individuals.

First things first, we are causing teams problems in attack. The opening fixture at the City Ground was a bizarre evening - how none of our 256 shots at goal went in I will never know. There were chances squandered, open goals missed, crossbars rattled and a late disallowed goal to top off the night. On the walk back to the car, I spoke with one local who couldn’t believe how his side had managed to walk away with three points. Me neither, mate…

Bolton’s visit last Saturday was almost the perfect response. Having bossed the game for large parts, a nice bit of build-up play between Steve Morison and Lee Gregory allowed George Saville to tuck away his first goal of the season. That should have been that but for Filipe Morais to bend in a free kick earning the Trotters a share of the spoils. We did create more opportunities late on but, much like Forest a week previous, our shooting boots had been put on back to front.

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Jed Wallace |Benjamin Peters Photography

Tuesday night’s home tie against Ipswich was a chance to turn promising performances into a winning one. Another 12,000 crowd turned out to watch the Lions take on the Tractor Boys. Other clubs may well scoff at our attendances, but when you’ve been used to barely getting 7,000 for Port Vale at home, it’s nice to see The Den looking busier – even if that does mean not getting our usual parking spot.

Jed Wallace’s opener inside a minute looked to have settled early nerves and maybe, just maybe that elusive first victory was on the horizon. No such luck. The back four and goalkeeper conspired to collectively shoot themselves in the feet, arms and legs eventually conceding four times.

What positives can you draw from that? Well, we did create chances, scoring three of them. Going forward we looked bright and even kept the ball below head height. We also came from behind twice which shows this team has some fight in them. That said, this league is unforgiving.

Had the performances so far been made in League One, I have no doubt we’d be sitting top of the league. At the moment, lapses in concentration are costing us. It’s not panic stations just yet – there are 43 more games after all - but defensive errors need to be addressed and quickly.

Seeing us create chances is all well and good, but we must start converting them into wins. If you score three goals at home, you shouldn’t be coming away with nothing. Question marks are already being raised about certain individuals. Jordan Archer, for example, has not covered himself in glory.

At Forest, he was beaten from distance at his near post; Bolton’s Morais, although a precise free-kick, was given a large chunk of the goal to aim at; and Ipswich’s opener on Tuesday night was nothing short of a travesty. I like Archer and think he has the tools to become a quality goalkeeper at this level so any decision to drop him now will be a big call.

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Jordan Archer |Benjamin Peters Photography

Neil Harris may well decide to go with Tom King for a few games, although he has stated previously any further recruitment will be reactive so it will be interesting to see if he does bring in a more experienced keeper at some point.

After missed opportunities in the opening weeks, the next few games see us face the likes of Bristol City, Norwich City, big spenders Wolves and Leeds United. Forest, Bolton and Ipswich were the easiest opponents on paper, according to some. Therefore, it would not surprise me if we went a nicked a couple of results elsewhere. It’s the Millwall way.

We haven’t looked out of our depth just yet, and that first win is surely just around the corner. Let’s hope I’m not wrong.

Up the Lions!