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The ScoutCast – Episode 133 – Beginnings

A new beginning. On the eve of a new campaign, two grumpy middle-aged has-beens gather in a studio to recall the summer’s feast of football and look ahead to another Fantasy season, full of hope.

There’s no frills. No live video cast. No special guests. Just Granville and I, stripped back and almost unplugged.

Don’t let that put you off, though. Even with our limited powers we at least attempt to cut through the issues currently rattling around in the minds of Fantasy managers.

We assess the Old Trafford revolution, the world without Suarez and the merits of the three-man strike force. We slice through the current transfer trends and weigh up matters such as the Sigurdsson/Bojan rotation, Fagregas vs Hazard and the Chelsea back four conundrum. We also manage to warm up with a nice little argument about the Alexis Sanchez bandwagon – the traditional pre-season barney.

Be there at the birth via this link, or witness the new dawn via the handy player below.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

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  1. Margarido
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Hazard and Fabregas have the exact same ownership - 21.1%
    Interesting...

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    1. BigManBakar
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      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      😯

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    2. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      And I have neither 😕

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      1. Bubz
        • 10 Years
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        😯

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        1. Jafooli
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          Yeah I know 😮

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          1. @ocprodigy
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            • 10 Years
            9 years, 8 months ago

            I'm hoping you have Costa...

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            1. Jafooli
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              😎

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  2. BigManBakar
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    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    All set to go with this lot 🙂

    DDG
    Clyne/Terry/Chester
    Ramsey/Mata/Siggy/Mutch
    Rooney/Costa/Sturridge

    Gilks/Marney/Hutton/Moore

    Best of luck lads!

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    1. OptimusBlack
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      9 years, 8 months ago

      nice team with Costa Sturridge and Rooney

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      1. BigManBakar
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        • 11 Years
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        thanks 🙂

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    2. Ben Mee Over A Table
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      9 years, 8 months ago

      Love it. The holy trinity at it's full power.

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      1. BigManBakar
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        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Thanks a lot pal 🙂

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    3. The Hindu Monkey
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      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      that is cracking. I'd have Cahil above Terry but for those strikers that is the best balanced line up I've seen so far.

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      1. BigManBakar
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        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Woah...thanks so much 🙂

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      2. Kerrazy
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        9 years, 8 months ago

        you haven't seen nothing yet then 😆

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    4. Kerrazy
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      9 years, 8 months ago

      like it.

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      1. BigManBakar
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        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Thanks mate! 🙂

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    5. Jebiga
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      9 years, 8 months ago

      Mutch and Terry out for 4.5 and better mid

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      1. BigManBakar
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        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        JT is a shoe in mate, sorry!

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    6. Aaron Ramessi - Straya
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      nicely done, THTF 🙂

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      1. BigManBakar
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        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Thanks a lot AR! 😀

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    7. Margarido
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      9 years, 8 months ago

      Good lot.
      I guess you could balance more your defense..
      Dwngrade Terry and up-grade Chester and Mutch.

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      1. BigManBakar
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        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Thanks mate, really like a nailed on Chelsea defender in there with the fixtures!

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    8. George Agdgdgwngo
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Worried about lack of hazard?

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      1. BigManBakar
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        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Not really, the three up front should compensate for the lack of him

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        1. bodsc
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          My team is basically this, just struggling with the fear of no Hazard.

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  3. waltzingmatildas
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    What do you reckon to this? Torn between a balanced team with a cheap third striker or big three up front?

    Foster krul
    Luis Clyne blast rosenior van aanholt
    Mata Ramsey siggy eriksen Davis
    Rooney Costa dzeko

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    1. Specialist
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Almost exactly the same team as mine ha, and I've got the same dilemma. Think I'll stick with the big strikers though

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  4. Fergies fledgling
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    9 years, 8 months ago

    What was the uber rotation defence again?

    New - Sun - QPR - Swa - Sot ?

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    1. The Hindu Monkey
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      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      not sure, weren't palace in there?

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  5. Honeybadger
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    10 apps 5 goals 3 assists, new to PL, french guy. Who am I?

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    1. Ronny Hotdog
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      • 12 Years
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      Rivière?

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  6. Jafooli
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    9 years, 8 months ago

    Clyne 2.0% ownership 😯

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      F**k sake, I had him since the start. Pulis leaves now every fecker is getting him 🙁

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      1. Ronny Hotdog
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        • 12 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        I'm just doing what I'm told

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        1. Piggs Boson
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          9 years, 8 months ago

          Well don't. Think independently.

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        2. @ocprodigy
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          • 10 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          This is the problem with FFS 🙁

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        3. Ronny Hotdog
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          • 12 Years
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          I was joking...

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      2. Jafooli
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        9 years, 8 months ago

        2.0% not 20%

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      3. President John F. Keninnsie
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Same 🙁

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  7. OptimusBlack
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    which is better to us ?

    A- Begovic + PVA

    B- Mannone + 5.5 M Defe (lOVERN)

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    1. BigManBakar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      A

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  8. Sz21
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Hi all,

    DDG/Gilks
    Wat do people think about DDG now with the latest batch of injuries at Utd?

