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October 23, 2008

Hard Tackle: Burnley’s Robbie Blake shows off his poker pants

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Striker shows off his undies after scoring Burnley forward Robbie Blake showed off a pair of personalised pants after scoring a midweek goal against Coventry. The striker had been given a pair of red undies with bearing the slogan 'BAD BEAT BOB' due to his dismal record in the Clarets' poker sessions. Click to continue reading...
Off the Post @ 02:12 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Championship, Football, Hard Tackle, Oddballs, Soccer, bad beat bob, burnley, coventry, pants, poker, robbie blake

September 27, 2008

LEAGUE CUP DRAW: Another Home Tie Against Last Year’s Victorious Manager

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Manchester United have been drawn at home against Queens Park Rangers in the Carling Cup. The Championship side finished 14th last season, with Iain Dowie appointed manager at the end of the season. Lest we forget, it was Dowie's Coventry side which knocked us out of this competition last season. Arsenal take on Wigan Athletic at [. Click to continue reading...
Republik Of Mancunia @ 06:27 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Arsenal, Carling Cup, Manchester United, Manchester United News, Queens Park, coventry, iain dowie

September 23, 2008

Manchester United v Middlesbrough, Carling Cup Preview

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Over the last two seasons Manchester United have been knocked out by two lower league teams (South End and Coventry) after previously winning the Carling Cup (League Cup) in 2006. Tonight United face... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Click to continue reading...
Man United Devils @ 10:05 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Carling Cup, League Cup, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, coventry, match preview

Evans, Da Silva, Welbeck - Who Do You Want To Start Tonight?

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Last year, to the relief of all Manchester United season ticket holders who were forced in to purchasing Carling Cup tickets, our lads were dumped out of the League Cup at home to Coventry. Sir Alex Ferguson was less than impressed, loaning out the youngsters who he didn't feel pulled their wait in the 2-0 defeat. Click to continue reading...
Republik Of Mancunia @ 06:53 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Alex Ferguson, Carling Cup, Domestic Cups, Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson, Youth, coventry, season ticket holders

September 22, 2008

Dowie vs Coleman - Dowie: "I have a different set of problems now but I have to Ignore Them and Worry About Making Sure We Have a Successful Team..."

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Dowie's Problems? From the Daily Express Article
"... Dowie said: "There are no low points in football and I'm very lucky because I do ­something I love every day. "When I was at Coventry, it was more of a concern for office staff because there were times when they weren't being paid. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 08:05 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Crystal Palace, Daily Express, Ray Ranson, chris coleman, coventry, dugout, gesture, iain dowie

Coventry's QPR Win - Further Reports and Comments

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Telegraph/Sandy Macaskill - QPR's Iain Dowie refuses to be downhearted by defeat
Having been sacked as Coventry's manager in February, Iain Dowie will have been looking to lay a few ghosts to rest when he took his Queens Park Rangers side to the Ricoh Arena. But it turned out to be not quite the return he had wished for. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 02:10 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Bristol City, Queens Park, chris coleman, coventry, emmanuel, football association, goalkeeper, iain dowie, irony, referees

September 16, 2008

Tuesday Night's Results

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RESULTS Champions League Chelsea 4-0 Bordeaux Marseille 1-2 Liverpool AS Roma 1-2 Cluj Barcelona 3-1 Sporting Lisbon Panathainikos 0-2 Inter Milan PSV 0-3 A Madrid W Bremen 0-0 Anorthosis Basel 1-2 S Dontesk Championship Reading 6-0 Sheff Wed Burnley 2-0 Blackpool Bristol City 1-2 Birmingham Wolves 2-1 C Palace Barnsley 0-1 Cardiff Sheff Utd 1-1 Coventry Doncaster 0-1 Charlton Swansea 1-1 Derby County Watford 1-2 Plymouth Preston 2-1 Nottm Forest LEAGUE ONE Stockport 1-1 Northampton Cheltenham 2-1 Bristol Rovers Click to continue reading...
Oldham Athletic Are The Real Latics @ 04:08 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Barnsley, Bordeaux, Bristol City, Bristol Rovers, Cardiff, Champions League, Championship, Charlton, Derby County, Doncaster, Inter Milan, League One, Marseille, Northampton, Sporting Lisbon, Swansea, Watford, Wolves, coventry

