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Premier League - The Second Contact in the Box

The late Newcastle's, the Kitty Seal, has been defending set plays. Second contact in a box is just as important and obviously, Isaac there. He goes to sleep, you see him with his man there. Hasn't got that defensive responsibility. The same against West End the other week. No one gets the first contact. We saw another one here this afternoon. And again, look, second contact comes off in the box. If you don't win the first one, for a defender, it's not a good thing. But then you're looking at strikers being generally involved in a mix somewhere. So when that ball’s not one in the near post, chaos can

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