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Brendan Rodgers; "I was born into Celtic"
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Topic Started: 20 May 2016, 05:06 PM (2,288,458 Views)
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23 May 2016, 11:31 PM
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Any word yet on who his assistant will be ?
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23 May 2016, 11:32 PM
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KDS has gone funny...!
EDIT. Wierd. Went all dial-up there...
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23 May 2016, 11:35 PM
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Funny it's the same faux outraged folk from the Griffiths thread
You lads need to get a grip
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23 May 2016, 11:36 PM
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- 23 May 2016, 11:31 PM
Any word yet on who his assistant will be ? Heard a soundcloud clip from @celticresearch and he says he has some trusted guys he worked with at Swansea and Liverpool. My guess is that's referring to Chris Davies and Ryland Morgan. Can't see Pasco being involved again. He also mentioned having someone with local knowledge, so Kennedy and woods will likely form part of the backroom.
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23 May 2016, 11:43 PM
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It was brilliant to be there tonight . Brendan spoke really well and the feeling around the stadium was something else. Over the last few seasons it felt like something had been slipping away from us , that we had lost something . All that was blown away at Celtic Park tonight .
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23 May 2016, 11:44 PM
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Thinks Broony is a good captain... Wibble
Hope he rocks the place & brings a new energy. Just hope he's got the minerals to bin the heartless & the gutless, who've got us into this situation.
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23 May 2016, 11:44 PM
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No problem with the word Fenian.
I just thing it's a pishy song and hope we can come up with something better for our new manager than a recycled Paddy McCourt ditty
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23 May 2016, 11:46 PM
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Just watched the press conference. You'd think the baldy bespectacled BBC vampire would want to promote the game in Scotland. But no.
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23 May 2016, 11:46 PM
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Brendan Rodgers: people who say this is a step down don’t know Celtic The arrival of 10,000 supporters for his unveiling provided Brendan Rodgers with all the evidence he required that swapping the Premier League for Scotland does not automatically constitute a massive fall from grace. On his maiden appearance as the Celtic manager, Rodgers claimed those who are sceptical about his first job since leaving Liverpool in October are unaware of the Scottish champions’ scale. “People might say this is a step down but they don’t know this club,” Rodgers said. “I have come into a huge club here. Don’t get me wrong, I have had a number of guys who have said: ‘Don’t go. Why would you go?’ But this is Celtic and it’s different. It is a challenge, of course. It is a different market, a different budget but this can be a wonderful opportunity to come and help the players. If I can help the game in Scotland then great, but this is about helping Celtic. “It is a different football level here but the challenge of getting to the Champions League and dominating Scottish football really excites me.” Rodgers, whose appearance alone told a story of a refreshed individual, could well have stayed in his previous professional domain. “Swansea contacted me in January when Garry Monk left,” he revealed. “But I was always clear I wanted to break out. “When I left Liverpool, I could have been in a Premier League job the next day. On the Monday, I got a call from a club but I wanted to have time out from the intensity of managing big clubs and the pressures that come with it. It was always clear that I wanted to go back in the summer. “With Swansea, it was a case of me telling Huw Jenkins in January that I wouldn’t be able to go back to work but in the summer I would be. We had a few conversations and a lot of it was linked to the new ownership. That new ownership isn’t ready to go through yet. “I could have waited and maybe got another job in the Premier League, but I hope to be managing for another 20-odd years. The chance to manage Celtic might not come again, which is why I felt I wanted to talk and then be here today.” Peter Lawwell, Celtic’s chief executive, insisted last week that the club were not in the market for a quick managerial fix. Rodgers asserted that such thoughts had never entered his head. “When you come into any club, you come in for the longer term,” Rodgers said. “I look at Martin O’Neill, he was here for five years. Neil Lennon was here for four seasons. So you want to bring success to the club and, however long that takes, you want that opportunity. “Time is the big thing you want as a manager, but ultimately you don’t get that. You’ve got to win games and you’ve got to perform. At this moment in time, I’ve got no thoughts of Celtic being a stepping stone and moving back into the Premier League. I don’t want to work in the Premier League for 20 years, hence the reason I came up here. “This is a wonderful country. It has some top class coaches and managers. You are working in a totally different market at a totally different level. For me, it is a challenge. However long the challenge is, I will be here. You don’t know what the future holds. For me, to come here and manage and be successful – it’s certainly not going to be for a year, that’s for sure.” Rodgers, who is yet to confirm the make-up of his backroom team, said he had not considered a move for Steven Gerrard. The former Liverpool captain is reportedly keen to return to Britain from the United States. On times at Anfield past and present, Rodgers was effusive. “I loved every minute of my time there,” Rodgers, 43, said. “Of course it was tough at Liverpool towards the end. But they have brought in an outstanding manager who will go on and do very well there. He has time to go on and mould the squad how he wants to do it but I have been able to take a step back from it. “The Premier League and its intensity is huge and the expectation at Liverpool is huge having not won the league for so long and then getting so close. The difficult part of getting so close and then we never really built on that squad but I have been able to stay fit and I feel good. At Liverpool I just think that I will always remember the positives from there which was that we made the supporters smile, we went as close an anyone to winning the title and we played a brand of football that excited people and the supporters loved. With a little bit more luck we could have won the title.” https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/23/brendan-rodgers-celtic-manager-unveiling-parkhead?
