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Would you spend €100+ on Paul Pogba??

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:rofl: :smh:

The realities of modern footy I guess...

Eh at least the academy is alive and kicking :lol:
 
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That card specialist was rated and sought after bunch of top clubs :lol:,Mou knows a good CB prospect when he see one

:rofl: :smh:

The realities of modern footy I guess...

Eh at least the academy is alive and kicking :lol:

I'm playing :lol: whatever will be will be. We can rebuild. I'm confident of that :D

We are in champions league man, wake up :wink:

Agreed plus you guys have more than enough $ to spend and I trust that Ranieri is gonna spend wisely
 
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Rated smated... I've watched the kid play numerous times... He's got all the raw attributes but I don't trust Jose at this juncture in his career to mold him into the player United needs. Plus for that price, they should get more of a finished product. It almost looked like woody was reading the transfer news in the Times, Guardian, & Manchester Evening News to see what players clubs were targeting & was like, "Oh, lets go after that chap." :lol:


Call me crazy but I think Zlatan ends up at Atl. Madrid.

If he wants to challenge for a league title & CL footy, thats where he should go. He fits El Cholo's mentality perfectly.
 
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^^ I've yet to have ever seen you agree with a single MU signing :lol:

Mou's supposedly gonna be after another CB as well so I don't think Bailly's gonna be relied on too much right away

Woody and Mou need to go #GriezorBust if the Spiderman news comes to fruition...
 
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^^ I've yet to ever seen you agree with a single MU signing :lol:

Mou's supposedly gonna be after another CB as well so I don't think Bailly's gonna be relied on too much right away

In the years since SAF's retirement? No, the clubs transfer business has been terrible. I'd mark them even worse because of the amount of money wasted. Martial has delivered on his promise. I loved Depay's signing & thought he was ready to evolve to a better pro, who knew he'd settle for the lifestyle instead of wanting to be a great footballer like he has.

Seriously, if he's still dating Steve Harvey's daughter, United should contact Harvey to give him a kick in the rear & give him a man to man talk about stepping up...

I loved the Matteo Darmian signing too, who knew LvG would let him rot like he did (plus the injuries). I hope Matteo gets to leave the club & play elsewhere.
 
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How to pronounce EURO players' names correctly
Published: Tuesday 7 June 2016, 10.00CET
UEFA EURO 2016 is a great opportunity to introduce yourself to a new language; UEFA.com's team reporters have helped compile this guide to getting the players' names right.

How to pronounce EURO players' names correctly
Published: Tuesday 7 June 2016, 10.00CET
UEFA EURO 2016 is a great opportunity to introduce yourself to a new language; UEFA.com's team reporters have helped compile this guide to getting the players' names right.

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UEFA.com presents a rough guide to pronouncing the names of all the players at the finals. Not 100% accurate, but a decent start.

Albania
Getting it spot on is hard for English speakers, but some useful notes: 'xh' is not unlike the 'dg' in hedge. A 'j' is pronounced a bit like an English 'y'. An 'ë' is quite similar to an English 'u'. A 'ç' is something like 'ch'.

Alban Hoxha – Hodge-ah
Orges Shehi – Shay-hee
Arlind Ajeti – A-yeti
Naser Aliji – Ali-yi
Elseid Hysaj – Hoo-sigh
Mërgim Mavraj – Mur-gim Mav-rai
Migjen Basha – Midgen
Lorik Cana – Lo-reek Tsa-na
Ergys Kaçe – Erg-oos Kat-che
Burim Kukeli – Boo-rim Ku-ke-lih
Ermir Lenjani – Ermir Len-ya-nih
Ledjan Memushaj – Led-yan Me-moo-shay
Odise Roshi – Odi-seh Ro-shee
Taulant Xhaka – Taoo-lant Dza-ka
Bekim Balaj – Ba-lay
Sokol Çikalleshi – Sokol Chi-ka-lesh-ee
Shkëlzen Gashi – Shkul-zen


Austria
Basic German-language rules apply – note that an umlauted 'ä', 'ö' or 'ü' sound something similar to 'ae', 'oe', 'ue' in English.

