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By *izzy Rascall OP Man
over a year ago

Cardiff

Football (again)

Not wanting to derail Bens thread any further, the season starts this coming Friday night.

Im excited, I found The Prem wasnt as good as I had hoped, yeah we were shit (Cardiff) but all they really wanted to talk about was the big teams or what our stupid owner had said that day.

I hope we bounce back up but it wont be that easy.

Im not going to attempt to offer any nailed on predictions, but I think Cardiff, Derby, Brighton, Norwich and Fulham and Ipswich will contest the top 6 places.

To those who dont even like football, its not a problem, but why did you even open the topic?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Derby for sure, Cardiff and Fulham could be in for a shock

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man
over a year ago

Cardiff

Im not sure about us being shocked, most of us dont expect to rip right through it.

We spent ages trying to get out of it last time so I dont think we are under any illusions. This is what I have picked up chatting to locals and reading message boards.

I think the run Derby went on will stand them well but I think its us who have been labelled as Fav's

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By *irtydanMan
over a year ago

Blackpool

blackpool have no chance dont think they have a full team even

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

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It will be a tough season again for sure. Obviously I'm hoping we don't have to put ourselves through the lottery that is the play offs. I think there maybe one or two surprise packages in there as well

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Birmingham city supporter but we think Fulham champions derby and wolves in that order ! Cardiff a strong play off bet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

jumping on this thread as no point starting one about us,Gateshead fc (conference)

hoping we get to go one better this year and claim league status,not to happy with the lack of new players coming in but looking forward to the start this weekend,We have Torquay at home

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Brighton and Norwich will fall away as we did

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Come on you cottagers!!!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think we will do the top 4 (cardiff) I dont think we will make it to prem again this season if im honest with ole. Hes still got a lot to prove for me. We've finally got strength in the forwards but our defence is still weak. But saying that cant wait for the season to begin.

Come on you blooooooobirdsssssss

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not interested in the minor leagues this season being a Leicester fan

On a serious note though I fancy Derby to win the division with Fulham runners up.

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man
over a year ago

Cardiff

"It will be a tough season again for sure. Obviously I'm hoping we don't have to put ourselves through the lottery that is the play offs. I think there maybe one or two surprise packages in there as well

Who?

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man
over a year ago

Cardiff

"jumping on this thread as no point starting one about us,Gateshead fc (conference)

hoping we get to go one better this year and claim league status,not to happy with the lack of new players coming in but looking forward to the start this weekend,We have Torquay at home

Come on gateshead

Yes please use this thread for all english leagues except PREM

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Derby 1st

Wigan 2nd

Fulham 3rd

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jordan Mutch joining Caulker at QPR will affect Cardiff

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By *xpresMan
over a year ago

Elland

Super

Super Leeds

Super

Super Leeds

Super

Super Leeds

SUPER LEEDS UNITED!!!!!

Marching on together!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think Leeds could get relegated this season.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think Leeds could get relegated this season."

Fingers crossed

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man
over a year ago

Cardiff

"Jordan Mutch joining Caulker at QPR will affect Cardiff"

and Gary Medel (who we played out of posistion).

Mutch is a very good attacking midfielder, 7 goals, smacked a few in from distance.

Caulker - I think he will flourish next to Rio Ferdinand if given the chance.

We will miss Frazer Campbell too, worked his socks off up front, missed a big lad to play off.

We have brought a few in Le Fondre excites me the most but we need to sort our defence out.

Keeping Marshall (gk) has been a bonus

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man
over a year ago

Cardiff

"I think Leeds could get relegated this season."

Who's the manager now?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cumon you wolvessss! :P

I reckon we can get a top 3 finish!

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man
over a year ago

Cardiff

"Cumon you wolvessss! :P

I reckon we can get a top 3 finish! "

I cant see you doing a Swansea, Norwich, Man City and going up and then up again.

Who are your star players?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Come on you Shrews!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Im not sure about us being shocked, most of us dont expect to rip right through it.

We spent ages trying to get out of it last time so I dont think we are under any illusions. This is what I have picked up chatting to locals and reading message boards.

