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| HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 4 |
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Posted by: Lord Snooty - 21-01-2024, 21:54 - Forum: Huddersfield Town
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2 points for correct result
4 points for correct score
2 points for each correct scorer
Correct joker doubles your score  (correct score on a joker would give you 8 points)
Wrong joker result gives you minus 2
Correct Random Badger gives you 2 points 
The random badger is used for any random prediction used once in each matchday sequence. For instance, a scorer at a particular match, the number of red cards in the matches or yellow cards or own goals or owt you want really within reason, I do need to be able to check whether it's correct or not. Please don't put stuff like....."Commentator says...." 
The joker is played for one match in each sequence and if correct you get double points. So if you've predicted 1-0 and it finishes 2-0, you get 4 pts, but if you've predicted 2-0, that's 8 pts. But if you get it wrong, it's minus 2.
Jokers and badgers are optional. You don't have to play one if you don't want.
The prize for winning the league is one rep point.
Cup games: In the event of a draw, it's half the points if you've predicted a draw when it gets to 90 mins and the full points if it's still a draw after extra time. Half the points will be awarded for correctly predicting the winner of the match if it goes to penalties. Similarly with the badger, if your random prediction is affected by this, it'll be half the points.
Random score generator: I will be using the random score generator again for those who miss predicting, so we shouldn't get some people too far behind that after missing a couple of weeks they lose all interest, because I know it's not easy getting on here every week.
To be fair to everybody, this is going to be like, say if three people in one week miss their predictions, the first one in the table will be given all 0-0, the second one down the line will get 1-0 and the third will get 0-1 and so on, like if there's four missing the 4th will get 1-1, then 5th 2-1, 6th 1-2. and if there are so many missing, might as well pack in. 
And if you miss two weeks on the trot, I'll stop until you come back on again. Not doing it for half a season like I did t'other year.
End of season Play Offs: The one who finishes top of the league will still be champion, but after the season finishes there will be Play Offs between the top 4, with 1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd. This will take in stuff like the EFL Play Offs, FA Cup Final, final day of Prima Donna League, European Finals etc. It will be one matchday for the semis and one for the Final. It will be the individual scores for each matchday against the allotted opponent, with some kind of tie breaker for a drawn match.
The prize for winning will be enormous. Another rep point. 
So we have a new format for this season, which I put forward as an idea at the end of last season. Nobody offered any objections so here it is explained......
Firstly, I thought it was getting a bit boring towards the end with the league format as it was with the champion being so far ahead and everybody else not much to play for apart from the push for a play off spot, which was a bit of an anticlimax anyway. The most exciting bit was the tussle for 8th, 9th and 10th positions with Shep, Ritchie and Amelia.
So I'm splitting the group up into two groups with the top six from last season in the top group and the bottom six in group 2. At the end of the season, the winner of group 2 and the bottom of group 1 will swap places in what is commonly known as "promotion" and "relegation". It's something that most football fans will be familiar with, unless you're a fan of Liverpool or Arsenal or one of those other fashionable clubs.
The second placed player in group 2 will then have a play off with the player who finishes second from the bottom in group 1 to decide whether they will be going up, down or staying where they are.
We're going to have two seasons in one though, just to try and make it a bit more interesting and not so long drawn out. The first season will end on the Boxing Day fixtures, with the play offs being on the dates of the Twixtmas fixtures and the NYD fixtures.
The second season will start the following week, finishing on the last game of the Championship season. Then another period of relegation/promotion play off games, taking in such fixtures as the EFL play offs, FA Cup Final, UEFA finals and such like.
Each group will have it's own set of fixtures. Both groups will have the Town games, with scorers to predict as before. Then it will be a split of Championship fixtures and bonus matches. And not as many fixtures to go at. Hopefully around ten, eleven or twelve games per Matchday.
The rest of the rules will be the same as before apart from the which will still be in use, but I'm going to get arsey about it. Sometimes in the past, I've been able to just award two points immediately because it was such a nailed on thing to happen. Not accusing anyone of cheating. Far from it. I didn't put any boundaries on it, so anything was alright. So now I'm restricting it to three goal scorers in any of the games in your group. Sorry to all our more adventurous badgerers.
Here's how that will appear at the end of the fixture list. All you have to do is fill in the blanks.......
*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***
Any of those will score two points if correct. No minus points for getting it wrong.
The joker will still be the same as before, ie doubling your points for a correct prediction or minus 2 for getting it wrong.
