GW20: Deadline 11:30GMT Monday 2nd January

ARROGANT!!

Hey, you could change your name to Tottenham ... .. .

To calm everyone down after Ronnie & Roxy’s, dramatic deaths the first game of the GW was the footballing equivalent of a mogadon with Brad Guzan cursing the fact he forgot to bring a book with him to read for the 2nd half. 
Citeh, despite playing with 10 men for much of the game, against 12men apparently, managed to overcome a stubborn Burnley to keep in touch with the leaders, but Liverpool managed to throw 2 points away as Defoe netted 2 penalties & Maonnone pulled off a staggering 13 saves.
Snobbert Rodgrass gave Hull an early lead at the Hawthorns & then their defence decided they needed a kip allowing the Bagginses to take them apart in the second half.
Southampton made it 3 defeats as they crumbled in the last 20 minutes at Goodison Park.
The late match saw Manc Untidy head to the London Stadium where a pre-match conversation between JoMo & Bilic centred on him offering the Hammers boss Schweinsteiger in exchange for his Messi Pannini sticker in the January transfer window….probably….. 
After sending off Feghouli after 15 minutes, Mike Dean proved to be decisive as Untidy’s man of the match when the second goal was scored with 3 ManUre players well offside. But only one was interfering with play. & that one was the goal scorer. But, as JoMo stated in his post match interview "We are the champions of bad decisions."
Tuesday took the Gunners on a trip to the seaside & with the Cherries seemingly kicking Arsene’s sand castle to bits at 3-0 with 20 minutes left to play, but Arsenal found that missing gear to pull off an amazing come-back to rescue a point.
Big Scam’s misery continued as bottom dwellers, Swansea, snatched a rare win at Selhurst Park & Watford rolled over to Stoke thanks to a goal either side of the break.
Back in London & leaders Chelski took a short trip to Spurs in a bid to extend their unbeaten run & open up a 7 point lead. Spurs, however, had other ideas as Eriksen & Alli combined twice to give the home side a convincing win.
Finally, the December goal of the month was decided & the right person won it for a change

But what news in the FPL?
After last week’s sudden reversal of fortune for the BB&S, this week was knocked out of the park by the EIB by 83 points to take them into a 67 point lead overall. 
A virtual “tennis match” has started between Nikolas Vitus Lagartija ’s Damage Dunfermline & The Roker Roar as the heads back down south. 
With 75 points, the goes to altendalton ’s Deep Green Sea United 
Current standings are…


Another draw, with 18 each between the BB&S & the EIB nudges the EIB 1 point ahead in the H2H league & the returns to Scotland as Nikolas Vitus Lagartija ’s Damage Dunfermline pops it back on their noggin. 
& the tables…


So the shed’s been rocking for the first time in a while & #TheCureTour2016 compilations have been rattling the windows. The sausage rolls & cheese & pineapple on sticks went down a storm, athough we agreed Mrs @mort should use shorter sticks next time .
The last of the festive booze is gone & we even used the advocaat to seal up some holes in one of the walls, so it should keep those field mice out….. for a while
& with that, I’ll turn the controls over to emilystrange & thank everyone for dropping by once again. 
See you for GW 21 at the home of “The Big Machine”