I think the run Derby went on will stand them well but I think its us who have been labelled as Fav's"
Yes it Was quite a downer when qpr beat derby

At the end of last season but again there,s no point going up if you can,t

stay up clough and mc claren had helped

to build a team and mc clarens doing a

Great job now, it is more about the money

Aspect in the premier league but money

does take over in the end in lots of ways, I can remember the years 1971/72

when derby won the premiumship at the

Baseball ground but the wages are a joke

Now compared to those times yes of course it was in the past like eventually everything is but I still prefer

thinking that the game was not so

pressurized in those days, in the 90,s

It all started to change and had changed

After 2000 time had caught up with the

Game like it or lump it so I do both

but being a school boy with my dad

and witnessing those times was a wonderful thing something from being a schoolboy to adult watching your team do

Well is very pleasurable to witness something that never changes and keeps

The spirit of the game alive within you,

there,s more cry baby,s on the field now

Than ever before yes occasionally contact is made and some of the ref,s

Are a joke but I,m sure not to some a

Ref can bugger up a game often which they do tv camera,s or no tv camera,s

Involved, the players of todays game

are not the kind of players I remember

two types of players both skillful and

not frightened to go in for the slightest challenge without getting booked like they usually are today

If you got booked in the past 90%/100%

you deserved it yes it was a hard game

blood guts and tears at times plenty of mud about and fans being escorted off the ground by stewards I even saw on a

Occasions where fans urinated right in front of others the stands were full at the time but going back to the blood and guts part you could still find your skillful

and talented team sometimes injured ones

thou I can,t remember many thou it must

Have taken its toll out of them in later years, with the likes of dave mc kay who

would have been in the game when danny

Blanchflower was, there was even a gentlemanly ethos there that all added

To the mix made the game it was then

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By *xpresMan
over a year ago

Elland

"I think Leeds could get relegated this season."

well i disagree we lost one class player (easy come easy go) got rid of alot of deadeood fringe layers signed comming thick n fast i know our limits above mid table but not in play offs..

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By *xpresMan
over a year ago

Elland

"I think Leeds could get relegated this season.

Who's the manager now?"

David Hocaday he is our chink in the armor he wont last passed bonfire night...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Jordan Mutch joining Caulker at QPR will affect Cardiff

and Gary Medel (who we played out of posistion).

Mutch is a very good attacking midfielder, 7 goals, smacked a few in from distance.

Caulker - I think he will flourish next to Rio Ferdinand if given the chance.

We will miss Frazer Campbell too, worked his socks off up front, missed a big lad to play off.

We have brought a few in Le Fondre excites me the most but we need to sort our defence out.

Keeping Marshall (gk) has been a bonus"
eeverything ypu said is true gary jordan n steve will be a massive miss good luck to joe lewis n all.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

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Who?"

Much as it maligns me to say, I can see F****t putting in a much stronger challenge this time and possibly Middlesbrough & Blackburn as well

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man
over a year ago

Cardiff

"I think Leeds could get relegated this season.

Who's the manager now?

David Hocaday he is our chink in the armor he wont last passed bonfire night...

Its a name I dont recognise thats for sure.

I reckon Ole Gunnar will be gone around christmas if we aint top two.

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man
over a year ago

Cardiff

Who?

Much as it maligns me to say, I can see F****t putting in a much stronger challenge this time and possibly Middlesbrough & Blackburn as well

sorry mate I still cant figure out who you support

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Who?

Much as it maligns me to say, I can see F****t putting in a much stronger challenge this time and possibly Middlesbrough & Blackburn as well

sorry mate I still cant figure out who you support"

Sheep shaggers

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man
over a year ago

Cardiff

"Im not sure about us being shocked, most of us dont expect to rip right through it.

We spent ages trying to get out of it last time so I dont think we are under any illusions. This is what I have picked up chatting to locals and reading message boards.

I think the run Derby went on will stand them well but I think its us who have been labelled as Fav's Yes it Was quite a downer when qpr beat derby

At the end of last season but again there,s no point going up if you can,t

stay up clough and mc claren had helped

to build a team and mc clarens doing a

Great job now, it is more about the money

Aspect in the premier league but money

does take over in the end in lots of ways, I can remember the years 1971/72

when derby won the premiumship at the

Baseball ground but the wages are a joke

Now compared to those times yes of course it was in the past like eventually everything is but I still prefer

thinking that the game was not so

pressurized in those days, in the 90,s

It all started to change and had changed

After 2000 time had caught up with the

Game like it or lump it so I do both

but being a school boy with my dad

and witnessing those times was a wonderful thing something from being a schoolboy to adult watching your team do

