Stuart Milne
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I think my favourite result of the night is that Douglas Ross is gone. Even in defeat for himself and his party, his entire interview was about the SNP. Just an awful, awful politician that represents the worst of what politics represents.
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Great moment in the game as the Stenny keeper offers the number 11 some advice on peeling off his man so he can receive his goal kick better. Number 11 shouts back “Don’t start with your shite; just kick the fucking ball”
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On behalf of the Scottish Research Team, I am deeply saddened by the passing of our friend and colleague Bryan Purdue.
Bryan joined the Football Manager Scottish Research Team back in 2001, primarily providing information and analysis for his beloved Greenock Morton.
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Hibs - like a few clubs - are doing badly because they have a manager who has been coached to believe the only way to play is like a top European side, but he doesn’t have the players to make that work.
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Anyone moaning about Ryan Gauld perhaps showing a lack of ambition signing with Vancouver Whitecaps needs to take a step back and have some perspective. He’s getting paid millions to live and work in a great part of the world. Is it more ambitious for him to live in Norwich?
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@PoorlyAgedWho
I think you’re totally wrong. It’s such an easy cop out that people give because they want to vouch for quality that isn’t there. Planet of the Ood is written and performed at a standard that surpasses anything from the Chibnall era.
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Mulgrew slinks off back up the tunnel while the rest of the team do an apology lap. Coward
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Tom English described Edwards on the radio as (I’m paraphrasing here) “The sort of player who loses track of his man, jogs back into position and when he’s at fault for the goal, immediately throws his hands in the air and blames everyone else for it”. Bang on.
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Ayina is the classic example of don’t judge a player until you’ve seen him play. He’s been terrific.
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8 games to go and none of them against the top 5 in the league. 1 point off bottom, 6 off safety (with Killie playing 3 of the top 5 before the split). It's in United's hands and if we can't overcome it, we deserve to go down.
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On a train from Arcachon to Bordeaux. The ticket inspector asks where we’re from. “Scotland”
“Where about?”
“Dundee”
“Ah of course. Dundee United”
As they say, World Famous
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Also, the argument being peddled there by Moyes that Scotland not having the top level players I just don’t buy. Teams like Australia have done well in the World Cup with players like Behic at Utd starting every game. It’s about picking the right players and right team
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I’d rather games were postponed than played behind closed doors
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@TEnglishSport
You're framing United as the guilty party here. "What did United expect?" Presumably not to have to pour money into having to defend a promotion that almost 100% would have happened had the government not stopped the playing of football in the country.
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The following clubs don’t have a researcher for Football Manager.
Are you currently a regular attendee at their games and want to help? Contact me.
Albion Rovers
Berwick Rangers
Brechin City
Cowdenbeath
Dumbarton
Edinburgh City
Elgin City
Peterhead
Queen's Park
Stranraer
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I can’t be the only one looking at the guys in hospitality at Tannadice all sitting together and thinking “How do the rules allow that but I can’t go to the game?”. Inconsistent madness.
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I don't have a problem with Ogren not wanting to put more of his own personal wealth into the club and I do think some supporter attitudes are wrong about that. But he should be asking why his money has been so badly spent by those he trusted with it.
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Regardless of where your football allegiances lie, you have to respect that two ordinary fans are doing their bit to raise money to help their club (and two others) pay for unforeseen and unfair legal fees. Get donating everyone!
£1000 target smashed already!
@TheBoyMcNicoll
&
@andycrichton6
are walking 'From Tannadice to Tynecastle' next week and every penny raised will go to
@dundeeunitedfc
for the legal fees.
Donate here =>
F'n incredible effort from ab'dy already 🧡🖤
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Justifiably angry United fans will look for someone to blame, or key decision points (eg sacking Ross) for how this season transpired. For me, it’s all about recruitment. We chased “marquee” signings ahead of squad balance, and ended up with the team we have.
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Who is the worse manager? Fav for Jackie McNamara. RT for Gary Locke.
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This is where Raith took two corners from. Great application of the rules by the ref and linesman
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Massive fan of playing Shawn Michaels Sexy Boy entrance theme for when Charlie Mulgrew scores
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I’ve seen the recruitment and analysis team take a bit of flack in recent weeks. You’ve got them to thank for identifying and doing the due diligence on Jeando Fuchs. What a player he is for our level.
