ChampionshipMillwall boss Ian Holloway says remodelling his squad in the transfer window was necessary to boost their hopes of avoiding relegation. "Is it ideal to make that many changes right now? No," he told BBC London 94.9.
"Did I really want to do that? No, but the way things were I didn't think we were earning the right to win a match."
And Holloway said the "final straw" was their 4-0 defeat to League OneBradford City in an FA Cup third-round replay.
"No team of mine has ever capitulated as badly as that," the former QPR, Blackpool and Palace boss said.
"Luckily the chairman supported me in those decisions. He decided it wasn't my fault or my ability to manage a group. The group must not have been listening."
"We ended up with too many people who had been here too long. I think that can then get a little bit stale.
"Sometimes you need to put the motorboat into the water and stir up a bit of a stagnant pool," said Holloway.
