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Fernandes and Rashford benched as Solskjaer rotates for West Ham trip

5 December 2020 1939 comments
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Bruno Fernandes (£10.9m) and Marcus Rashford (£9.5m) are surprise inclusions on Manchester United’s bench for Gameweek 11.

Yes, you read that right, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has opted to rest both of his key players for the trip to West Ham, in a week when Fernandes was the most-captained player worldwide and the second-most inside the top 10k (16.6%).

It is the Portuguese international’s first league benching of 2020/21 and could end his run of double-digit hauls in away matches this season.

Donny van de Beek (£6.7m) and Paul Pogba (£7.7m) come into midfield while Anthony Martial (£8.7m) and Edinson Cavani (£8.1m) start together for the first time in the Premier League, we suspect the former is on the wing with the Uruguayan leading the line.

With David de Gea (£5.4m) absent from the matchday squad, Dean Henderson (£5.3m) makes his first Premier League start of the campaign.

West Ham’s only change is up-front, following the news that Michail Antonio (£6.2m) would miss out on Gameweek 11.

That sees Sebastien Haller (£6.1m) return to the side, supported by Pablo Fornals (£6.5m) and Jarrod Bowen (£6.3m), the latter registering 80% of his attacking returns at home.

Those two attacking midfielders keep Saïd Benrahma (£6.0m) out of the team once again, despite the Brentford loanee assisting in each of his substitute appearances so far this season.

As expected, David Moyes keeps faith with the three-man defence of Aaron Cresswell (£5.2m), Angelo Ogbonna (£4.9m) and Fabian Balbuena (£4.4m), which sees Arthur Masuaku (£4.5m) and Vladimir Coufal (£4.6m) retain their wing-back berths.

West Ham United XI (3-4-2-1): West Ham XI: Fabianski; Cresswell, Ogbonna, Balbuena; Masuaku, Soucek, Rice, Coufal; Fornals, Bowen; Haller.

Manchester United XI (4-2-3-1): D Henderson; Telles, Maguire, Lindelof; Wan-Bissaka; Pogba, McTominay; Martial, van de Beek, Greenwood; Cavani.

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  1. Baps Hunter
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    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    De Gea has lost his place in starting XI now.

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    1. Zimo
      • 7 Years
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      I sure hope so

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    2. Ógie
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      • 13 Years
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      I think so too.

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    3. FPL_Hazards
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Na

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  2. Bruce Lee
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Ziyech, Chilly and Bamford

    No idea what I want or what to expect

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    1. Begbie.
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      3-3 with all involved?

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      1. Bruce Lee
        • 7 Years
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        Lots of Chilly involvement would be nice

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    2. Don Kloppeone
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      Same 3!

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    3. Peter Ouch
      • 7 Years
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      Plus Mendy here

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  3. It’s gonna Ben Mee
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    Some more points Bruno, please

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  4. Steve The Spud
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    God sake, just one cresswell attacking return at any point would be nice

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    1. Don Kloppeone
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      This!

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  5. Chucky
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    Stop the COUNT NOW

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  6. Magic Zico
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    Dean!

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  7. Flair
    • 5 Years
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    Only Meslier can wipe that double Chelsea CS

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  8. The Suspended One
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    Haller is a complete joke

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  9. Captain Vantastic™
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    Bruno racking up BPS

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    1. Don Kloppeone
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      #standard

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  10. Jindaljain
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    Need a Goal Bruno

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    1. Phlajo
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      5 years, 4 months ago

      Late pen for a 12 pointer is welcome!

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  11. Rainer
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    5 years, 4 months ago

    Missed him going off, was Coufal injured?

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      5 years, 4 months ago

      Unlikely.

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      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
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        Cheers.

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  12. MagicMessi
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Dean Henderson= Sheffield CS legends Vs Relegation

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    1. The Suspended One
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      O’Connell is just as big a miss

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  13. Magic Zico
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    Is penalty still going to come???

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    1. Begbie.
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      Yes. It always does.

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    2. Bushwhacker
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      Dunno ; ball out of play goal cancels pen requirements

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  14. Hazz
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    I'd have rather had a Coufal CS than this malarkey 😛

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    1. Gudjohnsen
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      Agreed

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  15. FPL_Hazards
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    Where did this Salah news come from?

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    1. Flair
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      Paul Joyce predicting a lineup.

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    2. Begbie.
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      lmao brilliant attempt 😆

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    3. Bobby Digital
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      What Salah news?

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    4. Magic Zico
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      Sorry what?

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      1. DAZZ
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        Predicted lineup without Salah from a respectable liverpool journalist.

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        1. Begbie.
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          where?

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          1. DAZZ
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            His twitter. Paul Joyce.

