GW25: Deadline 11:45 Saturday 6th February

So that was that.
GW25 over in a flash.

Leicester tore strips off title rivals City to go five points clear, sending the media into a frenzy, as Spuds skip up to second on goal difference thanks to an Alli assist. Clearly his mum’s home made soup did the trick on his lurgy.
Villa, seemingly rattled that relegation rivals, Newcastle escaped the bottom three club, dragged Norwich down to keep them company by actually winning a match.
Over on Mersey side, Liverpool’s loyal legion of supporters picked the right moment to leave the stadium, ensuring that they missed their side throw a two goal lead down the crapper.
Their rivals, The Toffees, fared a lot better, putting Stoke to the sword, despite the most awesomest player of his & any generation of humankind since we crawled out of the primordial swamp™ , Barkley, not finding the net.
Adebayor’s full Palace debut didn’t re-ignite his goal scoring touch, but Pardew was happy to take his first point of the year courtesy of another Scott Dann finish.
It was the Gunners’ turn to take a seaside trip this week & social media went into meltdown from gooners up & down the land berating their team, even though they won……& kept a clean sheet.
And in “Clash Of The Titans” Diego “did you spill my pint” Costa preserved Hiddink’s lossless record with a late equaliser against the Red Devils.

But the real action, as always, came via the FPL & what a strange week it was. At close of play Saturday the EIB looked all set for another crushing defeat. But as the tables etc finished their updating, I actually had to use two different pencils to verify this final score:

EIB 682 - 682 IGM (yes, that was my thoughts exactly) 
A rare draw holds the IGM’s overall lead at a daunting 240 points

iesus' Meteora Heartland FC return to the summit & collect the   ,
while the is soundly directed at paulwUK ’s Let’s Go To Leyton for a solid 89 points. 

In the H2H the EIB triumphed by 21 points to 12 edging them 40 points ahead.
altendalton ’a Deep Green Sea UTD retain the as they top the table by 3 points.

So, as I shut down the floodlights at the Stadium Of Faith & check the toilet for fag butts (again) I am finding I am spending a large portion of my time denying rumours that Mourinho is taking over at the end of the season, although someone has modified the shed door to accomodate his large head. However, it could be just to allow larger pizzas to be delivered horizontally. 

So that’s all folks. Thanks for joining us for another GW & enjoy the veritable holiday before GW26. 

Over to you Graham. 

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