    Cahill, Wisdom, Pieters, Clyne, Naylor,

    Cahill the main man with Clyne following closely.
    Naylor/Pieters rotating with Wisdom the filler..

    What do ye think of this plan?

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  9. There's Always One!
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Please rate as must have

    Cesc. Silva. Nasri

    If I keep Cesc in my team I'll have no city

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    1. TokyoRed 東京赤
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      No must haves but in order Cesc, Nasri, Silva

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    2. MesQueUnClub
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      None of them a must have, none in my team either.

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  10. Hasselbaink Forever - Defoe…
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    A) Mata & Henderson

    or

    B) Sterling & Young + £1m

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  11. Fernando Torres
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Wenger just said Kos should be fit. Germans back at Everton at the earliest

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  12. Hobo
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    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Last piece of the puzzle:

    A) Begovic + Vert + Young

    or

    B) DDG + Wilson + Siggy

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  13. Penguin
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    If you had to Pick one for your team Who would it be.

    Dzeko or yaya

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    1. MesQueUnClub
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Yaya

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  14. TokyoRed 東京赤
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    So Kelly straight in yesterday, straight out today? Anyone sticking with Palace without the manager of the year?

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  15. MesQueUnClub
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Bartley - Wisdom - Cameron - Coloccini - O´Shea

    Will they all be in starting 11?

    0.5m in the bank to change the riskiest.

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    1. Fergies fledgling
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Bartley and Cameron unlikely to start. Wisdom only short term.

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  16. GreenWindmill
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    As it stands I'm confident of achieving a top 20k finish in UFPL 😎

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    1. Ben Mee Over A Table
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Well if you don't I'd feel sorry for you 😉

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    2. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Top half finish in FPL 😎

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    3. In Like Flynn.
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      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      As it stands I'm confident of nobody finishing ahead of me in the Metro game. 😡 😥

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    4. Hamstergod
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Yeah, shouldn't take much effort 🙂

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    5. BubbleBlower
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      As it stands right now, Im pretty sure i will finish in the top 7k, based on my positions in the past, and the fact that there are only 16k+ people playing UFPL.

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  17. Dogba
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    A) van Anholt & Caulker/Clyne
    B) Hutton & Jones

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  18. Gunner HitIT
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    RMT guys:

    Begovic/Giiks,
    Chambers/oshea/caulker/duff/moore
    Ramsey/FAB/Mata/Kigthly/King
    Costa/Sturridge/Rooney

    Appreciate your thoughts

    Should i go all out on attack ?

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  19. enrico.palazzo
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Do we still think J. Ward is worth having?

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    1. Proggy
      • 10 Years
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      I do.

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  20. Gusman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    With Pulis leaving Crystal Palace is anyone still sticking with their defence?

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  21. Bolasie
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    A, Terry and Kelly
    B, Luis and Clyne

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    1. Point Magnets
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      terry n kelly

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  22. In Like Flynn.
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    • 13 Years
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    Sunderland have some decent early fixtures. Stick with PVA.

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    1. Hasselbaink Forever - Defoe…
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      9 years, 8 months ago

      Man U & Spurs in first 4 isn't that decent

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    2. Specialist
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Nice pun

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  23. Point Magnets
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    HELP!!

    which 3 would u rather have?

    A. Mata, Sterling, P.Jones
    B. Yaya, Sigurdsson, Koscielny

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  24. seldomathleticfc
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    OK, third and probably final draft....

    De Gea / Gilks

    Cahill / Kolarov / Wisdom / Lovren / Ward

    Sigurdsson / Albrighton / Sterling / Ramsey / Mata

    Rooney / Costa / Bojan

    Anything obvious I'm overlooking in terms of balance or players who won't rotate well?

    Love getting advice off here. The Scout's the best community in the world for this!

    Any and all advice taken on board and greatly appreciated.

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    1. Tmel
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Fletcher, Ulloa or Nugent could be better options than Bojan?

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  25. rnrd
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Didn't I read members would be able to type entries/articles on a personal blog Space provided by FFscout this year?

    Did I miss something or is a mini existing?

    Thanks

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    1. rnrd
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I meant link

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  26. raheemsterling
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    best 5.0 5.5 5.0
    best players with this price for defence?

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  27. JayBomb
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Best mid for 4.5mil or should I downgrade Krul to 4.0GK and upgrade mid to 5mid? GK are Bego and Krul. So Q is

    Best mid for 4.5mil ?

    Best mid for 5.0mil?

    Thanks ! Lost on last pg?

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  28. There's Always One!
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Name the 5 must have midfielders

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    1. Jebiga
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      i know 3 Mata, Ramsey, Siggy

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      1. Irish Madridista ⭐
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        I only have 1 😎

        I think Ramsey is the only must-have for his price.

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    2. Aaron Ramessi - Straya
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      there arent any

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  29. CelticBhoy1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    My main dilemmas.

    Cahill or Terry

    PvA or O'Shea

    Eriksen or Sterling

    any feedback appreciated

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    1. tw
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      terry
      not sure
      sterling

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  30. tw
    • 12 Years
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    Zep - this dead team challenge is tough. glad you put your deadline a day before the actual one

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