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BRENDAN Rodgers last night revealed for the first time how he had been earmarked as a potential Celtic manager of the future several years ago – by his late mentor Tommy Burns. Rodgers was given his first break in coaching by Burns at Reading in the 1990s after his playing career there was ended at a young age by a knee condition and the pair went on to become close friends. The Irishman asked the Scot to join him when he was on the brink of securing his first job in management at Leicester City back in 2007 – a position which he ultimately didn’t land. However, he was very keen for the legendary Celtic player and former Parkhead manager to become the Director of Football at Filbert Street if he had taken over there. The 43-year-old, who was last night paraded in front of 10,000 Celtic supporters in the East End of Glasgow, has told how Burns had envisaged him being in charge at Parkhead even back then. “The last time I saw Tommy, bless him I came up here,” said Rodgers. “I was working with the reserves with Chelsea and was talking with Leicester City about maybe getting my first job in management. “I thought I needed somebody experienced to come in beside me. At the time, Milan Mandaric was the Leicester chairman and he was talking about a Director of Football. “So I said: ‘Listen, if I am going to come in to Leicester I would love to bring a guy in with me, Tommy Burns’. My idea was to get Tommy in to Leicester as a Director of Football, because he wasn’t really wanting to manage any more, he was here working within the youth department at the time. “I came up to see him and we talked about how, if I got the job at Leicester and he came in as Director of Football, one day he could come back to Celtic as a Director of Football and I could come back as a manager. That is how ironic this is. “I came up, met him in the hotel, we had a great chat, I came to the Celtic game and we went back to his house to see his wife Rosemary afterwards. It was something he was keen to do from a football perspective. “I think his family and Rosemary had been down in England for a few years and wanted to be up here. But it was certainly something that made him think. “But the only thing that was making him want to do it was the possibility of him coming back to Celtic one day as the Director of Football with me as a manager. This is a poignant day really.” Rodgers’s rise to the top in football management has been meteoric since his raw talent was first recognised; he has done well in his spells in charge at Watford, Swansea and, initially at least, Liverpool and is highly regarded in England. The man from County Antrim believes he had the best role model possible in Burns as he was starting out and learned lessons from him then which have stood him in good stead in career in the dugout ever since. “When I first started it was on a part-time basis at Reading,” he said. “When I stopped playing I was working in the academy there. Obviously, I looked up to Tommy because I was a Celtic supporter and he had been a player here. “When he came in to Reading he sort of took me under his wing a bit. We were able to talk about football and very quickly I saw his passion for it. I knew he was a fantastic player and had known him from managing Celtic. “What I saw at that early stage of my coaching career was two things. One, was the detail that he put into his coaching. He loved working with players, loved improving players, loved making them better. “But also his human qualities impressed me. He was a wonderful man. I used to watch him and see him about the place and even when he was under pressure there he never changed. He was a good man. He always had time for you and I never ever forgot that. “As a young coach I was looking for many influences and many inspirations. Tommy was a huge influence. He was there with Packie Bonner. Both of them were extremely helpful to me in the early stages of my coaching. Being handed the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of a man who has been so influential in his life at a club he has supported since he was a young boy growing up in Northern Ireland, then, will not be taken lightly by Rodgers. “Just walking around here, I have noticed the pictures of him on the wall,” he said. “He will always be here. For me, to follow in the footsteps of Jock Stein and Billy McNeill and Davie Hay and Tommy and these guys in an incredible feeling of privilege for me. “I think he would be very proud. He was a Celtic man, he always just wanted what was best for Celtic - whether he was supporting, playing for or ultimately managing the club. “He never lost that love for the club, even when he’d left to coach at other places like Newcastle and Reading. His passion and emotion for Celtic was always there.” http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/14511526.Rodgers__Late_Celtic_great_Burns_had_plans_for_me_to_manage_at_Parkhead_years_ago/?
