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we sit down with James Alcott and Ben Bowman who have both recently done deep dives into Dejan Kulosevsky's form this season.

So sit with us for the next 40 minutes to discover just where this has all come from,

why he's playing so good and why the data tells us that he's probably the best midfielder in Europe at the moment.

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Today I'm joined by Ben Bowman and for the first time, James Alcott.

How are you doing, James? I'm great. Thanks for pretending that for the first time, James Alcott. How are you doing, James?

I'm great. Thanks for pretending that we haven't just spent the last hour talking to each other and spent the whole week together as well.

Let's not break the 4-4, if that's okay.

The reason why I've asked James on and Ben is because they've both produced videos this week about a certain

Dejan Kulosevsky. And the reason why they've done that is because the man is in

impeccable form and everyone listening to this will already know that. He is sensational.

And I want to defer to these two gentlemen because they understand exactly why.

So what we're going to be doing on this episode of the lab is not just appreciating Dejean Kulisovsky,

but also understanding what's actually happened and how he's got to the point.

So, James, what prompted you to put together an excellent video on your YouTube channel about Deja and Kulosevsky.

What was it that, because you could have done it about any player, right?

Yeah, I think often this, by this point in the season, what you're really starting to see,

like you'll see an outlier of a player that, and obviously you're always looking for like

a fresh

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