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Hungry Lions can turn into a dark horse…

Millwall agonisingly missed out on the play-offs last season, but I’ve got a feeling they won’t be denied this time.
That game on the final day, when they led 3-1 against Blackburn but ended up losing 4-3, will have hurt those players.
They’ll come back angry, hungry and determined to put things right. They’ve kept key players, like Zian Flemming. Gary Rowett, below, knows the division inside out.
They are a team who work for the manager, and thanks to their success in recent seasons, they’ve gradually developed a winning mentality.
There’s always a dark horse in the Championship and if an...

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