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8 Things You Need To Know: Stoke vs QPR

  • Despite being on the receiving end of a 5-0 loss last weekend, Stoke defender Jonathan Woodgate managed to contribute 19 interceptions in that game – more than any player has in a single Barclays Premier League game so far this season
  • Stoke out ran their opponents in that game, covering 102,281 metres compared to Bolton’s 100,266 metres
  • Jonathan Walters has covered the most ground for Stoke so far this season with 117,223 metres
  •  Walters is Stoke’s top rated played in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index in 80th place, having scored three goals and contributed two assists
  •  QPR came close to giving Manchester City their first taste of defeat this season in their 3-2 loss
  •  Joey Barton remains QPR’s top rated player in 86th place having won 83% of 24 tackles attempted, delivered 26 crosses, and completed 196 passes in his opponent’s half
  •  Joey Barton has covered more ground than any other QPR player in 6 of his 8 games so far this season, including the gameagainst Man City in which Barton covered 10,141 metres
  •  Jay Bothroyd scored his second goal of the season against Manchester City. The striker’s goals have come from 20 attempts, including 60% on target.

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."

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