September 12, 2008

Bassong Looks Set To Start Tomorrow For Newcastle

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Sebastien Bassong has looked a good young player, since he was signed in the summer from French club Metz, and he hopes to play as many games a possible for Newcastle this season. Sebastien Bassong - likely to start at left back tomorrow Bassong played alongside Fabricio Coloccini against Coventry in central defense, and looked very accomplished [. Click to continue reading...
Newcastle united Blog @ 07:31 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: England, Metz, Newcastle United, Newcastle Youth, Sebastien Bassong, coloccini, coventry

September 1, 2008

Deadline day deals: Fulham, Hull City, Wigan, Sunderland, West Ham, Stoke City, Blackburn, Liverpool, Everton, Manchester United, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Manches

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Julian Gray has signed with Fulham. The 28-year-old midfielder is moving from Coventry to Craven Cottage. Hull City will welcome Daniel Cousin from Rangers. The 31-year-old is believed to have signed a three-year deal with the Tigers. Carlo Nash has... Click to continue reading...
The Other Football @ 04:51 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Craven Cottage, Daniel Cousin, Fulham, Hull City, Rangers, Transfers, coventry, midfielder, nash

Rumour/Speculation: Paul Salteri or Adel Taarabt?

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Transfer Deadline Day Speculation: Spurs Defender Paul Stalteri and Adel Taarabt? -- See any and all English Transfers Being Announced Today

Metro: "...Paul Stalteri will be sent to Crystal Palace or QPR for the rest of the season. Adel Taarabt could be joining him at Loftus Road. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 02:37 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Adel Taarabt, Charlton, Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest, Paul Stalteri, Queens Park, Transfer deadline, coventry, warnock

August 29, 2008

Match Preview: Arsenal v Newcastle Utd (Premier League)

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Unbeaten Newcastle travel to the Emirates this weekend after a midweek Carling Cup extra-time win over Coventry. Confidence is growing on Tyneside with Kevin Keegan's new signings making a big impression. However, they should face an Arsenal side determined to get back on track in front of their own fans after a surprising 1-0 defeat at [. Click to continue reading...
Gooner Talk @ 09:00 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Arsenal, Carling Cup, Emirates, Extra Time, Fabregas, Keegan, Kevin Keegan, Newcastle United, Owen, Walcott, adebayor, confidence, coventry, match preview, toure, tyneside

Blog of the week: Dimitar Berbatov

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IT has been tough week for me in the London. My so-called friends at Tottingham Hotspurs have not been speaking to me because I say I am best player in Europe and should be playing in Champion League. They say I am selfish arrogant prick and say I should be playing for the Coventry Cities. [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...
Load of Balls @ 06:30 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Berbatov, Europe, Guest Blog, Opinion, best player, coventry, london

August 28, 2008

Bristol City's Captain Snippet - "A lot of money has been spent at QPR..."

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Bristol City Official Site SATURDAY'S GAME WILL BE DIFFERENT
Read City captain Louis Carey's exclusive website blog, only on bcfc.co.uk.
We were gutted to lose our unbeaten run and go out of the Carling Cup at Crewe on Tuesday night.
It came on the back of such a great all-round performance at Coventry. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 08:34 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Bristol City, Carling Cup, Football clubs, blog, coventry, crewe, crowd, possession

August 27, 2008

Newcastle manager claims winger should play for England: Is he really that good?