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BRENDAN Rodgers last night denied he would use Celtic to land another managerial position in the Premier League in England as he was paraded in front of thousands of supporters at Parkhead last night. Rodgers, the former Watford, Reading, Swansea City and Liverpool manager, signed a 12 month rolling contract with the Scottish champions on Friday. The 43-year-old is, despite being sacked at Anfield after a disappointing run of results back in October, highly regarded as a coach in England and was linked with a return to Swansea earlier this season. However, the Irishman, who grew up in County Antrim supporting Celtic, stressed that he was fully committed to bringing both silverware and European success to the Glasgow club. “When you come into any club, you come in for the longer term,” he said. “I look at Martin O’Neill, he was here for five years. Neil Lennon, too, was here for four seasons. “So you want to bring success to the club and however long that takes, you want that opportunity. Time is the big thing you want as a manager, but ultimately you don’t get that. You’ve got to win games and you’ve got to perform. “At this moment in time, I’ve got no thoughts of Celtic being a stepping stone and moving back into the Premier League. I don’t want to work in the Premier League for 20 years, hence the reason I came up here.” Rodgers added: “This is a wonderful country. It has some top class coaches and managers. You are working in a totally different market at a totally different level. “For me, it is a challenge. However long the challenge is, I will be here. You don’t know what the future holds. For me, to come here and manage and be successful - it’s certainly not going be for a year, that’s for sure.” In an impressive performance in his first press conference, Rodgers stressed that, despite the standard in Scotland not being as high as it was in England, he was under no illusions about the demands which would be on him to succeed in Glasgow. “I remember Tommy Burns and Packie Bonner saying to me when I was at Reading that at Celtic, it is like no other club,” he said. “You have to win every game. When you win it is great, but when you lose it is a disaster “You can go to Manchester United and draw as Liverpool manager and it can be a good result, depending on the situation. You don’t get that here, you have got to win the games. Every single game is a pressure situation and there is not many teams in the world have that.” Rodgers, who was one of more than six candidates interviewed to become Ronny Deila’s successor, revealed that a series of conversations with Dermot Desmond, the major shareholder, had convinced him that moving to Celtic was the next step in his career. “There were a few opportunities, but Peter rang me when Ronny said he was going to leave,” he said. “I’m a Celtic supporter, I love the club, so out of respect I thought I would go and speak to both Peter and Dermot. I have to say they were very impressive. They were very realistic in terms of where the club is at. They felt the need to hopefully push it on. “Dermot was a big swaying factor. I met Dermot in London along with Peter. I could see the hunger and the passion in his eyes. He wasn’t just talking through any old spiel to get me here. He has a real genuine passion and love for the club. “I was aware of Dermot Desmond, the name and the association with his past. But I came away really impressed by him. Then, following that, he made a couple of really important calls to me. We had a real long conversation one night. We were about half an hour on the phone.” Rodgers added: “I think that relationship is important. I had that at Liverpool where the owners were fantastic, they were really good for me. It’s important that the communication is open. I will work closely with Peter, I will have communication with Dermot and that’s how I see things. It’s very important we all work together. “As a manager it was important they wanted me here – and that’s what I got from them. They really wanted me to come and manage Celtic. Dermot made it pretty clear that I was the one they wanted here." Rodgers has already been linked with a move to bring former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard to Celtic, but he confirmed there was no possibility of the former England midfielder joining him. “I’ve never even considered anything like that,” he said. “Stevie is a very good player, but I’ve never thought about that. “He’s an incredible man and was an incredible captain for me at Liverpool and if he decides to leave in the summer or when he finishes in LA he will have a number of options. But it’s not even been a consideration at this moment.” http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/14511528.Former_Liverpool_boss_Rodgers_stresses_he_is_at_Celtic_for_the_long_haul_as_Parkhead_fans_celebrate/?
