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8 Things You Need To Know: Sunderland vs Fulham

  • Clint Dempsey got eight shots on goal in the game against Tottenham in the last round of Barclays Premier League fixtures. That’s more than a player has in any one game so far this season.
  • Dempsey’s Fulham team mate Andy Johnson has had a great start to the season, and currently has the second best shots on target % of any player in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index with 82% of shots on target (discounting players who have had fewer than ten efforts at goal this season).
  • Johnson is also in the top ten players for converting chances to goals, with 27.27% of his efforts hitting the back of the net.
  • Looking at those stats, it’s no surprise that Fulham are third poverall for % of shots on target this season. As a team Fulham have had 153 efforts at goal with 63.40% on target, behind just Bolton and Spurs
  •  Wes Brown suffered a nightmare return to Old Trafford in his last Barclays Premier League outing, scoring an own goal which went on to decide the game
  • The defender remains Sunderland’s second highest ranked player in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index having won 81% of tackles attempted, contributed 19 clearances, 11 interceptions and 11 block
  •  Lee Cattermole covered most ground in that game, with 11,278 metres
  •  Cattermole is one of the league’s top tacklers, having won 80% of 35 attempted so far this season

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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