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Kevin Keegan has been in charge of the national side and, although it was an ill-fated reign, you'd think he has some idea of what's required to play at international level. After his team's exciting 3-2 extra-time win at Coventry last night, he has no doubt that one of his ... Click to continue reading...
Caught Offside @ 09:53 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: England, Extra Time, Kevin Keegan, coventry

Keegan - I Don’t Even Want To Talk About Losing James

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It now seems strange (if that's the right word) that Kevin Keegan was full of praise for James Milner, after his man of the match performance last night at Coventry, when he made a goal for Charles N'Zogbia, and scored one himself, all in the first half. Kevin Keegan - I don't even want to talk [... Click to continue reading...
Newcastle united Blog @ 07:19 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Contracts, England, James Milner, Kevin Keegan, Newcastle United, Transfer News and Rumours, coventry

August 26, 2008

FT: Coventry 2 Newcastle 3 - Owen Hits Winner in ET

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In what turned out to be an amazing game of football tonight, in which Coventry scored both their goals in added time - one in the first half and the second, a full 70 seconds after the 2 minutes maximum allotted time, after 90 minutes - Newcastle kept their nerve and Michael Owen hit [...] Click to continue reading...
Newcastle united Blog @ 04:49 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: England, Match Reports, Michael Owen, Newcastle United, coventry

FT: Coventry City 2 Newcastle 2 - Extra Time Being Played

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Newcastle looked to have this game tied up, when they held onto their 2-1 lead and when the referee said 2 minutes of injury time, it looked like we could win this game, even if we should have had it wrapped up long before the end. But after 93 minutes and 10 seconds exactly, Coventry [...] Click to continue reading...
Newcastle united Blog @ 03:52 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: England, Newcastle United, Newcastle Youth, coventry, referee

HT: Coventry City 1 Newcastle 2 - Magpies On Top

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After 20 minutes of a game that was very even, Newcastle started to exert their class, and for the rest of the half were the better side, and were starting to tear Coventry apart with excellent goals by N'Zogbia and Milner. But then right on the stroke of half time, Coventry scored out of nowhere [.. Click to continue reading...
Newcastle united Blog @ 02:51 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: England, Newcastle United, coventry, milner

Given - Spanish Speaking Irish Goalkeeper in Newcastle

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Newcastle have made a solid start to the season having taken 4 points from their first two games, and are sent to Coventry tonight, and seem to have a good chance of getting through that tie. Shay Given - congratulating Fabriocio on his first words spoken in English Shay Given has been back to his very best [. Click to continue reading...
Newcastle united Blog @ 05:01 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: England, Jonas Gutierrez, Newcastle United, Shay Given, coventry

Keegan To Field Strongest Team At Coventry

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Kevin Keegan has said on the Newcastle United official site this morning, that he will field the strongest team available when Newcastle United are sent to Coventry for tonight's second round tie of the Carling Cup. Kevin Keegan - is he trying to get fit in case he's needed? Kevin wants to win something just as [. Click to continue reading...
Newcastle united Blog @ 04:41 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Carling Cup, England, Jose Enrique, Kevin Keegan, Newcastle United, Sebastien Bassong, coventry, david edgar

August 25, 2008

Strikers In Short Supply For Coventry Tie

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Newcastle's Oba Martins has been ruled out of tomorrow's Carling Cup tie at Coventry – although the news may be a little better on Irishman Damien Duff. Oba Martins - groin strain will keep him our 2-3 weeks It looks like Martins' groin strain could keep him out for a couple of weeks, so it's not as [. Click to continue reading...
Newcastle united Blog @ 04:32 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Carling Cup, Damien Duff, England, Newcastle United, Oba Martins, Obafemi Martins, coventry, injuries

August 20, 2008

Snippets: Les Ferdinand Lauds Roy Wegerle and Ferdinand's Best Goal...Dunga in Trouble?...Ex-QPR Leon Knight Moves (Again!)...QPR Fan Interviewed