Well is very pleasurable to witness something that never changes and keeps

The spirit of the game alive within you,

there,s more cry baby,s on the field now

Than ever before yes occasionally contact is made and some of the ref,s

Are a joke but I,m sure not to some a

Ref can bugger up a game often which they do tv camera,s or no tv camera,s

Involved, the players of todays game

are not the kind of players I remember

two types of players both skillful and

not frightened to go in for the slightest challenge without getting booked like they usually are today

If you got booked in the past 90%/100%

you deserved it yes it was a hard game

blood guts and tears at times plenty of mud about and fans being escorted off the ground by stewards I even saw on a

Occasions where fans urinated right in front of others the stands were full at the time but going back to the blood and guts part you could still find your skillful

and talented team sometimes injured ones

thou I can,t remember many thou it must

Have taken its toll out of them in later years, with the likes of dave mc kay who

would have been in the game when danny

Blanchflower was, there was even a gentlemanly ethos there that all added

To the mix made the game it was then

I like the way the game has developed though. I like the fact its safer to go now, the quality is better.

I remember people saying England will never win the WC until they learn to stay up and tackle, rather than dive in. I cant help but think people get sent off now when they could of remained upright, this would 'possibly' remove the opportunity to dive and cheat the ref.

The refs get too much jip, the players dont help them.

Back to Derby, they were heading down (in freefall) when Mclaren came in so yes it hurts to lose like you did but you could be in League 1 this season.

It hurts like fuck at the time but I think long term its not a bad thing, it makes the players not want it again.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I recon Brighton and hove Albion and Nottingham Forrest could be in the mix this season.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

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Back to Derby, they were heading down (in freefall) when Mclaren came in so yes it hurts to lose like you did but you could be in League 1 this season.

It hurts like fuck at the time but I think long term its not a bad thing, it makes the players not want it again."

I don't feel that we were "in freefall", but merely that Cloughie had taken us as far as he could and we needed some fresh impetus and ideas.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

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"sorry mate I still cant figure out who you support"

Hope my avatar clears it up a bit for you, as Voyeur33 has correctly pointed out Sheepshag Army

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Back to Derby, they were heading down (in freefall) when Mclaren came in so yes it hurts to lose like you did but you could be in League 1 this season.

It hurts like fuck at the time but I think long term its not a bad thing, it makes the players not want it again.

I don't feel that we were "in freefall", but merely that Cloughie had taken us as far as he could and we needed some fresh impetus and ideas. "

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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago

upton wirral

Norwich,Forrest,Derby my 3 to go up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Come on you cottagers!!!!!!"

ooooh, naughty and messy.

Anything as long as Leeds don't go up.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Come on you cottagers!!!!!!

ooooh, naughty and messy.

Anything as long as Leeds don't go up."

Go Bradford!

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man
over a year ago

Cardiff

Back to Derby, they were heading down (in freefall) when Mclaren came in so yes it hurts to lose like you did but you could be in League 1 this season.

It hurts like fuck at the time but I think long term its not a bad thing, it makes the players not want it again.

I don't feel that we were "in freefall", but merely that Cloughie had taken us as far as he could and we needed some fresh impetus and ideas. "

Ahh I apologise. What posistion were they when he took over, can you remember?

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man
over a year ago

Cardiff

"sorry mate I still cant figure out who you support

Hope my avatar clears it up a bit for you, as Voyeur33 has correctly pointed out Sheepshag Army

Yep

Was being thick, couldnt work out why you didnt type Forest, duhhhhh. Obvious now

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By *xpresMan
over a year ago

Elland

"Come on you cottagers!!!!!!

ooooh, naughty and messy.

Anything as long as Leeds don't go up."

Leeds wont go up..

but would nice to see the chickens n the mongrels go down.. Only one team in west Yorkshire..

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man
over a year ago

Cardiff

Todays the day

7.45pm

Blackburn v Cardiff

1-2 to Cardiff I hope. We're struggling with defenders so a good time to play us, Rudy Gestede to score againt us and any other ex Cardiff boys for that matter too.

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By *xpresMan
over a year ago

Elland

"Todays the day

7.45pm

Blackburn v Cardiff

1-2 to Cardiff I hope. We're struggling with defenders so a good time to play us, Rudy Gestede to score againt us and any other ex Cardiff boys for that matter too."

1-2 yeah id go for that.. Until your owner decides to manage the club n put on his 6year old cousins best mate on

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man
over a year ago

Cardiff

"Todays the day

7.45pm

Blackburn v Cardiff

1-2 to Cardiff I hope. We're struggling with defenders so a good time to play us, Rudy Gestede to score againt us and any other ex Cardiff boys for that matter too.