Sebastian Prödl – Prur-dul
György Garics – Gior-jee Ga-ritch
Aleksandar Dragovic – Dra-go-vitch
Zlatko Junuzovic – Ju-nu-zo-vitch
Alessandro Schöpf – Sherpf
Marko Arnautovic – Ar-now-toe-vitch
Lukas Hinterseer – Hin-ter-say-er
Mark Janko – Yan-ko

Belgium
The temptation to pronounce the last 'd' in Eden Hazard's name is apparently to be avoided.

Thibaut Courtois – Tea-bo Coor-twa
Simon Mignolet – Min-yo-let
Toby Alderweireld – Al-der-way-reld
Jordan and Romelu Lukaku – Loe-ka-koe
Thomas Vermaelen – Ver-mah-len
Eden Hazard – Ha-zar
Michy Batshuayi – Bat-shoe-a-yi

Croatia
Basic rules: 'š' is a 'sh', 'č' and 'ć' are a bit like an English 'ch', and 'j' approximates to an English 'y'.

Lovre Kalinić – Low-rey Ka-lin-itch
Danijel Subašić – Su-ba-****ch
Vedran Ćorluka – Chor-loo-ka
Tin Jedvaj – Yed-vay
Dario Srna – Sur-na
Domagoj Vida – Do-ma-goy
Šime Vrsjalko – Shi-may Ver-sal-ee-ko
Milan Badelj – Bad-el-ee
Marcelo Brozović – Brozzo-vitch
Ante Ćorić – Chor-itch
Mateo Kovačić – Ko-va-chitch
Luka Modric – Mod-ritch
Ivan Perišić – Pair-ish-itch
Ivan Rakitić – Rack-it-itch
Duje Čop – Do-yey Chop
Andrej Kramarić – And-ray Kram-ar-itch
Marko Pjaca – Pea-at-sa

Czech Republic
Accents on vowels indicate where the pronunciation should be stressed. An 'š' is a 'sh', a 'č' is a 'ch', but a 'c' is more like a 'ts'. An 'ř' is a bit like 'rj' in English – hence Daniel Kolař just about rhymes with 'go large'.

Petr Čech – Peter Cheh
Tomáš Koubek – Tom-as Koe-beck
Tomáš Vaclík – Vatz-leek
Roman Hubník – Hoob-neek
Michal Kadlec – Kad-letz
Tomáš Sivok – Shi-vock
Marek Suchý – Sue-hee
Borek Dočkal – Dotch-kal
Daniel Kolař – Daniel Koh-lahrj
Ladislav Krejčí – Kray-chee
Jaroslav Plašil – Jo-ro-slav Pla-shil
Daniel Pudil – Daniel Pood-yil
Tomáš Rosičký – Ro-sits-kee
Josef Šural – Shoo-ral
Tomáš Necid – Net-sit
Milan Škoda – Shko-da

England
One that may pose a challenge to the uninitiated – Tottenham's 22-year-old midfielder is a 'Dier', like someone who 'dies'.

Eric Dier – Die-er

France
Basic school French should help. Dimitri Payet's surname sounds like 'pie-ette' – equivalent to the sound of Liam Gallagher from Oasis saying "I ate".

Benoît Costil – Ben-wah Cos-teal
Hugo Lloris – Lyo-reece
Steve Mandanda – Stev Mon-don-dah
Lucas Digne – Loo-cah Dee-nyuh
Christophe Jallet – Ja-lay
Laurent Koscielny – Lo-ron Koss-sea-ell-nee
Eliaquim Mangala – El-ee-a-keam Mon-ga-la
Bacary Sagna – Ba-ka-ree San-ya
N'Golo Kanté – N-go-lo Kon-tay
Dimitri Payet – Di-mi-tree Pie-ette
Morgan Schneiderlin – Shnay-der-lan
André-Pierre Gignac – Andre-pee-air Jin-yack
Olivier Giroud – Ol-iv-ee-eh Ji-roo
Antoine Griezmann – On-twan Gree-ez-man
Anthony Martial – On-ton-ee Mar-sea-al

Germany
An umlaut on 'ä', 'ö' or 'ü' is comparable to 'ae', 'oe', 'ue' in English. Note: Joshua Kimmich – 'ich' as in "ich bin ein Berliner" rather than Baby You're A Rich Man.

