Head trauma in current and retired players remains a fly in the ointment.

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He is getting on a bit now and is one of the senior guys out there and I think Stoner might be a fly in the ointment for him.

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But when something is wrong in the progression a fly in the ointment, a monkey wrench in the works, a bug in the code we get hung up along the way, and our logical system breaks down.

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But the huge, buzzing fly in that ointment is that Coulton has a very free and open relationship with his audience.

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