Postponed matches will only count if the match is re-played before the next Matchday is under way. Abandoned matches will be awarded half the points for the score at the time of abandonment, so 1 point if you have the correct result, 2 points if you have the correct score.
Substitute :- These will be only be allowed if you change them before the match involved has kicked off.
Division One table after Matchday 3:
- jjamez = 82 pts
- ritchiebaby = 80 pts
- St Charles Owl = 80 pts
- Lord Snooty = 76 pts
- themaclad = 64 pts
- Baggiebob(BBB) = 62 pts
Championship:
Saturday 27th January:
Millwall v Preston North End
Sunday 28th January:
QPR v Town (13:30)
Town scorers:
QPR scorers:
Tuesday 30th January:
Coventry City v Bristol City
Wednesday 31st January:
Sheffield Wednesday v Watford
FA Cup 4th round:
Thursday:
AFC Bournemouth v Swansea City
Friday:
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City
Saturday:
Leeds United v Plymouth Argyle
Leicester City v Birmingham City
Sheffield United v Brighton & Hove Albion
Sunday:
West Bromwich Albion v Wolverhampton Wanderers (11:45)
Monday:
Blackburn Rovers v Wrexham
Scottish Premiership:
Saturday:
Kilmarnock v Hibernian
Premier League:
Tuesday:
Aston Villa v Newcastle United
Fulham v Everton
Nottingham Forest v Arsenal
Wednesday:
Liverpool v Chelsea
*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***
Division Two table after Matchday 3:
- theo_luddite = 69 pts
- Devongone = 65 pts
- neonfoxinthebox = 60 pts
- SHEP_HTAFC = 55 pts
- Amelia Chaffinch = 38 pts
- WakeyTerrier = 24 pts
Championship:
Saturday 27th January:
Sunderland v Stoke City
Sunday 28th January:
QPR v Town (13:30)
Town scorers:
QPR scorers:
Tuesday 30th January:
Leicester City v Swansea City
FA Cup 4th round:
Friday:
Bristol City v Nottingham Forest
Chelsea v Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday v Coventry City
Saturday:
Ipswich Town v Maidstone United (12:30)
Everton v Luton Town
Fulham v Newcastle United (19:00)
Sunday:
Watford v Southampton (14:00)
Liverpool v Norwich City (14:30)
Newport County v Manchester United (16:30)
National League:
Saturday:
Chesterfield v Southend United
Premier League:
Tuesday:
Crystal Palace v Sheffield United
Wednesday:
Manchester City v Burnley
Tottenham Hotspur v Brentford
*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***
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| Prediction League Week 22 Results |
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Posted by: St Charles Owl - 21-01-2024, 17:15 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion
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Premier League
Blue B 18
Zinman 13
Minizin 11
Lady J 8
B.B.B. 7
Dingle 7
Derby 6
Stairs 4
After a few really good weeks the PL dropped its standards and ended up back in mediocrity again. Can't say that of Blue Baggie though, he amassed 18 points as his excellent run of form continues. He managed 3 CSs this week (only two other players managed 1, the rest got none!!) including one on his Bonus and scored on 6 games. Bit of a drop to Zinman on 13 points and Minizin on 12 points, better week for Minizin after struggling for a few and it certainly helps when you are the only one who remembers to take the blue tinted glasses off when predicting on a WBA Gamball!!! Zinman keeps himself near the top of the weekly table after scoring on 5 games including one CR.
Lady Jane, BBB and Dingle occupy mid table. BBB scored on 5 games while the other two only scored on 3, but BBB missed on his major balls while LJ and Dingle avoided the negative penalty on the Bonus. After a couple of good weeks Derby drops to 7th spot with just 6 points and Stairs is once again keeping the bottom step warm!!
Derby and Lady Jane get an extra Scoreball next week after using it on the postponed Notts County fixture.
291 Zinman
275 Blue Baggie
234 Minizin
230 Derby
221 BBB
203 Stairs
193 Dingle
173 Lady Jane
Just one positional change with Minizin taking back 3rd place from Derby. At the top Blue Baggie has narrowed Zin's lead don to 16 points. so now its definitely closed to about the difference between a good week and a bad one!! The gap to Minizin in 3rd is now over 40 points, the top 2 continue to roll!! Stairs is the 6th player over the 200 mark, Dingle might follow him next week.
A couple of stats, at the start of the season it was decided to remove some of the jeopardy from getting the Gamball wrong by changing the scoring to -1 for an incorrect result. It was felt that this would see more players play as we had some players who rarely played it because of the points loss it caused. Well it certainly achieved that goal, as it has been played every week by 7 of the 8 PL players with BBB skipping it just once and that cost him 2 points!!