Manuel Neuer – Noy-ah
Jérôme Boateng – Je-rom Bow-a-teng
Benedikt Höwedes – ***-ve-des
Joshua Kimmich – Kim-ikh
Antonio Rüdiger – Roo-digger
Emre Can – Kan
Mario Götze – Gert-suh

Hungary
One of the few European languages that do not belong to the Indo-European group, Hungarian is not as percussive-sounding as it looks.

Dénes Dibusz – Day-nesh Di-boos
Péter Gulácsi – Goo-lat-chi
Gábor Király – Kee-rye
Barnabás Bese – Beh-sheh
Richárd Guzmics – Gooz-mitch
Roland Juhász – Yoo-hass
Mihály Korhut – Mi-high Kor-hoot
Balász Dzsudzsák – Bol-azh Joo-jaack
Ádám Nagy – Nah-dge
Daniel Böde – Buh-deh
Zoltán Gera – Ger-ah
Gergő Lovrencsics – Ger-gur Lov-ren-chitch
Krisztián Németh – Nay-met
Nemanja Nikolić – Nem-an-ya Ni-kol-itch
Tamás Priskin – Tom-ash Prish-kin
Ádám Szalai – Sal-ah-ee

Iceland
Vowel sounds are not exactly what English speakers might like them to be.

Haukur Heidar Hauksson – How-koor Hey-thar Howk-son
Arnor Ingvi Traustasson – Ar-nor Eeng-vee Troy-sta-son
Kári Árnason – Cow-ree Our-na-son
Elmar and Birkir Bjarnason – Byard-na-son
Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson – Roo-nar Maur Seeg-ur-yo-nson

Italy
The commonly-made mistake is to pronounce a 'ch' like an English 'ch' – it is more like a 'k'. Lorenzo Insigne is a tough one to get spot on – linguists may note that his 'gn' works like a Spanish 'ñ'.

Gianluigi Buffon – Jan-loo-ee-jee Boo-fon
Federico Marchetti – Mar-kett-ee
Andrea Barzagli – Bar-zal-yee
Giorgio Chiellini – Jor-joh Key-eh-lean-ee
Mattea De Sceglio – Deh Shil-yo
Federico Bernardeschi – Ber-nar-desk-ee
Emmanuele Giaccherini – Em-an-well-eh Ja-ker-ee-nee
Éder – Eh-dair
Stephan El Shaarawy – El Sha-rah-wee
Lorenzo Insigne – In-sin-yuh
Graziano Pellè – Grat-zee-ah-no Peh-leh

Northern Ireland
Common sense for most speakers in the British Isles, though worth stressing that McCullough and McLaughlin in this case are 'kh' sounds rather than 'ff' sounds.

Gareth McAuley – Mick-kaw-lee
Luke McCullough – Mick-kulla
Conor McLaughlin – Mick-lock-lin

Poland
Polish is a much softer sounding language than all the 'k's and 'z's would suggest. A 'Ł' or 'ł' is a little bit like an English 'w', while the subscript accent on an 'ę' or an 'ą' subtly adds an 'n' to the vowel.

