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DOGGED PRESTON, ROARING LIONS… IT’S BACK!

by
The LeaguePaper Team
5 August 2018

TALISMAN: Ben Pearson

I AM not going to predict where each team will finish in the Championship as it is just so hard to call.
Last season, the battle for the final few play-off places was made up of teams who many predicted to struggle towards the wrong half of the table and those that finished just outside the play-offs I expect to go close again this season.
Preston were possibly the most diligent and dogged side I saw last season. Alex Neil rarely deviated from his 1-4-2-3-1 with Ben Pearson the heartbeat of a side that no team enjoyed facing.
Neil Harris has the Lions roaring and Mi...

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