Clarets players are happy to let their football talking as they prepare for a crucial run of four games in 11 days.

Rather than discuss the festive joys of being top of the table at Christmas, they remain focused on the job in hand.

And with manager Stan Ternent also busy on the training ground it was left to his assistant Sam Ellis to explain: "The lads want to keep everything as low key as possible."

And while the fans are licking their lips ahead of trips to Rotherham, Manchester City and a Roses clash with Bradford Ellis insisted: "We are totally focused on tomorrow's game, our eyes are fixed on winning.

"Every game is important and people say Christmas is a crucial period. But we have just had a very important period where we have won six games out of six.

"Millwall is a big game but so are all of the 22 games that we have got left."

Victory tomorrow would make the current run a magnificent seven wins on the trot but they will again go into action without skipper Steve Davis. Initial hopes that he would be out for only four to six weeks have been shattered as his knee injury has turned out to be more serious than expected.

He is currently wearing a knee brace for support and is unlikely to feature for at least another month. The fact his absence has hardly been noticed is a compliment to the great form of Arthur Gnohere and stand in skipper Ian Cox.

Mitchell Thomas and Lennie Johnrose are the only other injury worries and with Tony Grant back from suspension Ellis said: "The more players the manager has to pick from the better."

Meanwhile Millwall boss Mark McGhee has admitted that Burnley's performance after promotion last season was a key factor in persuading him to stick by his title winning squad.

Tomorrow he brings his Millwall side to Turf Moor hoping to topple the table-topping Clarets and underline the Lions good start to the season.

McGhee explained: "The way both Burnley and Preston adapted to life in the first division gave us the confidence not to panic and start trying to change the team around too much.

"We saw them come up and not do too much radical surgery to their side and so I was quite satisfied with what we had. Their success gave us a marker."

Millwall stayed in sixth place when South London rivals Crystal Palace failed to beat Nottingham Forest last night.

"To a degree I am surprised how well we have done although I never thought we would struggle," he said. "But I still think we can do better as a team, we can improve and we can play better.

"I am certainly not surprised to see Burnley doing so well. I have seen them a couple of times, they have a great mixture to their game and also take a lot of chances"

And while Ellis is looking no further ahead than tomorrow's match, McGhee knows what he wants for Christmas.

"By January 2 want I want us to be at least sixth in the table," he said. "That means we will certainly have to win a couple of games."

The Lions hope to make a roaring start to their Christmas programme by beating the league leaders but the Clarets are equally determined to give the Turf Moor fans plenty of festive cheer.