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Millwall manager Alex Neil is targeting another tilt at the Championship play-offs - but admits it will depend on the outcome of the transfer window.
Neil's side finished third last season, losing to Hull City in the play-off semi-final, and have since signed eight players, although only three have previous Championship experience.
"I think to ask them to come in and surpass 83 points and third in the table is a big, big ask. I think we need to be a little bit more realistic with that," Neil told BBC Radio London.
"However, we've got a core of players who were fundamental last year in getting us there so I think, certainly at the start, they'll do a lot of the heavy lifting and we're hoping the new lads that we've brought in can develop into top players.
"Everybody, at the moment, will be aiming to get into those play-offs and then if you can go one further, then great. But if we can get into the play-offs, that'd be a good aim for us.
"It depends what happens between now and the end of the window."
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Neil's side finished third last season, losing to Hull City in the play-off semi-final, and have since signed eight players, although only three have previous Championship experience.
"I think to ask them to come in and surpass 83 points and third in the table is a big, big ask. I think we need to be a little bit more realistic with that," Neil told BBC Radio London.
"However, we've got a core of players who were fundamental last year in getting us there so I think, certainly at the start, they'll do a lot of the heavy lifting and we're hoping the new lads that we've brought in can develop into top players.
"Everybody, at the moment, will be aiming to get into those play-offs and then if you can go one further, then great. But if we can get into the play-offs, that'd be a good aim for us.
"It depends what happens between now and the end of the window."
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