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Wednesday Dugout Discussion

22 August 2012 2492 comments
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The first gameweek of the season concludes tonight at Stamford Bridge, as Chelsea look to take an early lead at the top of the Premier League with victory over Reading. Their commitments in next week’s Super Cup brought this fixture forward, and the Dugout Discussion opens in anticipation of delightful double-gameweek points.

The team news for tonight’s encounter is in, and the sides will line-up as follows…

Chelsea XI: Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Cole, Lampard, Ramires, Mikel, Mata, Hazard, Torres.

Reading XI: Federici, Gunter, Pearce, Leigertwood, Harte, Karacan, McAnuff, Guthrie, Gorkss, Pogrebnyak, McCleary.

Both teams make two changes from their opening day line-ups. For the hosts, Ramires has recovered from the illness that kept him out at Wigan, with Ryan Bertrand making way, and Gary Cahill replaces the injured David Luiz. Reading replace Hal Robson-Kanu and Adam Le Fondre with Jem Karacan and Garath McCleary.

Enjoy the action as it happens in our Dugout Discussion chatroom, which can be accessed right here.

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  1. FPLCEO
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    115 plus bonus...still not sure on transferring out Torres........Fulham will put a fight up against Man U

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    1. Hello. Yes, This is Dog
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      115?? wow

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    2. FUNNY_OLD_GAME
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      114 pre bonus. Good luck to you.

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  2. Ivor
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    Goal at the end there was just a massive buzzkill

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    1. In Tommy We Trust
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Put be in a bad mood 🙁

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  3. OPTA FPL
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    Torres or Mata should feck off first?

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    1. The Pep Revolution
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Same problem for me. Im keeping Torres.

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    2. FPLCEO
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Mata in my opinion......Torres is terrible but will get those type of tap ins with that midfield and full back combination.

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    3. Setting the Toney
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Torres, was awful all night. The only way he was going to score was from a tap-in and in an offside position.

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      1. SouthCoastSaint
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 6 months ago

        he didnt get the service. Tonights criticism has been unwarranted

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        1. Midtable
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 6 months ago

          agreed, and at this point intime he has more goals than rooney

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      2. hillbillypete
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 6 months ago

        he had a couple of chances to score actually

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        1. Setting the Toney
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 6 months ago

          which he should have put away if he was awful. thats no excuse at all in fact it makes my case greater

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    4. markus808
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Mata for sure

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  4. SouthCoastSaint
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    Mata to Cazorla people

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    1. Midtable
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      you know it makes sense

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  5. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!

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    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Me?

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      1. Lord Flashheart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 6 months ago

        No me

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        1. Hybrid.power
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 6 months ago

          50 points compared to all these 100+ scores. Marathon not a sprint yada yada....whatever!

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  6. Granville
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    • 16 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    How to end up 50 points behind after just 1 gameweek. It'll take 37 gameweeks just to make it up.

    Hate DGW's with a passion.

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    1. @ImpressiveTackl
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Me too. They're like a cheat which I have now idea how to use.

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    2. mufc802
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Can't wait to hear from you in the next Scoutcast!

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    3. dribbler
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      now that does sound painful G

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    4. flinch
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Cant wait for the scoutcsat now.

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  7. FPL Touches
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    Despite being completely fecked over by my rival (26 pts behind), scoring a rather sh*te 78 points, and screaming incessantly at Torres to '@$%£^"> do something', this week has actually left me with a pretty decent looking team I suppose... 🙂

    Vorm
    Clyne - Cole - Rafael
    Hazard - Cazorla - Nasri - Guthrie/Noble(shit)
    Rooney/Ade - Tevez - Graham

    MARATHON NOT A SPRINT 😉

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  8. lespaul
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    is this the highest scoring GW ever? 140ish possible

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    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Nah, there's been loads like it and higher.

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    2. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Lomg way short of the Rooney/Fabs DGW from 3 seasons ago... 170 something, high score!

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    3. waitinginthelonggrass
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      definitely not the highest scoring gameweek.

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    4. SG8
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      No way, one guy achieved 189 a few seasons ago when man united had a dgw , if my memory serves me correctly.

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    5. Gnubuntu
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      I remember some massive scorelines a couple seasons ago when Chelsea beat Stoke 7 - 0. Fat Franks in prime shooting mode.

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  9. Kanus hat trick
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    Not sure if this possible but...Bonus: Hazard 3, Torres 3, Lampard 3, Cahill 3.

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    1. the Penman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Not Cahill - letting in 2 goals. And apart from the penalty, what did Lampard contribute? Hazard, quite possibly, Torres maybe.

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      1. Kanus hat trick
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 6 months ago

        Lampard probably had that one shot from his pen then and none off target, he'll get 2 or 3 the jammy git

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  10. Evs
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    • 16 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    Well, I wouldnt have done as well as some on here as there has been some hugh scores but . . . pretty pleased who gw1 overall.

    After Mnf I didn't want to touch Rooney, who really does look overweight this time but, I don't think I can keep Nando for theNewscastle game despite them playing tomorrow.

    So tonight, Nando out -> Rooney in. And maybe even captained.

    Oh, but what about meeeeeshoe 😉 ?!?!!?!!!!!!

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    1. FPL Touches
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      My thoughts exactly...now even thinking about Ade :S

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  11. SG8
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    Is agueros price gonna drop tonight?. On my phone so hard to check, thanks

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    1. El Zurdo
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      He is already 11.4, and tonight he wouldnt drop 🙂

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  12. Jonah Takalua
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    hazard certain for 3 bps imo

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  13. COMH
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    Cabaye4 - 79 points for me pre bonus. Where are you at?

