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Hi all i asked aquestion about compact defending, i then received a email telling me somebody had anserd they inturn asked me to email my address but i could not reply to them.How do i get intouch with them?also how do i get my anser?Cheers Malcolm.

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Sportplan TeamAdministrator, United Kingdom

Hi Malcolm,

there should have been a link to your Compact Defending question in the email you received. If you would like to get back in touch with the person who made the comment here is the link to your question, where you can write a reply (click where it says "post an answer to this question"):

Compact defending

If there's anything else we can help you with please reply to this answer thread.

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