Łukasz Fabiański – Woo-cash Fab-yan-ski
Wojciech Szczęsny – Voy-chekh Sh-chen-sni
Artur Jędrzejczyk – Yen-jay-chick
Tomasz Jodłowiec – Yodd-wo-vetz
Michał Pazdan – Mi-how
Łukasz Piszczek – Woo-cash Pish-check
Bartosz Salamon – Bar-tosh
Jakub Błaszczykowski – Ya-koob Blash-chi-kov-ski
Kamil Grosicki – Gro-sich-ki
Grzegorz Krychowiak – G-ze-gosh Cri-ho-viack
Krzysztof Mączyński – K-*****-toff Mon-chin-ski
Sławomir Peszko – S-wha-vo-mir Pesh-ko
Robert Lewandowski – Le-van-dov-ski
Arkadiusz Milik – Ar-ka-dioosh My-lick
Filip Starzyński – Sta-zynn-ski
Mariusz Stępiński – Mar-yush Stenn-pin-ski

Portugal
Contrary to what most English speakers imagine, Portuguese sounds very different to Spanish. The 'r' at the start of Rui or Renato is a little bit like a rolled 'r' in French. The second vowel in 'Alves' and 'Gomes' gets squashed down into a 'sh' – e.g. Alvsh, Gomsh.

Anthony Lopes – Lop-us
Rui Patrício – Khoo-wee Pah-tree-see-oh
Bruno Alves – Alvsh
Pepe – Pep
Raphael Geirreiro – Gur-ray-roh
André Gomes – Gomsh
João Mario – Joo-ow
Renato Sanches – Khrenato
Vieirinha – Vea-ay-rea-niah
Ricardo Quaresma – Khri-car-do Qua-re-sh-ma

Republic of Ireland
Most of the names will be familiar to fans of football in the British Isles; notice that the 'gh' in 'Keogh' is not the same as the 'gh' in 'cough'. The Irish name 'Ciaran' is equivalent to the more common 'Kieran' in this case.

Richard Keogh – Kee-oh
Ciaran Clark - Key-ranace

Romania
A 'c' on its own is often more like a 'ch' in English, whereas a 'ch' is more like a 'k'. An 'ş' is approximate to 'sh' while the subscript accented 'ţ' is more like 'ts' in English. Hence Răzvan's surname sounds not like one rat but many.

Ciprian Tătăruşanu – Chip-ree-an Ta-ta-roo-sha-noo
Vlad Chiricheş – Ki-ri-kesh
Dragoş Grigore – Dra-gosh
Aleksandru Măţel – Mat-sel
Cosmin Moţi – Mot-see
Răzvan Raţ – Rats
Aleksandru Chipciu – Kip-chee-oo
Adrian Prepeliţă – Pre-pel-its-a
Nicolae Stanciu – Stan-chee-oo
Gabriel Torje – Tor-zhe
Claudiu Keşerü – Ke-share-oo
Bogdan Stancu – Stan-koo

Russia
Vowel sounds and the way they are stressed present the biggest challenges for English speakers, with common first names often not sounding quite like their transcribed equivalents – hence Igor = Igar, Roman = Raman, Denis = Dinis, Oleg = Aleg.

Igor Akinfeev – Ig-ar A-kin-fey-eff
Fedor Smolov – Fiodar
Aleksandr Golovin – Gala-vin
Dmitri Kombarov – Kam-bar-ov
Dmitri Torbinski – Tar-bin-ski
Aleksandr Kokorin – Ka-kor-in
Guilherme – Gi-li-erm-ay

Slovakia
Rules similar to Czech: an 'š' is a 'sh', a 'č' is a 'ch', but a 'c' is more like a 'ts'. A 'Ď' – with the superscript accent – sounds something like the 'dg' in 'hedge'.

Matúš Kozáčik – Ma-tush Koz-aa-chick
Ján Mucha – Mu-kha
Ján Ďurica – Djoo-ritz-ah
Tomáš Hubočan – Hoo-bo-chan
Milan Škriniar – Shkrin-ee-ar
Martin Škrtel – Shkr-tel
Ján Greguš – Gre-goosh
Marek Hamšík – Ham-sheek
Patrik Hrošovský – Hro-shov-ski
Juraj Kucka – Koots-ka
Dušan Švento – Doo-shan Shvent-o
Michal Ďuriš – Djoo-rish
Stanislav Šesták – Shes-tark

Spain
Getting it exactly right is tough for the uninitiated, but the following pronunciations may get you a bit closer. César Azpilicueta's Chelsea team-mates famously nicknamed him 'Dave' to avoid the difficulty of pronouncing his surname.

