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1 We need a player to stop the game right there.
2 You'll need a player that can cope with all zones.
3 It must need a player there to give advice on what the player is doing.
4 So we need a player who is match fit.
5 They need a player in a way that a film does not need a viewer to function.
6 Murray puts the case well enough: I don't think it needs a player to be at the heart of it.
7 But when a top Premier League manager needs a player capable of changing a game, he looks abroad for a finished product.
8 If the team attacks and exposes itself, it needs a player like Casemiro; he helps to sustain the system. The system, not himself.
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