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Dillon just had his hands on his head inside the box after his team conceded a goal. And it's not our problem anymore. Fucking glorious.
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Not to continue a pile on on Bolton as he’s not the only player we have who is underperforming, but I don’t get why we are persisting in the development of a 21 year old who won’t be with us next year, and leaving guys like Mochrie, Fotheringham and Sporle out. What’s the point?
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On the radio they are talking about identity and how Hearts don’t really have it. Two seasons ago United had no identity; just marquee signings and no team. Credit to Jim Goodwin who has identified how he wants United to play and has signed players for that.
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The other thing I don't get at the moment is Max Biamou. I honestly don't care if he's not the best in training (as the rumourmill suggests). The guy is a striker who can score goals and is on our payroll. We've scored 4 goals in 15 hours of league football ffs.
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To celebrate 20 years this month of being the Scottish Research Team Manager for Sports Interactive, they bought me a replica of the kit United wore when I first got the job. A nice touch.
Memories of a season that started horribly but finished really well
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Also, let’s not forget that Lewis Neilson, Kieran Freeman and Logan Chalmers have very little first team experience, let alone at the top level, so for them to play as they played vs Celtic is fantastic. And well done to Mellon for playing them all.
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It will be costly but we need to sack Fox, Crawford, Hinchcliffe and remove Mulgrew as a coach. All the chat about Asghar; yes he’s got to go, but him alone leaving won’t save our season. New management and coaches first. It’s a last roll of the dice but needs to happen now.
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Craig Easton rightly questioning Ryan Edwards. He’s the fucking captain and time and time again he just stands around hands on hips like he couldn’t give a fuck.
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See if (when) we get relegated; there’d better not be any of this crap where players do a lap of dishonour looking for a sympathetic clap from fans because they “tried the best”. They didn’t. This lot have not tried. They are a disgrace.
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United, Aberdeen and Hibs all suffering from this 'Tactics The Way We Were Taught On The Course' mentality. It works for the European elite ergo it must work for us. There's a reason Arbroath are doing so well and it's because they have a manager with his own style and process.
Is it just me or is the recent fad to play with two wide men and one central striker making teams less threatening? It might be great when it clicks but how often is it really effective in the Premiership?
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No United fan ever thought this side deserved promotion. If we'd got it, it would have been baffling. We're soft as shite at the back, we play tippy tappy pish, the players have no urgency. The worst United squad we've ever had in my lifetime.
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Unless there’s a miracle here, this has got to be the end of the road for almost everyone at the club. I include Goodwin in that I’m afraid
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Someone needs to tell the commissioning editor at BBC Scotland that this just has to stop. No more. It's beyond pish.
#onlyanexcuse
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Tony Watt has become this divisive figure who the fans no longer seem to rate. Remembering that he was rarely played in his preferred position, he scored in his last game and was only punted because Fox just wanted him gone, I’m happy with him leading the line next season
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Another Controversial Opinion: We’ll be a better team when Peter Pawlett is back in it. Our great form at the start of last season was in no small part down to him
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I've never quite got the "Dundee's a shitehole" mentality you get from fans of other clubs. Perhaps it's just because the two football stadia are in less desirable parts of the city, but fucking hell, it's better than most places in Scotland.
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An inspiration, Bryan battled Duchenne Muscular Disorder throughout his time with Sports Interactive, but he never let it get in the way of following The Ton or getting out and about for lunch and drinks.
He will be remembered fondly and sorely missed.
Rest in Peace Bryan
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Last point; Pawlett is underrated by our support. He'd have made a difference because he runs at players. It helps.
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Train hard and then find yourself on the bench while serial underperformers Harkes and Levitt are guaranteed a start. Must feel great.
Liam Fox discusses ‘unfortunate’ Craig Sibbald amid Dundee United midfield conundrum
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Hope the boys who wrote off Sporle after 45 minutes at Tynecastle feel a bit daft. Got to give guys time to get used to a new country
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Are there genuinely people complaining that Dundee Utd fielded a team of first team squad members who are either not currently starting games or are in need of match fitness in a reserve game? Surely that’s the point of reserve football?
