QPR MIDFIELDER JOEY Barton has attacked Opta, along with the website WhoScored.com, after it revealed that the QPR midfielder had made more inaccurate passes than any other outfield in the Premier League.
Barton, who was booed last night after being substituted with 20 minutes remaining of his side’s match against Liverpool, said: “98% of stats are produced by sad lonely people who have mastered the art of masturbation.”
He then added:
“357 misplaced passes in 29 games. Interesting. Could the fiends who produce this nonsense tell me how many successful passes in comparison?”
But the website had, in fact, pre-empted Barton’s question, revealing that he has made 969 passes by comparison.
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The QPR midfielder has become renowned for his outspoken nature in recent months, owing to attacks on various people, ranging from Wolves midfielder Karl Henry to British politician Ed Miliband.
Poor Joey’s football career is in steady decline due to his quick thumbs and quick tongue. He thinks he’s smarter than everyone yet he can’t see what’s happening.
He’s becoming more of a rent-a-rant than Eamon Dunphy, and he’s twice as bitter. Not looking forward to when he goes into punditry.
Dunphy is entertaining, Joseph Barton is not.
Here’s a stat Joey….. One England cap. It shall remain that way too cos you add nothing to the league in terms of football. Delusion jokeshop.
does the 98% stat not count as a produced stat? …
How he is still in football is beyond me. Nothing but a thuggish mouthpiece.
Far from me to ask whats this idiot doing on this fantastic on line newspaper, There is better stories like the Donegal people walking to Dublin to protest about the cuts to all services and the banks.
This is sports section!
lies, damned lies and statistics