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Wing-backs crucial if Lions are to roar…

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The LeaguePaper Team
15 August 2021

David Connolly
FORMER EFL STRIKER AND TALKSPORT PUNDIT

I SAW Millwall’s opening two games of the season and it was crystal clear how important the wingbacks are in boss Gary Rowett’s preferred 3-5-2 system.
Indeed, Scott Malone grabbed the Lions’ equaliser against Portsmouth in the Carabao Cup in midweek after a brilliant Reeco Hackett-Fairchild strike had put Pompey ahead.
Millwall went on to book their place in the next round as George Saville bagged what turned out to be the winner in an eventful first half. Saville marked his return to The Den from Middlesbrou...

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