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Every United player did well, but Man of the match for me today was
@WilliamEdj23
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What a fantastic performance from United tonight; a real team effort. It’s easy to say considering we’re in the Championship but this is one of the best teams United have fielded for almost 10 years. The players have the right mentality, know their roles and have a togetherness!
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All kicked off in the GF Upper Tier with one boy leathering another. Missed the goal as a result. Never seen that happen up here, and it’s not even people who might have had a few drinks in hospitality.
Fun times
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Every United fan who left...well you don’t deserve to see the win 😂
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Tony Watt’s assist for the Moult goal was excellent from a team perspective. He could have taken the shot himself and would likely have scored it but he passed to a team mate who hasn’t been exactly red hot in front of goal to give him an opportunity to get his confidence back.
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We sign McNulty, then great, he’s a good striker (I’m ignoring the off the field stuff).
But you replace Clark with McNulty last Friday and I really don’t think it makes any difference to how that game finishes.
We still need creativity.
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Freeman looks like a player absolutely ruined. Going half hearted into challenges, absolutely silent, never making the positive pass, never willing to take a man on. A liability in this half.
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Like to think I'm fair in criticism of United players, and have always - rightly in my view - slaughtered Jamie Robson at left back. But as a left midfielder he's been surprisingly impressive. He's direct, beats the man and gets the cross in. It's what you need.
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Oh how we badly miss a player like Butcher or Fuchs in games like this
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As we put the finishing touches to the Scottish data for
@FootballManager
a shout out must go to
@NiallFH
,
@RampantFM
and
@dani_dots
for the work they've put into the Highland, Lowland and Junior league info. Seeing Loch Ness FC with a complete squad is quite something...
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Ross Graham was immense last night; the total opposite of the player clearly running low on confidence earlier in the season. Bearing in mind he's still a young player, perhaps taking him out of the spotlight for a while to get his groove back was a shrewd move?
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Big fan of Adrian Sporle playing at left back, left wing, centre midfield, right wing and centre forward all in 40 mins of football
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Thought the defence were excellent today, every one of them. But
@charlieseaman99
was my man of the match. Superb, calm performance
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I've got loads to do today, but I just sat and watched all 16 minutes of this video. Really great stuff, in that it captures the atmosphere in the ground better than any TV coverage can, it clearly engages with younger fans and Ben himself is terrific throughout. Well done man.
What a game. One of the biggest games there is in the Scottish football calendar, and here’s The Big Match to cover it all. 6-2, United fans. Apologies in advance to the Dees...
WATCH ⬇️
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Liam Smith moving into midfield and Calum Butcher reverting to centre back are two tweaks our coaching staff deserve credit for.
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Interesting - and in no was unexpected - to see calls for the manager's head, because on paper, this form is sackable. But I'm not seeing where any other manager would turn that injury hit side into a free-scoring one. We've been desperately unlucky with injuries.
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For me, Fotheringham stood out a mile. A player who wants to take men on, but not in the eyes to the ground, no plan b style that Cudjoe has. He's a good player. Meekison, Mochrie and Glass are also tidy players but they aren't yet proving effective.
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The reaction to Caroline Flack's death is typically British. No doubt there were lots of people lapping up the press's daily dismantling of her, but now we turn on the same press because of that. Surely the people who buy the stuff they write are part of the problem too?
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Last night’s win was dedicated to the English guy I argued with the other day who said the “SPL” is no better than League Two quality in England. Would like to see Crawley Town put in a performance like that 😅
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I love Craig Levein. The guy knows how to wind people up, and it's just glorious seeing the way Celtic and some of their self righteous fans are getting their knickers in a twist.
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As a key member of the team his influence stretched much further, as he would lend his experience to help new researchers, while also filling in wherever needed. Chances are if you've played FM as a Scottish side, Bryan had helped research that team in some way.