Scoring wise the points gained were also reduced but still Zinman has amassed 63 points on that one ball this season!! Blue Baggie has 40 points from it and Minizin is 3rd with 31. Two players have really struggled with it, Lady Jane only has 7 points but Stairs, who typically rarely played it under the old scoring, has now played it every week and yet even with only -1 for getting it wrong he is sat on -2 for the season overall!! By my calculation he has been incorrect on the Gamball 18 times of the 22 played so far causing him a deficit of 65 points compared to Zinman!!
Cheers
SCO
Championship
Sanjay 18
Themaclad 15
AAA 11
BaggieOne 11
SCO 10
Snooty 8
Twerton 7
A decent week for the Championship with a couple of unusual stats. For the first time this season, everybody got at least one correct score and we also saw a full set of scoreball points - only the 3rd time that's happened. Less unusually, the gamball proved problematic (sorry, I try to avoid the Albion game as I hate the added pressure - not sure I can avoid choosing us again soon!) with very mixed results from the bonus. One match postponed so Themaclad will get to play an extra bonus ball next week.
It was also an unusual sight at the top of the week's league with 2 of our regular strugglers heading the table. Sanjay clearly benefited from his mid-season break to come back refreshed and achieve his equal highest score with a week's best of 6 correct results, including a maximum bonus. Themaclad lies 3 points behind with a positive gamball amongst his 5 correct predictions.
AAA and BaggieOne are tied in 3rd place, AAA with 2 correct scores but failing with his gamball and bonus, BaggieOne with one fewer correct results and scores but at least securing the extra bonus points. SCO scrapes into double figures - just 3 correct predictions but helped by a bonus maximum. Snooty chose to play his bonus on a thumping for Huddersfield so at least can be satisfied that the bonus curse worked! His correct gamball prediction keeps him 1 point ahead of Twerton at the foot of the table - Twerton turned 2 of his 3 correct predictions into maximums but lost out on the major balls to completely reverse his table position from last week.
237 SCO
225 Twerton
210 AAA
198 Snooty
185 BaggieOne
176 Themaclad
147 Sanjay
No positional changes this week as AAA becomes the 3rd player to pass 200.
Some stats: AAA now has a run of 6 consecutive double figure scores as he edges closer to the leaders. SCO and BaggieOne have positive scores on their last 4 bonus balls while Themaclad's run of scoreballs now runs to 5 weeks. The gamball isn't having a dramatic impact on overall points as 4 players are separated by just 3 points from it - only Sanjay is really suffering with it - he has amassed just 2 points from the gamball compared to Themaclad and Twerton with 39.
Quite a different story with the bonus. 5 players have scored between 6 and minus 9 from it but Twerton has 15 in contrast to Themaclad where it has so far cost him 33 points - it's now 7 weeks since he scored from it.
Zin
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| Prediction League Fixtures - Week 23 |
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Posted by: Zinman - 21-01-2024, 00:00 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion
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Sorry.
Gamball:
WBA - Wolves
Others:
Everton - Luton
Sheff U - Brighton
Fulham - Newcastle
Leeds - Plymouth
Millwall - Preston (League)
Port Vale - Portsmouth (League)
Watford - Southampton
Newport - Man Utd
QPR - Huddersfield (League)
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| JEREMY PEACE |
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Posted by: Baggiebob(BBB) - 20-01-2024, 19:38 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion
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Lai having missed multiple deadlines to return the £5million leant to his company Wisdom Smart.
As well as the £3.7m leant to the club’s holding company under Jeremy Peace which was inherited by the Chinese businessman, along with interest, I am surprised that Peace hasn't said ok I'll pay that debt considering her connned Lai out of £190 million.
I am further surprised he hasn't paid that considering he was so IN TO WBA for a number of years.. Is he till allowed into the Hawthorns?
Any thoughts on this?
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| Forfar v Hibs - Saturday 20 January |
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Posted by: ritchiebaby - 19-01-2024, 23:49 - Forum: Hibernian
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Hibs travel to Station Road in cold and windy Forfar tomorrow for their opening Scottish Cup game. There shouldn't be any great danger from a Scottish League 2 side, but this is Hibs we're talking about. I'm hoping for a full-strength Hibs side to play and hopefully they've not had too cushy a jaunt away to Dubai - Doha and Muscat are far better places to visit if you're ever in that area IMO. Almost 3,000 Hibs fans will be making the trip, in what will be a magnificent atmosphere in a small stadium.
