10 Things You Need to Know: Fulham vs Tottenham Hotspur
* Fulham beat Wigan 2-0 in their last Barclays Premier League outing, and will be hoping to prevent
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."
* Fulham beat Wigan 2-0 in their last Barclays Premier League outing, and will be hoping to prevent
* QPR suffered defeat at White Hart Lane last weekend with a 3-1 reverse against Spurs * Jay
* Having conceded six goals to Manchester City in their previous outing, Manchester United prioritised defending to secure
* Swansea’s top performer in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index is Welsh international defender Ashley Williams. Williams
* Blackburn will consider themselves unlucky to have got just a draw against Norwich last weekend * Hoilett,
* Arsenal’s sensational 5-3 Barclays Premier League victory over Chelsea was their third win on the trot, and
* Following his remarkable goal scoring run, Demba Ba is now Newcastle’s top ranked player in the EA
An olive branch? How about a whacking great stick with a rusty nail sticking out the end of
Few reading this will have ever seen Dave MacKay play. Time ought not diminish the mans reputation. Jimmy Greaves is a man who’s opinion on MacKay should be taken seriously. In Norman Giller’s Lane Of Dreams he described the fiery Scotsman,’ He had just about everything: power, skill, drive, stamina, the sort of heroism that would have won medals in wartime – and above all else – an infectious enthusiam.
It was a horrible transfer. But sadly what appears to have become the norm. ‘Stand out player has head turned and turns into shiftless, want away wandering cloud type pansy. ‘
To date it’s Liverpool who are having the last laugh as few Premiership players have sparked chorus’ of ‘What A Waste Of Money!’ as poor old Fernando Torres. Oh hang on, Liverpool spent most of the money on Andy Carroll. So that just leaves the player’s agents as the ones truly in front. Funny old game.
Manchester City will face stark competition from the likes of ChelseaFC when it comes to the proposed acquisition of Napoli’s Edinson Cavani – nicknamed El Matador.
The Napoli forward has been the name on many lips over the past 18 months after watching the 24 year old smash in 30 league goals in little over 40 appearances. Manchester City have already had the pleasure of facing the six footer in their Champions League clash and it is believed they shall be watching the striker a little more closely than usual during the next match.
Theo Walcott revealed that Arsenal’s run of form has given them the confidence to believe that they can beat anyone.
The Gunners have left a bad start to the season firmly behind them as they embarked on a run of eight wins in nine games to fight their way back into contention at the top of the table, after being written off earlier on in the season.