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 22 Feb 2010, 17:29

Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur’s Supercalifragilisticromanpavyluchenko!

Tottenham had been suffering (as much as club that sit fourth can) from a bit of a goal drought. Perhaps the answer was under old man Redknapp’s nose all along.

Spartak were rumoured to have to drop Roman now and again to gee him up. And if Harry has taken this as a model to get the best out of the out of favour frontman, then so far, it’s working a treat.

The long balls to Crouch are not what push and run fans ordered. Defoe whilst lethal is more frequently a bit selfish if the truth be told. But the Russian Roman showed the right attitude combined with a both a delicate and ruthless touch on a pitch you’d be worried to run a horse out on.

Here are the goals and nice one Pav!