The Loons are mid-table-ish in League 2, the lowest of four teams covered by 3 points. They play on an artificial pitch which many don't like but we've coped fairly well on those in previous games.
Monty on the game
“It’s a fantastic competition and one that the supporters have fond memories of. We know it’ll be a tough game. Forfar deserve to be in this round. It’s a good opportunity for us to take our fans there and for it to be a big occasion. Forfar will be prepared, but the most important thing is we go there prepared, professional and get through to the next round. We have to make sure we’re ready for the game.”
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| Leeds United Elland Road 21/1/2024 |
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Posted by: themaclad - 19-01-2024, 20:30 - Forum: Preston North End
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Leeds United v Preston North End
Elland Road 21/1/2024 12pm
LAST TIME OUT
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FORM GUIDE
LEEDS 11 PNE 6
A BIT OF PREVIOUS
Went to this and even at 4-1 down knew we wouldn't lose, just a bizarre night
WHO'SE IN FORM
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HISTORY BIT
TOWER WORKS
Tower Works is a former factory notable for its three listed towers. It is located on Globe Road in Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, next to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The Italianate towers of the factory are a distinctive landmark on the Leeds skyline.
The factory was founded by T.R. Harding to make steel pins for carding and combing in the textile industry, and the original buildings, by Thomas Shaw, were erected in 1864–66. Harding's son, Colonel Thomas Walter Harding, employed William Bakewell to extend the works in 1899. The design of the extension was heavily influenced by Harding's love of Italian architecture and art.
The most notable features of Tower Works are the three towers that give it its name and served for dust extraction from the factory. The largest and most ornate tower (1899, by Bakewell) is based on Giotto's Campanile in Florence. The smaller ornate tower (1866, by Shaw) is styled after the Torre dei Lamberti in Verona. A third plain tower, built as part of Harding's final phase of expansion in 1919, is thought to represent a Tuscan tower house such as can be seen in San Gimignano. All three towers are listed structures, the two ornate towers being Grade II* and the plain tower Grade II.[1]
The design for the Giotto Tower included ventilation systems that were way ahead of their time in terms of minimising pollution from the steel works. The chimney incorporated a filter to remove the excess steel dust.
In 1895 T. W. Harding & Son amalgamated with two other companies to become Harding, Rhodes & Co.
The factory sustained damage in World War II when neighbouring buildings were bombed during the air raids on the nearby Leeds railway station. It closed in 1981 after 117 years of operating on the site.
Present
Tower Works lies at the heart of the Holbeck Urban Village renovation area, it was acquired by Yorkshire Forward in 2005. A masterplan for the site was drawn up by Yorkshire Forward, ISIS Waterside Regeneration and Bauman Lyons Architects for an exemplar sustainable mixed use development. The development agreement between Yorkshire Forward and ISIS fell through and Yorkshire Forward developed the first phase. With the winding up of the regional development agencies, ownership passed to the Homes and Communities Agency who oversaw the completion of the entrance range to provide accommodation for digital and creative companies. In 2014 a new developer was sought to develop the rest of the site.
https://www.leedsunited.com/
https://www.motforum.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=1
Who’s Available?
In his pre-match interview, manager Ryan Lowe shared that there has been illness within the squad during the previous few days, however he was hopeful players would be back fit and available to feature.
However, the injuries which kept Ched Evans and Jack Whatmough sidelined last weekend will see them miss out again on Sunday.
Brad Potts, who limped off against Bristol City in the previous outing, has recovered from a toe infection and is expected to make his 200th North End appearance at Elland Road.
Opposition Focus
In their first season back in the Championship, Leeds United are well on track to achieve at least a Play-Off spot as they look to make an instant return to the top flight.
After losing to North End on Boxing Day, Daniel Farke’s men were then beaten away from home against West Brom, however 3-0 wins against Birmingham City and Cardiff City have seen them get back on track.
They’ve got work to do to close the seven-point gap between themselves and second-placed Ipswich Town, but there’s certainly no shortage of quality within their ranks.
Match Officials
Referee: David Webb
Assistant Referees: Rob Smith and Matthew Smith
Fourth Official: Tom Nield
David Webb will referee his third North End fixture of the season this weekend, following the opening day draw with Bristol City and the trip to Portman Road in October.
Webb has shown 73 yellow cards and one red during the 19 matches he's taken charge of so far this season.
