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Saturday Dugout Discussion – Gameweek 9

A chilly Saturday afternoon greets the start of Gameweek nine, as twelve Premier League sides do battle once more. The Dugout Discussion opens it’s doors, in time for the early kick-off at Villa Park between Aston Villa and Norwich City. The team news is in, and is as follows…

Villa XI: Guzan, Lowton, Vlaar, Bennett, El Ahmadi, Delph, Herd, Albrighton, Holman, Agbonlahor, Benteke.

Norwich XI: Ruddy, R. Martin, Bassong, Turner, Garrido, Johnson, Tettey, E. Bennett, Pilkington, Hoolahan, Holt.

Paul Lambert makes three changes to his team, as he seeks victory over his former employers. Christian Benteke, Marc Albrighton and Chris Herd come in, with Darren Bent, Stephen Ireland and Nathan Baker making way.

After his sides impressive victory over Arsenal last week, Chris Hughton names the same starting eleven that earned those three points.

We’ve then got dose of four 3p.m. games, before the Champions see us out this evening against Swansea. The Dugout Discussion chatroom is open and can be accessed right here.

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  1. Jax
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    3 bennetts start the match, 1 remains...

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    1. Lieutenant
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Ryan Bennett did not start.

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  2. Tim Canterbury
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    OMG people we know what the Fulham line up is stop posting it

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    1. COMH
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Schwarzer, Baird, Riether, Hangeland, Hughes; Riise, Richardson, Diarra, Duff; Berbatov, Rodallega

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    2. सनकी
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Kaca is not playing

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      1. Pap Le Cissier
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Glad i benched him!

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    3. Jax
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Schwarzer, Baird, Riether, Hangeland, Hughes; Riise, Richardson, Diarra, Duff; Berbatov, Rodallega

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      1. OPTA FPL
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        lol....

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    4. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Bench?

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      1. DLL18
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Fulham Subs: Stockdale, Senderos, Karagounis, Sidwell, Ruiz, Petric, Dejagah

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      2. Jax
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        on last page. no kaca anyways if you care.

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    5. Billy Gilmore
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Schwarzer, Baird, Riether, Hangeland, Hughes; Riise, Richardson, Diarra, Duff; Berbatov, Rodallega

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      1. Smarty Pants
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Schwarzer, Baird, Riether, Hangeland, Hughes; Riise, Richardson, Diarra, Duff; Berbatov, Chuck Norris

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    6. सनकी
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Its time for some sagtion 😉

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    7. सनकी
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Schwarzer, Baird, Riether, Hangeland, Hughes; Riise, Richardson, Diarra, Duff; Berbatov, Rodallega

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  3. Red-United
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Riise playing on the wing? 🙂

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    1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Nah I think Baird is playing CM...it looks like he's on the wing from the lineup though! I thought that too!

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      1. Red-United
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Ah right cheers, yeah I got a bit happy when I saw that lineup lol

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    2. CABAYE4
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      No, LB as always...

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  4. ...---...
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    500,000 transfers out for Jenkinson this week?

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  5. Mr Sarcastic
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Should have taken that hit on Rangel => Wilson!
    Now that at least Guthrie is out I have to play Rangel and losing some nice value on both of them at the same time!
    You know who's to blame......and I can say that correct aswer is not 'you'.
    😉

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  6. Simon March
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Wow. Wilshere and Sagna - Some confidence from Arsene there.

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  7. Mílanista
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Sunderland: Mignolet, Gardner, Rose, Cuellar, O'Shea (c), Cattermole, Colback, Larsson, Johnson, McClean, Fletcher.

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  8. Tim Canterbury
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Just need the Sunderland line up now

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    1. DLL18
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      ^

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  9. Thomass
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Since the Arsenal team is out iam predicting a 6-0 victory for the Gunners
    Cazorla x3 Goals x2 Assist
    Wilshere x2 assist
    Podolski
    Vermaelen a goal and assist
    AGREE?

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    1. Kostja
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      I predict your parents dropped you on your head multiple times when you were a kid.

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      1. Pap Le Cissier
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Hahaha!

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    2. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      I think you and Bemba should become friends.

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    3. Avon Barksdale
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Uh, Yeah.

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    4. सनकी
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      No, u will think QPR is a walk in the park ey? Arsenal might win but hardly see it as a thrashing game. Qpr doesnt spend millions for nothing 😉

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  10. COMH
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    11 years, 6 months ago

    Arsenal - Mannone, Sagna, Vermaelen, Mertesacker, Santos, Arteta, Wilshere, Ramsey, Cazorla, Podolski, Giroud

    QPR - Cesar, Diakite, Traore, Taarabt, Wright-Phillips Granero, Nelsen, Bosingwa, Hoilett, Zamora, Mbia

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    Reading - McCarthy; Cummings, Shorey, Gorkss, Mariappa; Leigertw, ood, Tabb, Kebe, McAnuff (c); Pogrebnyak, Roberts

    Fulham - Schwarzer, Baird, Riether, Hangeland, Hughes; Riise, Richardson, Diarra, Duff; Berbatov, Rodallega

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    Stoke - Begovic; Cameron, Shawcross (c), Huth, Wilson; Walters, Whitehead, Nzonzi, Adam, Kightly; Crouch

    Sunderland - Mignolet, Gardner, Rose, Cuellar, O'Shea (c), Cattermole, Colback, Larsson, Johnson, McClean, Fletcher

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    Wigan - Al Habsi, Boyce, Ramis, Caldwell, Figueroa, Beausejour, McCarthy, McArthur, Maloney, Di Santo, Kone

    West Ham - Jaaskelainen, Tomkins, Collins, Reid, McCartney, Noble, Diame, Nolan, Benayoun, Jarvis, Carroll

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    1. Tim Canterbury
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      BRILLIANT now stop all the bloody repeats. God Demi makes things so much easier

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      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        stop licking his a***

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        1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 6 months ago

          sorry that was for post about person praising jenkinson and moaning sagna in

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          1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 6 months ago

            reply fail, every post I make now is in this thread?