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23 May 2016, 11:46 PM
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- 23 May 2016, 11:31 PM
Any word yet on who his assistant will be ?
Heard a soundcloud clip from @celticresearch and he says he has some trusted guys he worked with at Swansea and Liverpool. My guess is that's referring to Chris Davies and Ryland Morgan. Can't see Pasco being involved again. He also mentioned having someone with local knowledge, so Kennedy and woods will likely form part of the backroom. Woods aside those guys are very very young - 31/32 ish
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23 May 2016, 11:52 PM
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If Kennedy is kept on as it's looking, does that mean he's likely to be looked upon as a future manager for us? Weird keeping him on. As in very unusual.
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23 May 2016, 11:57 PM
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- 23 May 2016, 11:52 PM
If Kennedy is kept on as it's looking, does that mean he's likely to be looked upon as a future manager for us? Weird keeping him on. As in very unusual. possibly. hes very highly rated at celtic and popular with the players. if ronny had left it would have been him as caretaker rather than collins whilst things were sorted
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It was difficult to know who was meant to be more impressed – Brendan Rodgers as he was chauffeured along the Celtic Way past the statue of Billy McNeill holding aloft the European Cup – or the hundreds of fans who had assembled in front of Parkhead to catch a first glimpse of the new manager. The impact appeared to be mutual. While Rodgers went off to be introduced to the club bloggers and the broadcast and print media, a steady stream of supporters filed into the stadium to await his reappearance on the pitch, by which point the crowd was bigger than some Scottish Premiership teams attract on match days. Inside, meanwhile, Rodgers revealed that he had turned down an offer to manage English Premier League clubs after he was sacked by Liverpool in October. “Swansea contacted me in January when Garry Monk left but I was always clear I wanted a break-out,” said the 43-year-old. “When I left Liverpool, I could have been in a Premier League job the next day. On the Monday, I got a call from a club but I wanted to have time out from the intensity of managing big clubs and the pressures that come with it. “With Swansea, it was a case of me telling Huw Jenkins in January that I wouldn’t be able to go back to work, but in the summer I would be. We had a few conversations and a lot of it was linked to the new ownership. That new ownership isn’t ready to go through yet. I could have waited and maybe got another job in the Premier League, but I hope to be managing for another 20-odd years. The chance to manage Celtic might not come again, which is why I felt I wanted to talk and then be here today.” However, Rodgers made it clear that he had not made the first move in respect of Celtic. “That’s not how it works, certainly not for me. I do my own deals. I was just waiting to see what the possibilities were. “There were a few opportunities, but Peter Lawwell [Celtic CEO] rang me when Ronny [Deila] said he was going to leave. I’m a Celtic supporter, I love the club, so out of respect I thought I would go and speak to both Peter and Dermot Desmond [major shareholder]. “I have to say they were very impressive. I met Dermot in London along with Peter and I could see the hunger and the passion in his eyes. He wasn’t just talking through any old spiel to get me here. “He has a real genuine passion and love for the club and I came away really impressed by him. Following that, he made a couple of really important calls to me. We had a real long conversation one night.” Rodgers becomes the third Northern Irishman to manage the club in recent times and revealed that he would consult Neil Lennon, who left two years ago. “I will speak to Neil because he is a good guy who understands it,” Rodgers said. “I have had a number of guys who have said, ‘Don’t go – why would you go?’ but this is Celtic and it’s a challenge. It is a different market, a different budget but this can be a wonderful opportunity to come and help the players. If I can help the game in Scotland, great, but this is about helping Celtic.” Rodgers also disclosed a sentimental personal attachment to the club, forged by the late Tommy Burns, who was manager between 1994 and 1997 and whom he met when Burns was subsequently in charge at Reading. “As a young coach I was looking for many influences and many inspirations. Tommy was a huge influence,” he said. “The last time I saw him, bless him, I was working with the Chelsea reserves and talking to Leicester City about maybe getting my first job in management. Milan Mandaric was Leicester chairman and he was talking about a director of football. So I said: ‘Listen, I would love to bring a guy in with me, Tommy Burns.’ “Tommy and I talked about how one day he could come back to Celtic as a director of football and I could come as a manager. That’s how ironic this is – a poignant day, really.” Sentiment will soon give way to the reality of Celtic’s craving to return to the Champions League group stage – the first qualifier is on July 12/13 – and the need to overhaul a bloated squad. For a little while, though, on a beatific summer’s evening, Rodgers appeared before his first congregation of the Hoops faithful, whose devout hope is that he is the answer to many a prayer uttered over the last few months. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/23/brendan-rodgers-makes-instant-impact-at-celtic/?