MACS VIEW
Suspect the marching altogether mob will be well up for this one after losing on the pristine Deepdale turf last month, to be fair to Fantastic got his tactics spot on for this one, suspect he will do the same again on Sunday 4-1-3-1-1. Be nice if we had a front three of Riis, Keane and Mads on Sunday but that will not happen.
Don't expect anything from this but thought the same about the first game as well
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Posted by: themaclad - 19-01-2024, 08:47 - Forum: Notts County
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Interesting pick
League Two promotion-hopefuls Notts County have named Wealdstone boss Stuart Maynard as their new head coach.
The 43-year-old replaces Luke Williams at Meadow Lane after the National League promotion-winning head coach left Notts to take charge of Championship side Swansea on 5 January.
Maynard leaves mid-table National League side Wealdstone after three years at the helm.
Notts said they had been "tracking his progress for a long time".
A statement from the Notts board of directors read: "We have huge respect for the outstanding job he's done at Wealdstone on limited resources.
"We believe he will thrive in a full-time environment and is an excellent fit for us in terms of his playing philosophy, which puts him in a strong position to settle in quickly and lead our continued push for promotion to League One."
His assistant at Wealdstone, Matt Saunders, and first-team coach Craig Saunders will join him at Meadow Lane.
"Alongside Matt and Craig, he has formed a formidable and dedicated coaching team who will integrate seamlessly into our existing set-up as we look to build on the foundations we've laid during our adaptation to life back in the EFL," the statement added.
"With Stuart in place, we're also now in a stronger position to help the squad with additions before the end of the transfer window."
Maynard first stepped up as Stones caretaker boss in February 2021 and has guided the semi-professional London club to back-to-back mid-table finishes in the past two seasons.
The former midfielder, who started on the books at Watford and went on to have an extensive non-league career that included a stint with Wealdstone, led the club to their highest league position for 36 years last term as they finished 13th.
He leaves Wealdstone in the exact same position after 25 games this season, with his last match being Saturday's 1-0 FA Trophy fourth-round win against Chelmsford City.
Last season he hailed Williams' Notts side as the best he had ever seen in the National League.
Maynard now takes charge of a team that is chasing a second successive promotion, having reclaimed their status as the world's oldest football league club by winning the National League promotion final last May.
The Magpies are sixth in the table after their thrilling 5-5 draw at Grimsby in their first match since Williams' departure earlier in the month.
His first match in charge will be Saturday's home game against League Two leaders Stockport.
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| Chesterfield Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 31 |
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Posted by: spireitematt - 18-01-2024, 20:37 - Forum: Chesterfield
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Bromley 1-1 Boreham Wood
Dorking 1-2 Gateshead
Eastleigh 0-2 Oldham
Ebbsfleet 2-1 Hartlepool
Halifax 1-1 Maidenhead United
Kidderminster 0-2 Aldershot
Rochdale 3-2 Wealdstone
Solihull Moors 1-1 Dag & Red
Southend 1-2 Altrincham
Woking 0-1 Oxford City
York 2-0 Fylde
Barnet 0-2 Chesterfield
League Table After Matchday 30
Spireitematt - 613
SaltergateBorn - 602
Amelia - 513
St Charles - 484
Dancing - 477
Lord Snoots - 467
Devon - 379
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| Norwich vs WBA - Match Thread |
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Posted by: Ska'dForLife-WBA - 18-01-2024, 12:33 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion
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Having swept Blackburn effortlessly aside and established a five-point playoff cushion last weekend, Saturday carries us to Carrow Road where, having finally broken our four-month-long alternating "win-lose-win" away record at Swansea (and not in the way we'd have hoped), the objective is to open our account on the road for 2024.
Unbeaten against the Canaries since March 2016, we enter Norfolk with our 1-0 Boxing Day win still fresh in the memory and an opportunity to do the double over East Anglia's second-finest for the first time since 2008. But for all their underperforming this season, Norwich have remained unbeaten at Carrow Road all winter so far, last losing on home soil to Blackburn on Bonfire Night, and though their strikers aren't setting the league on fire - their last nine goals in all competitions have been netted by different players - wunderkind-winger Jonathan Rowe is the second most prolific scorer under the age of 21 in league football this season with eleven goals. For Albion, the excellent showings from both Fellows and Thomas-Asante last Saturday easily secure their place in the starting XI, and with any luck, we'll see more of the same from them.
With one eye on derby weekend, a point would do Albion nicely here, but a win would set us up perfectly for the big cup clash.
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