Newcastle United were in inspired form on Boxing Day as they battered Aston Villa into submission with a 3-0 win which saw the Magpies have as many goals chalked off as they had counted.
It's no real surprise to see some of our lads selected in Troy Deeney's Team of the Week for the BBC, indeed the only question was how many would make the cut.
For this week's team, Deeney has gone with no less than three Newcastle players, as well as choosing Eddie Howe as the Manager of the Week.
If we had to pick just three players, we may well have agreed with Deeney's selections.
For his Team of the Week, Deeney picked Joelinton, Anthony Gordon and Alexander Isak all of whom got on the score sheet for the Magpies on Boxing Day.
"Joelinton (Newcastle): He is a beast of a man. If you remember he was actually bought as a number nine. How silly were they? He is a centre-midfielder and has been excellent in Newcastle's rise for the past four weeks. He's in the team for the first time this season."
"Alexander Isak (Newcastle): Back again, the man, the myth, Mr Isak. He's the best striker in the Premier League currently. Arsenal, just sign him and you'll win the league, it's really not that difficult."
Anthony Gordon speaks for himself as Deeney just lumped him in with Cody Gakpo's write-up, before going on to say bizarre things about Eddie Howe.
"Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) and Anthony Gordon (Newcastle): Both these players were excellent and dynamic. They drove their teams forward and both scored. They were both thorns in the opposition's side and looking like the players we know they can be."
"Eddie Howe (Newcastle): He lost out on the England job and he's the only English manager that realistically had a chance of getting it. So it's good to see him doing well. We just need to see some more consistency."
Although, Troy, we'd be remiss if we didn't point out that Eddie Howe didn't lose out on the England job. He didn't want it, the FA knew that, and they didn't approach him.
PL | GD | PTS | ||
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1 |
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25 | 36 | 60 |
2 |
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25 | 29 | 53 |
3 |
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25 | 12 | 47 |
4 |
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25 | 17 | 44 |
5 |
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25 | 15 | 43 |
6 |
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25 | 13 | 43 |
7 |
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25 | 9 | 41 |
8 |
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25 | 5 | 39 |
9 |
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25 | -3 | 38 |
10 |
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25 | 0 | 37 |
11 |
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25 | 1 | 34 |
12 |
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25 | 12 | 30 |
13 |
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25 | -3 | 30 |
14 |
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25 | -4 | 30 |
15 |
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25 | -7 | 29 |
16 |
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25 | -18 | 27 |
17 |
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25 | -19 | 19 |
18 |
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25 | -27 | 17 |
19 |
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25 | -30 | 17 |
20 |
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25 | -38 | 9 |