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If Kennedy is kept on as it's looking, does that mean he's likely to be looked upon as a future manager for us? Weird keeping him on. As in very unusual. Big jump you made there, weird effing talk.
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If Kennedy is kept on as it's looking, does that mean he's likely to be looked upon as a future manager for us? Weird keeping him on. As in very unusual. I don't see why it would be. Kennedy is in his early 30s, probably has a lot of development to do as a coach, and would probably benefit from working with Rodgers.
It's hardly as if whenever a manager comes into the club there has to be a total clearout of the coaching staff, you need some level of continuity. Kennedy staying on the staff makes perfect sense, if that's what the man himself wants to do.
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24 May 2016, 12:02 AM
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- 23 May 2016, 09:49 PM
Enjoyed that. Great to hear him talking about Tommy Burns with so much affection.
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24 May 2016, 12:03 AM
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Gary McAllister a possibility. Thought he was a currant bun?
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I have absolutely nothing against John Kennedy but I would rather not see him in the first team dugout again.
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Three decades ago, they would make this journey together. From the Country Antrim village of Carnlough to Glasgow. Celtic Park was the final destination. On Monday, the family of Brendan Rodgers made that same trip wearing smiles broader than those generated by any past victory. Invited by the club, they were there to witness the formal unveiling of Celtic’ s new manager with unbridled pride. And to reflect on how the 43-year-old’s love affair with Parkhead first began. ‘We all come from a very strong Celtic background,’ explained Kieran McMullan, one of Rodgers’ cousins. ‘We have supported them all our lives. ‘When we grew up, Scottish football was all we knew. There was no Ulster TV, so it was Scottish TV we watched and obviously they showed all the Scottish games. ‘It happened to be at a time we were doing well in European campaigns in the 70s. I’ve been coming across since 1977, although Brendan started coming to the games after that. ‘He was introduced into the Celtic family when we started taking him along in the mid-80s. He’d be coming with us every weekend when Billy McNeill was the manager. ‘My uncle was a big influence. He got me into Celtic and I got Brendan started. I helped get him into the Celtic way, so obviously I’m a proud and excited man today. ‘I was a season ticket holder for 13 years, coming over on the boat every week. We’d be at Larne at 8am every second Saturday to get the boat to Stranraer then get up to Celtic Park. We’d be back in Carnlough by 9pm, so it would be a 13-hour trip to see Celtic but we all loved it. ‘Brendan is eight years younger me, so I’d have to look after him but that wasn’ t a problem. I was the senior boy on most of the trios but he was always a good kid! ‘He was a big Paul McStay fan and obviously Tommy Burns was a big influence as well. He loved him as a player, and got to know him really well when Tommy gave him a coaching job at Reading. That really set him on this path, so it’s wonderful that he should end up at Celtic.’ Beyond the loyalty of family ties, McMullan is convinced his little cousin will prove to be a hugely successful manager at Celtic. ‘Jose Mourinho brought him right through the Chelsea academy to the reserve team manager, so he is used to working with big players right from the start,’ added McMullan. ‘He worked with superstars like Suarez and Gerrard at Liverpool, so this will not faze him. He’s a young coach but a very experienced coach. I think he’ll do well. ‘It’s unbelievable for this family. Words can’t really describe how we feel but there have been more than a few tears since we learned that he was taking the job. It’s the stuff of dreams really.’ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3605733/Celtic-job-family-dream-reveal-Brendan-Rodgers-relatives.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
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24 May 2016, 12:16 AM
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Whining like wee bitches about the word Fenian 
Anyway, CP was great fun today, looking forward to the coming season now
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- Paul McStay
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- mick405
- 24 May 2016, 12:16 AM
Whining like wee bitches about the word Fenian  Anyway, CP was great fun today, looking forward to the coming season now  Spot on.
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