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The woman representing Labour here is an embarrassment. She's like the sort of person who flips over the monopoly board when she's losing
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Neilson got a better paid job at his favourite club. Mellon was essentially sacked. Courts’ ex colleague got him a job in Hungary and he’s left at the apex of his reputation with us. And we haven’t had 25 managers. Apart from that, great article…
Steven Pressley insists 'something's not right' at Dundee United managerial merry-go round spins yet again
@AndyNewportDR
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Glad my “Jamie McGrath does nothing” tweet from last Sunday morning has very much left me with egg on my face. 😅
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What a fantastic result that is for United. Before the season started people were most critical about our centre backs saying they wouldn’t be up to it, but they’ve once again been terrific.
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Incredibly, we're a game in hand off being 10th, so we're not down yet. But this can't continue. We're not going to get out of this with Fox in charge.
Ogren has to act.
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Dundee United are bottom of the league and heading for relegation because of some incredibly bad recruitment. That’s the long and the short of it. Individually decent players but an absolutely honking and disjointed team
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If the rumours of Middleton doing his hamstring whilst training, I think it's time to ask a question of what type of training we're doing lately. Four non impact hamstring injuries to four players in recent weeks doesn't sound like a coincidence.
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Looking for a few people to join the
@FootballManager
Scottish Research Team, specifically supporters of...
Livingston, Kilmarnock, Partick, Kelty Hearts, Stranraer and Cowdenbeath.
I appreciate there'll be interest in other clubs but we've got them covered this time.
DM me
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If you’d told me as a child of the 80s and 90s that one day I’d own an arcade cabinet with Wrestlefest I’d say you were dreaming. If you told me I’d have one with 97,999 other games on it too and a fantastic He-Man design I’d say you were totally insane. But here we are. Awesome.
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Here’s a slight concern…
Courts previous role was in analysis. Last season he watched us play a back 3/back 5 15 times, score 3 goals from it and never win a game.
Why’s he playing that formation with the same players?
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Controversial Opinion: Eriksson is a good goalkeeper who is unfairly tarred with the brush of being the “Backup goalie”.
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Based on that, I really hope it’s not as you were next week with guys like Pawlett - who has been off the ball for a while now - walking back into the side. We want Meekison!!
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Big shout out to Sean McGee, head of recruitment under Asghar for his part in our season.
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I hope you’re happy
@dundeeunitedfc
- your performance today drove me to such distraction that when I turned up to collect my Chinese takeaway order I realised I’d accidentally placed my order at a takeaway in fucking Northampton. Pricks 😬
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For those counting, United can’t finish bottom now, and can only finish 11th if Hamilton and Killie win every game except a draw with each other, St Mirren and Ross County lose every game except wins against and we lose every game.
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Every player was immense today but special mention to Nicky Clark. Not man of the match from a technical standpoint but probably went in knowing he’d have to play the full 90 with no replacement on the bench. He put in everything and was running on empty with about 20 mins to go
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The point was just made to me...This is the first statement from Rangers where it hasn't been Dundee United's fault.
#OffTheEnemiesList
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Considering how he did in the last tie Vs Livi, Freeman was my man of the match. Put everything into it and kept Nouble much quieter.
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The frustrating thing is that this part of the narrative has been almost entirely ignored on platforms like
@BBCSportsound
. Why should clubs be worse off financially for being successful? It's not all about Hearts.
@TEnglishSport
is particularly bad for glossing over this issue
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“MAKE A STATEMENT UNITED!!!!”
United make statement
“THAT’S NOT FUCKING GOOD ENOUGH”
Can’t win
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Unpopular opinion time; an opinion I’ve deliberately left until after the season finished. Safranko isn’t that good. Certainly not worth paying six figures for.
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Regardless of your thoughts about Goodwin getting the job, having a Manager plan for next season from Monday knowing what is required is so valuable. Any new manager would no doubt wait until pre season to get a proper judgement on what needed done
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Looks like there’s a consensus that
@ian_harkes
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It’s quite refreshing that despite terrible results and relegation, Brechin never sacked Darren Dods. 10th place was the highest City could have got in that league, so relegation was inevitable. Dods did a good job in League One last season and probably will again next season.
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If Freeman isn’t your favourite United player then you’re wrong
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Always nice to get a Dundee United themed gift. Some quality ceramic coasters for the house
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Just to echo what everyone has said, it shouldn’t be a postponement; St Johnstone should be awarded the points by forfeit
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