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            1. Begbie.
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              I can't see him tweeting anything like that?

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        2. Magic Zico
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          Ahh ok

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    5. F_Ivanovic
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      probably the same place as last weeks Mane news came from

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    6. Zimo
      • 7 Years
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      Someone writing it

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    7. have you seen cyan
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Salah being benched is a ridiculous idea, its not gonna happen. Non-owners can hope and pray, gl with that

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  16. El Presidente
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Ole lesson learned: never EVER bench Bruno@!

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  17. Weeb Kakashi
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    If Benhrama nails a place down i am getting him.

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  18. Jindaljain
    • 11 Years
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    Bruno misses 2 assist today

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    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
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      KDB missed two goals and two assists today

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  19. Gudjohnsen
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    5 years, 4 months ago

    No pen for United.

    What's the world coming to?

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    1. Jindaljain
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      4 points in the end

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    2. OverTinker
      • 7 Years
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      They are winning that’s why

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    3. el polako
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      They got a goal after ball went out of play so....

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  20. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Bruno, Cavani, and Rashford minutes managed for Leipzig, and got the 3pts . Job done 🙂

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    1. The Suspended One
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      Job 1/2 done

      Lol

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    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
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      The good times are back!

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    3. Zimo
      • 7 Years
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      Hopefully score 5 again early so they can be subbed off

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    4. Bushwhacker
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      Thank the linesman.

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  21. Sim Simma
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    Fail https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2020/12/05/sterling-and-cancelo-survive-man-city-rotation-as-foden-and-walker-miss-out/?hc_page=25&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_22906085

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    1. ClassiX
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      Bad luck, Sim

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    2. The Sociologist
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      At least you’re owning up!

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  22. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    I've had Martial since GW2. Soucek even has 4x more points than him this season.

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  23. BoleynWin
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    5 years, 4 months ago

    Don’t get me wrong Uniteds counter attacking play is something to genuinely admire at times, however they look utterly atrocious for the majority of games. There’s people on here claiming this to be as exciting as the SAF era... unbelievable.

    From an FPL perspective Fernandes is pure gold.

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    1. Party time
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Those people were not born during the SAF era

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      • FPL Blow-In
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        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        I have never ever ever ever seen one person on here claim uniteds attacks is anywhere close to that standard. Quite the opposite actually, most on here just bash united and level every game boring.

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        1. Party time
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Ronaldo,Nistelrooy, Rooney.

            I used to hate those 3 as an Arsenal fan

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          • BoleynWin
            • 8 Years
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            https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2020/12/05/fernandes-and-rashford-benched-as-solskjaer-rotates-for-west-ham-trip/?hc_page=23&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_22908129

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        2. Bushwhacker
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Without the linesman they lose again today. West Ham should’ve been out of sight anyway.

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          1. Party time
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Apparently, the Linesman is a United fan

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        3. Ógie
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          • 13 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          It's great the way you can hear the individual rants of obscenity's from a fan without a huge crowd to drown it out. 🙂

          At some stage the commentators will have to throw in the towel and stop apologizing for other peoples actions.

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          1. HashAttack
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            5 years, 4 months ago

            Love it ... a bit pointless apologizing each time

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            1. Ógie
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              Pathetic really.

              The worst is when you are watching two boxers engaged in mortal combat in the dead of night well after the watershed and the commentator still feels the need to apologizes.

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        4. DAZZ
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          5 years, 4 months ago

          KDB captain against united next week is a legitimate option. He is deadly

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          1. Rainer
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            If Pep plays a double pivot and lets him roam again like he does vs the bigger teams...

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            1. Flair
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              Double pivot will definitely happen but to chose him over Salah/Jota will be difficult.

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          2. Podge
            • 15 Years
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            Salah has Fulham

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          3. Zimo
            • 7 Years
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            That would be the wrong thing to do. Salah is quite clearly the top option

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          4. Eleven Hag
            • 8 Years
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            We will park the bus and do alright defensively in big games

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            1. F_Ivanovic
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Mourinho says hi

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        5. fedolefan
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Bruno had a few cappers right?

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          1. Esalman
            • 16 Years
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            At least 10%

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          2. OverTinker
            • 7 Years
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            Some 4-5 in top 10 of my ML

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          3. Flair
            • 5 Years
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            Most captained overall.

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        6. It’s gonna Ben Mee
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          Please score Bruno!

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        7. Party time
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Bruno is an exciting fpl asset. Glad I have got him. Fantastic footballer too

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            1. MagicMessi
              • 13 Years
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              You and 99% of managers

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          • Make United Great Again
            • 13 Years
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            It’s just the United way.

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          • Rainer
            • 9 Years
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            United pen time.

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