GW23: Deadline 14:00 GMT Saturday 13th January

Are you watching it?
Mané's goal was a scorcher & Salad's was beautifully taken

i did watch it, aye! and very good it was too. would have been better if otamendi and sterling had got one each of the city goals, but hey... it looks like i've got 7 pts coming from the bench, as virgil didn't play

it's not likely, no.

Didn't help him much to have Robertson all over him like a rash.
That kid was outstanding.

Presenters here delivering a masterclass in Hunglish
Premierligezni = To premier league

I thought Stephen Ireland had retired

Opening with Chelski & Leicester you’d expect to see a few goals from the 2 former champions.
But the blues looked to be channeling a division 2 club who had all just met for the first time & even after Chilwell’s excocet impression saw him given his marching orders, Chelsea still couldn’t take advantage of the extra man.
Wet Spam seem to have rediscovered their form, brushing aside the mighty Huddersfield 1-4 which meant Moyes is the first person to get the Spammers 1st on Match of The Day & Southampton’s dismal run continued as they threw away to 2 goal lead to let Watford draw thanks to a clear handball from Doucoure.
Palace’s turnaround sees them up to 12th with a 1 goal win over Burnley while bitter rivals Brighton lost to Wet Broom. Yes it’s true. 20 games without a win comes to an end for the Baggies.
Up to Toon now where Swansea held the lead for 8 minutes until substitute Joselu equalised within 4 minutes of entering the fray & pulling the shutters down on Saturday’s action were Spurs & Everton with the latter on the receiving end of a 4-0 erse-kicking. & here’s a pie chart of a survey on Harry Kane.
Arsenal paid a visit to Bournemouth while Sanchez was off house hunting in Manchester & looked to be in control after Bellerin put them ahead. Then it all went pear shaped & in the course of 5 second half minutes, Bournemouth turned the game on its head to take all 3 points. But never fear Gooners. Wenger has promised a “harsh” review. Which probably means he’ll sell someone else.
Anfield hosted another contender for game of the season & their first since saying farewell to Coutinho.
An early lead from Oxtail Chambermaid was cancelled out by Sané just before the break.
But 9 second half minutes saw Firmino, Mané & Salad put the game at what felt like out of reach for the visitors. But Citeh weren’t going to roll over coming back from 4-1 to 4-3. Eventually the reds held on to halt Pep’s winning run & no doubt leaving a hint of a smile on Wenger’s face. After the game, renowned analyst & bookie’s favourite, Joey Barton, blamed the loss squarely on Ederson's tattoo.
Stoke’s new manager, Paul Lambert, was in the stands to watch his new team face Manc Untidy. & apparently they discovered Stephen Ireland buried under a pile of old training cones & bibs earlier in the week & thought, “Why the heck not? It’s been 3 years since he last started. Let’s give the lad a run out.”
But 2 first half goals, the first of which, according to the BBC, Valencia scored with his ”swinger” & a second half bit of basketball control allowing Lukaku to wrap it up, saw off the Potters.

So GW23 was eventually won by the BB&S on 766 points  as they continue their march to the title.
Nikolas Vitus Lagartija ’s Damage Dunfermline might as well be looking for matching accessories now as the

gets settled in. 
The week’s

Goes to Bloody Brothers 3 who fielded 5 goal scorers this week racking up 90 points 
The standings this week are


The IGM bounced back to win the H2H on 18 points   to keep the gap at the top down to just 8 points
The

is returned to Dead Men Walking,  but they have 4 teams hot on their heels on 45 points.
& the table


In the shed someone has hastily pasted a picture of Van Dijk over the January page of our Liverpool calendar so at least we can see the dates now.
We are tuned into sky sports to follow the soap opera that is the Alexis Sanchez transfer which is getting more coverage than MH370 did on CNN. 
We’re also trailing our state-of-the-art VAR equipment in anticipation we can….actually get it to work. What a time to be alive
So, as we play with all our gadgets & dongles & wotnot (stop giggling at the back) it’s time to hand the controls back to emilystrange for GW24.
Thanks for dropping by & playing & see you all at the weekend