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            1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 6 months ago

              sess dropped?

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        2. Pinoche
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 6 months ago

          +21

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        3. Jax
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 6 months ago

          +100000000000000000000

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    2. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      nice 1

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    3. blue cheese
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Cheers, Count!

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      1. tm245
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Ah, heroic!

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    4. Billy Gilmore
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Thanks Count! 😀

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    5. Daniel_tsl
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Thx man 😀

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  11. Elniñorules
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Sunderland: Mignolet, Gardner, Rose, Cuellar, O'Shea (c), Cattermole, Colback, Larsson, Johnson, McClean, Fletcher.

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    1. Billy Gilmore
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Larsson CAM?

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      1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        4-5-1 I think

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    2. Elniñorules
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Subs: Bardsley, Campbell, Kilgallon, Vaughan, Saha, Sessegnon, Westwood.

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  12. ruud gullit sitting on a sh…
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Arsenal bench anyone?

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  13. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Down the a bare 11 this week...

    No Demel, Pienaar & Jenkinson

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    1. Jax
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      deme = injured
      pienaar = injured
      jenkinson = sagna is better.

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      1. Jax
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        pienaar = suspended* sorry

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    2. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      no Guthrie too for me, only 10 men this week

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  14. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Guthrie & Jenkinson on the bench?

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    1. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Jenk yes, Guthrie No

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      1. OPTA FPL
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        where the hell is he? 😕

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  15. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Anyone know the Fulhan lineup?

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    1. Jax
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Fulham team v Reading: Schwarzer, Baird, Riether, Hangeland, Hughes; Riise, Richardson, Diarra, Duff; Berbatov, Rodallega

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    2. blue cheese
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Serious?

      Schwarzer, Baird, Riether, Hangeland, Hughes, Riise, Richardson, Diarra, Duff, Berbatov, Rodallega

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      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        No 🙂

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        1. blue cheese
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 6 months ago

          Thought as much!

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      2. Optimus.
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        hardly 😉

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        1. blue cheese
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 6 months ago

          🙂

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  16. isacki: full casual
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    11 years, 6 months ago

    Let's all take a moment to savour the return to the PL of one of our only English hopes. Number 10. Jack Wilshere.

    Total love.

    I have waited over a year for this day.

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      +1. I really hope he lives up to his potential. England need his pace in the middle of park.

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      1. Jonah
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        "pace"? Probably his single worst quality.

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  17. Tim Canterbury
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Granero(c)

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  18. tm245
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    With Demi down, do we at least have a chance of the guy who posts the lineups so clearly formatted to rescue us?

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  19. Thomass
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    shuld i get WILSHERE??

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  20. Parm
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Stoke City v Sunderland (15:00 BST)
    "BREAKING: Stephane Sessegnon makes way for the return of Lee Cattermole, available after suspension, to the Sunderland midfield. Michael Owen again starts on the substitutes bench as Stoke boss Tony Pulis names the same side that lost 4-2 at Manchester United last Saturday. Former Sunderland midfielder Dean Whitehead starts against his former club."

    Cattermole(c) 😎

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  21. TheKingThierry
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    SESSENGNONGNONGN dropped !

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    1. Crouchy
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      you seem surprised...?

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  22. Tim Canterbury
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Sagna, Wilshere & Giroud will destroy QPR...hopefully

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    1. QPR Lad 92
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Lol

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  23. Hello. Yes, This is Dog
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    hey guys in case you missed it:

    Schwarzer, Baird, Riether, Hangeland, Hughes; Riise, Richardson, Diarra, Duff; Berbatov, Rodallega

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  24. Granville
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    I have a chance now to test my supersub theory with Gervinho. 😥

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      I'm sorry but i don't think he fits in that category 😆

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  25. heartsattack
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Grant Holt! Oh dear!!!!

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    1. Rafabio
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Should've done better there...

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  26. Kostja
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Cuzan playing well.

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  27. Optimus.
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    *sigh of relief

    brett holmann cant do anymore damage

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  28. Pinoche
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Team sheets out yet?

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  29. Just Ruud
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Had to be shared 🙂

    stoke team news: Lump, Hoof, Barge, Nudge, Elbow, Clump, Shove, Push, Crunch, Knee, Plank.

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    1. Billy Gilmore
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      No changes then? 🙂

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      1. Just Ruud
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Knee was touch and go, had bad back all week 😉

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        1. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 6 months ago

          No Crouch?

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      2. Rafabio
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        LOL

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    2. Tim Canterbury
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Crouch*

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    3. Jax
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      *applauds*

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    4. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Snow Pulis and the 11 Dwarves.

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    5. Tim Canterbury
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Huth*

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    6. COMH
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      No headlock or suplex today?

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  30. Rafabio
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    A Norwich surge!!

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