1-2 yeah id go for that.. Until your owner decides to manage the club n put on his 6year old cousins best mate on

Ahhh him, goes by the name of SUM TINGS RONG

Rudy Gestede and Jordan Rhodes. Im changing it to 2-1 Blackburn

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By *xpresMan
over a year ago

Elland

"Todays the day

7.45pm

Blackburn v Cardiff

1-2 to Cardiff I hope. We're struggling with defenders so a good time to play us, Rudy Gestede to score againt us and any other ex Cardiff boys for that matter too.

1-2 yeah id go for that.. Until your owner decides to manage the club n put on his 6year old cousins best mate on

Ahhh him, goes by the name of SUM TINGS RONG

Rudy Gestede and Jordan Rhodes. Im changing it to 2-1 Blackburn"

He will take the team off at half time you will get bent over n fucked.. Ouch look on the bright side when he relocates the team to Korea playing in the KPL.. Keep the faith mate blue birds with slitty eyes haha

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By *ebecca stensonCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham

Im a Birmingham fan and the last day of the season felt like we won a cup, staying up like we did was crazy we just need to get rid of owners so we can move om from the crap they brought to us!

I think forest will win play offs

Wigan and fulham go up

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By *ebecca stensonCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham

Blackburn 3-1 tonight

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By *innerforthreeMan
over a year ago

London/herts

Am a rovers fan and agree with that score line!!

And we'd have been in the playoffs if Novak hadn't been given the freedom of ewood in the game at xnas last year!!

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By *ebecca stensonCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham

"Am a rovers fan and agree with that score line!!

And we'd have been in the playoffs if Novak hadn't been given the freedom of ewood in the game at xnas last year!!"

Lol we would of 2 years ago if we didn't sell every good player we had for silly money to pay for that w****r court case.

I can't explaim the hatred i have for him:@

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man
over a year ago

Cardiff

"Am a rovers fan and agree with that score line!!

And we'd have been in the playoffs if Novak hadn't been given the freedom of ewood in the game at xnas last year!!

Lol we would of 2 years ago if we didn't sell every good player we had for silly money to pay for that w****r court case.

I can't explaim the hatred i have for him:@ "

That TOM guy we had off you this week:

Any good?

How much did it cost?

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By *ebecca stensonCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham

"Am a rovers fan and agree with that score line!!

And we'd have been in the playoffs if Novak hadn't been given the freedom of ewood in the game at xnas last year!!

Lol we would of 2 years ago if we didn't sell every good player we had for silly money to pay for that w****r court case.

I can't explaim the hatred i have for him:@

That TOM guy we had off you this week:

Any good?

How much did it cost?"

Undisclosed he has got a lot of potential lee clarke loved him and had faith in him from seeing him live I wasnt over impressed but he is only young, he is replacing another one of our old boys mutch (who in my opinion is an all round better player)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Super

Super Leeds

Super

Super Leeds

Super

Super Leeds

SUPER LEEDS UNITED!!!!!

Marching on together!!!"

m.o.t.

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By *xpresMan
over a year ago

Elland

"Super

Super Leeds

Super

Super Leeds

Super

Super Leeds

SUPER LEEDS UNITED!!!!!

Marching on together!!!

m.o.t."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Is football back so soon, roll on the end of the season. It can't come quick enough.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

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Back to Derby, they were heading down (in freefall) when Mclaren came in so yes it hurts to lose like you did but you could be in League 1 this season.

It hurts like fuck at the time but I think long term its not a bad thing, it makes the players not want it again.

I don't feel that we were "in freefall", but merely that Cloughie had taken us as far as he could and we needed some fresh impetus and ideas.

Ahh I apologise. What posistion were they when he took over, can you remember?"

We finished 18th, 14th, 19th, 12th, 10th & 14th in his time here, so I think we were just stagnating as a mid table side.

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man
over a year ago

Cardiff

"Is football back so soon, roll on the end of the season. It can't come quick enough."

You've missed the point. You also missed the first post and the last paragraph.

But thanks anyway

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By *izzy Rascall OP Man
over a year ago

Cardiff

I was happy with our point last night V Blackburn, could of lost easily, could do with some defenders and 4 in midfield, not 3.

Result of the day for me is Bournmouth away at Huddersfield

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