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FourFourTwo - Web Q&A WitH Les Ferdinand
Who's the best player you've played with?
Ashley Adams, Greenwich
Paul Gascoigne was exceptional, as was David Ginola. Roy Wegerle was also a fantastic player. When I was at QPR, he scored a goal against Leeds that won Goal of the Season. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 12:26 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Batista, David Ginola, Manchester United, Olympic Games, Paul Gascoigne, Roy Wegerle, World Cup Qualifiers, best player, counterpart, coventry, free kick, midfielder, oldham

August 18, 2008

Weekend Snippets -- August 16/17 2008

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Bruce...the full gamut of human emotion

Premiership -- We got a welcome early opportunity to witness the Steve Bruce Incredulous Face on MotD after Wigan's defeat at West Ham. He claimed that even Hammers' fans would admit that his side had been superior and, for once, his assertion was justified. Click to continue reading...
Football Objective @ 12:08 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , 2. Bundesliga, Amr Zaki, Jens Lehmann, Keiren Westwood, Ligue 1, Macclesfield, Oldham Athletic, Steve Bruce's Lovely Pudgy Face, Valenciennes, West Ham, coventry, goalkeeper, strikers

August 13, 2008

Wednesday Night - LIVE

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There is more LIVE football action for you to follow tonight as there are TWO competitions to follow - if the drama tonight is as good as last night's then we will be in for another cracking evening.Tonight Liverpool are in Belgium to play Standard Liege in the first leg of the Champions League Qualifier and in the same competition, Arsenal travel to Holland to play Twente Enschede, now managed by former England manager Steve McClaren. Click to continue reading...
Oldham Athletic Are The Real Latics @ 11:43 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Arsenal, Belgium, Carling Cup, Champions League, Competitions, England Manager, Football Live Scores, Holland, Liverpool, Standard Liege, Steve McClaren, coventry, games, utd

August 8, 2008

Coventry busy in the transfer market - this time they land former Liverpool full-back

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The Sky Blues are many people's idea of a dark horse this season, especially under former Fulham manager Chris Coleman. The Championship is likely to be as wide-open as ever, and Coventry now have a strikeforce which could boost the 'goals for' column next term. The BBC report that it's back-to-back signings for the West Midlands [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: BBC, Championship, Coventry City FC, England, Fulham, chris coleman, clinton morrison, coventry, dark horse, stephen wright

July 29, 2008

Kilmarnock Tonight...Coventry's Morrison and Cranie Hopes...Flashbacks: Sibley Resigns...Reported Transfer Embargo...Italy Trophy

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QPR take on Kilmarnock tonight. Hopefully not too much pressure on QPR after Saturday's defeat for what is only a learning/pre-season friendly. (On Saturday, while QPR were losing to Falkirk, Kilmarnock were crashing 0-3 at home to Wolves. Clive Whittingham/LoftforWords Previews Kilmarnock-QPR game. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 01:37 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail (Links: 1 out)
Tags: , Michael Mifsud, Wolves, chris coleman, coventry, midfielder, striker

July 28, 2008

Liverpool purchase perfect strike partner for Torres for £20 million

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Liverpool have today completed the signing of Tottenham striker Robbie Keane for a fee that could rise to £20 million. The Republic of Ireland international has been linked with a move to Anfield for weeks now after Rafa Benitez admitted his interest in the player, whilst Keane expressed his interest to join the club. Click to continue reading...
Football Corner @ 12:43 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail (Links: 1 in)
Tags: , Benitez, Competitions, English Premier League, Inter Milan, League Trophy, Liverpool, Peter Crouch, Portsmouth, Republic of Ireland, Robbie Keane, Spurs, Wolves, coventry, leeds, score, striker, tottenham hotspur

July 21, 2008

Ex-QPR Loan, Martin Cranie Supposedly Set for Loan - But Not to QPR

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Martin Cranie was also recently mentioned as one of the players Portsmouth would be seeking to sell, after all their recent spending. So who's to say what's true and what's not.

