Jake Cooper

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26 Nov 2026
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The Millwall Post

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

37 days out for James Justin after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Millwall will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad

Words at Millwall training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tristan Crama is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout

No hiding place for Jake Cooper

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jake Cooper, and the manager let it.

Looking ahead

A reunion for James Justin

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Leicester City in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

The dugout

Will Wright gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Will Wright is on it.

The dugout

Alfie Doughty knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Alfie Doughty trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout

A door opens for Danny Batth

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

Squad

Max Crocombe has seen what the next man earns

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Millwall that is a harder question to answer.

Market

The Lukas Jensen story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Lukas Jensen signs something — a contract at Millwall or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief