Well now, when it comes to football, one man has for many years been the most noticeable, the most controversial, and occasionally the most successful blogger this country has ever produced. His pithy words and abrasive style make him as famous off the pitch as he is on it. This man is Escapini. "I love football. Football she's a cruel mistress. She's, she's more than a mistress. She's a wife, she's a mother, she's a daughter, she's an errant child. She's a… she's a… she can make you laugh, she make you cry. She can bring tears me eyes. She can bring blood to me shoulders. She can bring a kettle to the boil." "Cause football is about nothing, unless it's about something and what it is about, is football."

1 min readPublished 25 Sept 2011, 13:24

Aston Villa

6 Things You Need To Know About QPR vs Villa

The EA Sports Player Performance Index have kindly supplied the Index for today’s game for QPR vs Aston Villa.

Joey Barton has been in resurgent for since joining QPR, and has covered more ground than any other player in his first two games for the club – 12.24km and 12.07km respectively
Barton has also won 75% of the tackles he has attempted
Young midfielder Fabian Delph has covered the most ground for Aston Villa this season, averaging 11.39km in each of his five games for the club
QPR’s Adel Taraabt has got more shots on target without scoring than any other player in the Premier League (12) and also getting 8 efforts off target
Taarabt has also completed 21 dribbles this season, third behind Ashley Young and Nani in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index
Alejandro Faurlin is the 9th top passer in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index, having completed 110 passes in the opponents half this season (one every 4 minutes 27 seconds)