Iker Casillas – Ee-ker Ca-see-yas
David de Gea – De-hay-er
César Azpilicueta – Ath-pili-coo-et-a
Héctor Bellerín – Bay-yer-reen
Juanfran – Hoo-an-fran
Gerard Piqué – Pee-kay
Mikel San José – San-ho-say
Sergio Busquets – Boo-skets
Cesc Fàbregas – Sesk
Koke – Ko-kay

Sweden
Swedish players in the Premier League have clearly become accustomed to having their names mispronounced.

Andreas Isaksson – Ee-sak-son
Victor Lindelöf – Lin-de-love
Martin Olsson – Ool-son
Albin Ekdal – Ee-ek-dal
Emil Forsberg – Fosh-berry
Kim Källström – Shell-strome
Marcus Berg – Berry
Emir Kujovic – Ku-yo-vitch

Switzerland
In addition to Switzerland's mix of native languages – French, Swiss German and Italian – the prominence of players with Albanian and Kosovar roots makes things even more complicated.

François Moubandje – Moo-band-jee
Fabian Schär – Share
Blerim Džemaili – Je-my-lee
Xherdan Shaqiri – Cher-dan Scha-ki-ri
Granit Xhaka – Cha-ka
Shani Tarashaj – Ta-ra-shai

Turkey
Umlauts do a similar job as in the Germanic languages, an 'ş' is a bit like an English 'sh' and a 'c' more like a 'j'. The problem characters are the 'ğ' and the dotless 'ı' – the former is almost like a gap in the word denoting where an English 'g' should have been but isn't. UEFA.com's Turkey team reporter Çetin Cem Yılmaz says of the 'ı': "that letter is slightly pronounced; not like 'ee' but hard to describe".

Ahmet Çalık – Jal-ukh
Gökhan Gönül – Ger-kan Ger-nool
İsmail Köybaşı – Ees-my-il Koy-ba-shuh
Şener Özbayraklı – She-ner Erz-by-rak-ler
Caner Erkin – Ja-ner
Hakan Çalhanoğlu – Ha-kan Chal-han-och-loo
Nuri Şahin – Sha-hin
Oğuzhan Özyakup – O-hoo-zhan Erz-ya-kup
Olcay Şahan – Ol-jai Sha-han
Selçuk İnan – Sel-chuk Ee-nan
Volkan Şen – Shen
Yunus Mallı – You-nus Mal-i

Ukraine
Transcribed – like Russian – from the Cyrillic alphabet, Ukrainian is notably easier to pronounce. Names largely sound like they look in print. The number of 'y's might throw some English speakers, so worth noting that they can generally be treated as English 'i's (Mykyta is Mi-ki-ta and not Mie-kie-ta). An 'iy' is approximately the same as an English 'ee' – hence 'Andriy' = 'Und-ree'.

Yevhen Khacheridi – Ha-che-ri-di

Wales
Mostly straightforward, but just in case ...

Owain Fôn Williams – O-wayne Von Will-ee-ams
 
 
Uh oh is it gonna be time to chance my new Gundogan Lock-screen to an Obama-yang one soon8)
HOLD UP. *****, B.

You cereal?
see below
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Congrats to Citeh on the title if that's the case...
I'm just waiting now to see if anything comes of this.
 
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Sporting KC teenager Erik Palmer-Brown says overseas loan taught him to be a professional
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On a quiet, sunny Tuesday morning, Erik Palmer-Brown was one of the final players to depart the Sporting Kansas City practice field. After completing his first training session with the club in four months, he outlined the remainder of his afternoon — hanging out with friends, a trip to the dog park with his puppy, some time for relaxation.

In short: A return to his comfort zone.

There were several weeks away from it. Palmer-Brown spent the past four months residing in Portugal, where he played on loan with Porto B, which last month won its first ever title in the LigaPro, the country’s second division.

He returned to Kansas City this week during the Porto B offseason, but only for a brief stint. He plans to make the trek back overseas for Porto B training camp later this month.