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    1. FPL Touches
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      78 :/

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  14. meechamspowders
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    mata is still a class player, just because he hasn't scored assisted in 2 games, doesn't mean he won't v newcastle. I'm not knee-jerking him out just yet.

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    1. Evs
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      • 16 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Yep, you keep him fella 😉

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    2. Tommytour
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      My knee is also steady

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  15. mo 10 years on FFS? Join my…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    90 pre bonus and still manage to loose my ead to head!

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  16. Gigging Order
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    Only just realised I captained Hazard in the Sky game! 🙂

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    1. Jax
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      +1 😉

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    2. Arsene30
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      I captained torres and also had ivanavic and lampard iN sky game

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  17. Arsene30
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    ramires out of my team,

    I dont think he will be that good

    I can say hazard and Mata will top midfield and lamps with odd penalty

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    1. Kanus hat trick
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      1 pt from 2 games, very annoying. I'd never have got him if it hadn't been a DGW. An excellent player but not a great FPL prospect

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    2. Viper
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Already brought in Michu almighty for him..

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    3. @ImpressiveTackl
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Ramires to Michu is an easy change.

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  18. Specialist
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    Evening all. Hope we were able to impress a few of you tonight. Bit deflated right now though 🙁

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    1. Lateriser 12
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Good game lad. The wingers in particular look quality. Guthrie as well.

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      1. Specialist
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 6 months ago

        Yeah, Guthrie and McCleary in particular look like they'll be key for us this season! Not bad for a combined fee of £0. Would've been nice to take a point to show for the performance, but eh.

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    2. Setting the Toney
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      You should be really happy even though you lost. Took it right up to them and shouldnt have lost considering they scored too many cheap goals: 2. keeping error 3. offside 4. keeper up field

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      1. Specialist
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 6 months ago

        Oh I'm very pleased with the performance, much more optimistic about the season now if we can play like that regularly. 🙂

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    3. Ivor
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Unlucky, Torres 'goal' was a complete injustice

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    4. Red-United
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Deserved a draw

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    5. Captain Berbarossa - arrrrr…
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      That last goal was seriously deflating. C'est la vie! On with next week.

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      1. Specialist
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 6 months ago

        Indeed, bring on Sunderland!

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  19. McTown
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    Ok whats more important torres - rooney or mata to anyone? mid is yaya, bale, noble, guthrie, mata atm

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    1. Acquafresca
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      torres->rooney(C)

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  20. Pat Mustard
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    Any mediocre scores out there? 54 here, could be worse.

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    1. McTown
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      got 58, and with a target of 60 every week im not displeased. just everyone else did much better

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    2. Specialist
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      55. 🙁

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    3. SouthCoastSaint
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      dont get many mediocre scores on here...

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      1. Pat Mustard
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 6 months ago

        Good man, as if it's like this 38/38 weeks.

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    4. Viper
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      68 here. Not saying it mediocre but reading scores on here is never a good thing after a game, 110's etc.

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    5. Tommytour
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Yep 51

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  21. SPorting
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    Ramires > ?

    it's anyone's guess.....

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    1. Back on the horse
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Larsson has good fixtures, he'll get something

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  22. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    I know I will be in the minority but Torres is well worth sticking with.. he is clearly a 'confidence' player and clearly his confidence is at a new high...

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    1. Back on the horse
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      no, just no

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  23. Jonah Takalua
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    anyone else having trouble getting in in order to transfer hazard in?

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  24. Jonah Takalua
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    hazard 3
    ivanovic 2
    lampard 1

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    1. Ivor
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Doubt Ivan will get any, pretty open though.

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    2. FPL_J05H
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Haz 3
      Torres 2
      Ivan 1

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  25. Sarnab
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    Uefa h2h

    Me -82 and ryan-79

    If ivanovic gets 3 bonus it will be a tie.. otherwise I will win.
    So, a win for me ??

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  26. Paul
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    I've scored 98 and I'm chasing!!!....wud u believe that!!!!.....
    but anyways good captaincy choice by me... 😀

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    1. Evs
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      • 16 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Yes, lucky... Sorry stunning Paul 😉

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      1. Paul
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 6 months ago

        nah....i'm very happy dnt get me wrong...just cant believe i'm still chasing in my mini league!!!

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        1. Evs
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          • 16 Years
          13 years, 6 months ago

          Thats unbelievable?

          Jokes aside, fair play for capt Ivan in my 4th year of fpl and I have still never captained a gk or a defender.

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  27. shegull
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    Ramires f****d everybody so hard this gw...

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    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      I didn't even consider him.

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    2. Arsene30
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Think hez still unfit, might be good later but atm hazard is taking ON!

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    3. @ImpressiveTackl
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Yep 🙁

      Arguably the most nailed on mid before the GW too.

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    4. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Yup. And there was Michu sitting on my bench, too. Gutted, like. . . .

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  28. Back on the horse
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    I think I need Ivan to get 2 more Bps than cole to win my H2H

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  29. Johnny Postman
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    Worth getting hazard before he goes up .2 even taking a hit and benching gw3?

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    1. SouthCoastSaint
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      benching 9.5 worth of talent? when you could have Bale?

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  30. Liastro ⭐️
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 6 months ago

    How's 68 pre-bonus?

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    1. Evs
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      • 16 Years
      13 years, 6 months ago

      Poor

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