SkySports - Duo target Pompey defender - Cranie could be set for loan move
Skysports. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 10:12 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail (Links: 1 in)
Tags: , Charlton, England, Harry Redknapp, Portsmouth, Queens Park, boss, broken leg, chris coleman, coventry, pompey

July 10, 2008

San Jose Secures Darren Huckerby

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Darren Huckerby the former Coventry, Manchester City and Norwich man will be able to sign with San Jose after all. Huckerby originally traveled to North America two weeks ago to join up the club that had filed a discovery claim... Click to continue reading...
The Other Football @ 07:36 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Major League Soccer, Manchester City, North America, coventry, norwich

June 25, 2008

Camp on Dowie...Luton Unhappy re Ex-QPR Furlong

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Lee Camp - Teamtalk -Dowie Can take us up -

QPR goalkeeper Lee Camp believes manager Iain Dowie's experience can take the Hoops into the Premier League.
Camp highlighted Dowie's success at Crystal Palace where he led the Eagles into the top flight by beating West Ham in the 2004 play-off final. Click to continue reading...
QPR Report @ 08:49 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Charlton, Crystal Palace, English Premier League, Hatters, West Ham, boss, coventry, dowie, southend united

June 19, 2008

World Cup Board Game - Euro 2008 Edition

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It may be the age of electronic gaming, but one traditional inventor is hoping to sweep the board this summer. Shaun Derrick, of Coventry, is behind Games for the World – a board game company which sells its titles to consumers across the globe in shops and through the internet. And in [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , coventry, games

March 13, 2008

Schmeichel joins Coventry on loan

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Danish Under 21 goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel has made a loan move to Coventry City until the end of the season.

The 21-year-old stopper made the request for the temporary move in a bid to gain more first team experience after already enjoying a successful spell with Cardiff this season.

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Tags: England, Kasper Schmeichel, Manchester City, coventry

February 20, 2008

Wednesday’s Transfer Rumours

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Wednesday's piping hot transfer rumours... Manchester United are ready to bag Sporting Lisbon's defender Miguel Veloso for £15m. (Daily Mirror) Portsmouth gaffer ‘Arry Redknapp is after Crystal Palace left-back Lee Hills. (Daily Mirror) ...But Lee Hills himself reckons that he isn't leaving Selhurst Park anytime soon. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Chelsea, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, England, Everton, Fulham, Manchester United, Portsmouth, Southampton, Sporting Lisbon, Sunderland, Tottenham, Transfer Rumours, UEFA Cup, coventry, cska moscow, slavia prague

January 31, 2008

Transfer Rumours!

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Tottenham boss Juande Ramos is trying to slide under the closing transfer window with Sevilla winger Diego Capel. (Mirror) Arsenal striker Theo Walcott doesn't want to be fobbed off with a loan deal and is going to stay and fight like a man for his place in the team. (Mirror) Portsmouth gaffer Harry Redknapp is [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Arsenal, Birmingham, Charlton, Coventry City, Defoe, England, Fulham, Inter, Inter Milan, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Norwich City, Portsmouth, Premier League, Rangers, Real Mallorca, Redknapp, Sunderland, Tottenham, Transfer Rumours, Transfers, aston villa, coventry, norwich, sevilla

January 5, 2008

New Year, New Leaf?

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I woke up on Wednesday morning worn out from working at a nightclub on New Years Eve, and ever so slightly hungover from the champagne.

The prospect of West Brom at home did not encourage me to get out of bed!

Since Charlton away we have drawn at home to Scunthorpe and Burnley, the latter being the most dismal game I have seen in long while, and lost away in two equally appalling performances at Leicester and Coventry. Click to continue reading...
The Diary of a Tractor Girl @ 06:15 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Alex Bruce, David Wright, Ipswich Town, Jonathan Walters, Leicester, Liam Trotter, Watford, West Bromwich Albion, burnley, coventry, scunthorpe
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