“For me now, it’s more of a professional lifestyle,” Palmer-Brown said of his time in Portugal. “I go home, and I think about training. I’m eating lunch and then resting up my body for the next day.

“Having two games a week with (Porto) B, it was really taxing on my body. I learned that I need to take care of my body in situations like that. I think I grew up in that aspect of the game.”

The culture change provided the biggest shock to Palmer-Brown, who only a year ago graduated from O’Hara High School. He joined a locker room with Porto B that was not entirely fluent in English, and he continues to Skype with a language professor in hopes of learning Portuguese.

His move overseas transpired in February, when Sporting KC elected to loan its teenage defender to FC Porto through Dec. 31. It was designed, Sporting KC coach Peter Vermes explained, to give Palmer-Brown a different perspective on being a professional soccer player.

“Coming from Sporting to Porto, (I learned) the development here is real. It’s top-notch. I can see that now,” Palmer-Brown said. “It made (the transition) easier going from here to there.”

Palmer-Brown, who turned 19 last month, was saddled early in the LigaPro season by a pair of minor hamstring injuries. But he played the full 90 minutes in 10 of the final 13 Porto B regular season matches, appearing in each of them at center back.

Porto B set a regular weekly schedule with matches on Sundays and Wednesdays.

“I learned quickly that I’m not Superman,” Palmer-Brown said. “I’m not as young as I think. Two games in a week will take a toll on anyone, I think.”

It had its benefits, too. During the final stretch of the MLS season last summer, Palmer-Brown labeled fitness as his biggest obstacle to playing time.

He returned to Kansas City this week with a noticeably leaner figured, estimating he had lost 12 pounds.

“Right when I stepped in, I was coming off of preseason, and they were in midseason,” Palmer-Brown said. “So (it took time) getting fit and adjusting to the technical abilities of the players.

“But I just think it was a great, great learning experience for me.”

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Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mls/sporting-kc/article82281327.html#storylink=cpy
 
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Congrats to Citeh on the title if that's the case...

How many strikers does Pep's system use? 1?

So what's he going to do? Come off the wood for Aguero?

aguero and sterling on the wings with aubameyang up top. my god that pace :nerd:

KDB underneath obama as the 10 playing maestro to everything
 
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I think if this happens it means we play with two strikers. I've always thought Aguero plays even better with striking partner. Pep has used one striker usually in the past but he could have a different vision for this squad and the players skill sets.

Plus Aguero does have issues staying on the pitch.
 
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It's not like Aguero is dependable health wise & as he gets older, that's proly going to be the norm unless City invests in hyperbaric chambers & sub zero cryotherapy for Kun...
 
Say bro, you weren't in charge of the PA system by chance were you?

They ****** up another anthem! They cut off Chile's anthem midway and started playing a Pitbull song.

It's a disgrace. It's a ******* disgrace! (C) Drogba

Haha, no I was definitely not in charge of the PA system. FYI for all though, they do have meetings beforehand to make sure things like anthems and flags are all correct so these kinds of things do not happen. So how the wrong anthem was played in Arizona is beyond me. Each national team approves the length of the anthem and confirms that the anthem is indeed correct in this meeting so I'm guessing Levi's just went along with what Chile confirmed with them. I don't do anything with PA though strictly media.

Clarification on tonight’s Chilean anthem from #CopaAmerica organizers: https://t.co/mDhiIjKU1C pic.twitter.com/j9bdkaQAAb
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Congrats to Citeh on the title if that's the case...

How many strikers does Pep's system use? 1?

So what's he going to do? Come off the wood for Aguero?

aguero and sterling on the wings with aubameyang up top. my god that pace :nerd:

KDB underneath obama as the 10 playing maestro to everything


WHAT?!? :lol:

This is not FIFA my dude. That may work on Xbox, but there's absolutely no reason on this planet to have Aguero playing anywhere else on the pitch other than CF.
 
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hahah ok ok I got carried away dreaming about it. But more than likely pep would just go 2 up top like he would run with muller and lewa at times
 
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