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commentatorballs "They concertinaed together like some sort of accordion"
DAVID CROFT, Sky Sports

"He's their leading scorer – he's on nine, everyone else is in single figures"
PAUL ROBINSON, Sky Sports

"It's not quite a 90-degree U-turn"
PAUL HUTCHEON, BBC Radio Scotland

"Matthew Stevens has gone to the toilet on table 4"
DAVE HENDON, TNT Sports

"It's a little blimp in hopefully what otherwise will be a very competitive season"
DAVID COULTHARD, C4

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