Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) broken leg

[SI 4 BHA]

If that is supposed to be evidence of previous bad behaviour against Shawcross it fails miserably, your honour

What? The ball was already out of play and he still lunged in and was lucky not to have done more damage! I hope to God he won't be playing for England in the World Cup, because with most foreign refs he wont last 5 minutes. He is a typical Stoke thug, relatively talentless and just relying on physical strength, and taken with the newspaper reports about his previous he looks like a liability if he were to play international football for us.

 

[The Wizard]

What? The ball was already out of play and he still lunged in and was lucky not to have done more damage! I hope to God he won't be playing for England in the World Cup, because with most foreign refs he wont last 5 minutes. He is a typical Stoke thug, relatively talentless and just relying on physical strength, and taken with the newspaper reports about his previous he looks like a liability if he were to play international football for us.

What bull shit, he had slid in for the tackle, its not like he lunged in deliberately after the ball was gone, and the tackle he made yesterday was a 50-50, not a bad challenge, you sound just like one of Arsene Wengers cock suckers.

'Waaaaa that team always gets physical with our players waaaaa'

 

[Half Time Pies]

What bull shit, he had slid in for the tackle, its not like he lunged in deliberately after the ball was gone, and the tackle he made yesterday was a 50-50, not a bad challenge, you sound just like one of Arsene Wengers cock suckers.

'Waaaaa that team always gets physical with our players waaaaa'

Well as his team has suffered 3 horrendous career threatening injuries (Diaby, Eduardo, Ramsey) in as many seasons, I think Wenger has every reason to complain.

 

[Half Time Pies]

What bull shit, he had slid in for the tackle, its not like he lunged in deliberately after the ball was gone, and the tackle he made yesterday was a 50-50, not a bad challenge, you sound just like one of Arsene Wengers cock suckers.

'Waaaaa that team always gets physical with our players waaaaa'

Well as his team has suffered 3 horrendous career threatening injuries (Diaby, Eduardo, Ramsey) in as many seasons, I think Wenger has every reason to complain.

 

[beorhthelm]

not seen the replay but did his leg initially break *before* shawcross made contact?

on MotD rather than show the tackle over and over they showed it once and then a still of about a second bfore contact. Ramsey's ankle certainly looks a little funny angle to the leg, though that could be down to the image quality.

 

[The Wizard]

BBC Sport - Football - Bob Wilson seeks action after Aaron Ramsey's injury

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Clueless comments by Wilson and Wenger

 

[DJ Leon]

I though Glenn Whelan did very well supporting Ramsey shortly after the incident. Especially when others like experienced cambell are acting crazy.

Totally agree with this. I broke my leg in a similar fashion as a kid and I remember how much it meant to have my mind taken off the horror. It would have been good if a senior member of the Arsenal team could have helped the kid out by thinking about something other than their own outrage. Well done Glenn Whelan.

 

[keaton]

I think a lot of the time Wenger talks a lot of shit, but having three players very seriously injured in as many years is bound to make you think teams are out to get you, and to a large extent they are. I do think we need to do something about reckless tackles, it's nothing to do with outlawing physical contact, but in recent weeks Defoe and Ridgewell have got away without even being booked of reckless tackles, with no intention of playing the ball, and Shawcross did the same previously against Arsenal. When players are being sent off for a couple of silly bookings it's stupid when genuinely dangerous play goes unpunished

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

We had a thread after the Cup game along the lines whether Stoke were intentionally roughing up Arsenal or whether it was all legitimate and a figment of Wengers imagination.

My view from watching that game was they Stoke (who are not alone in this) reckon the Arsenal fancy Dans don't like it up 'em. This was clear to me in that cup game. So for this to happen is not some unfortunate incident. It is a result of that approach.

Shawcross may be a lovely lad. Adebayor may not agree - and apparently neither would Jeffers - although I have not seen that challenge. But he is squarely to blame for the recklessness of the challenge. And the fact that 99.9 of the time he gets away with it does not justify it.

 

[The Wizard]

Stoke City Midfielder Glenn Whelan: I Tried To Distract Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey - Goal.com

 

[keaton]

Alex Ferguson has made a personal call of support to Shawcross according to the Mirror.
That's just odd. Has he called up Ramsey? Is he trying to tap up Shawcross or just thank him for damaging a rival's title chances?

 

[Danny-Boy]

There are FAR more serious injuries in football than Rugby. And they say Rugby is the Man's game.

I would contest that. There was a story only last week of a former England player paralysed from the neck down after a scrum collapse, he's now coaching rugby in schools in a wheelchair.

Over the years, how many fatal or life-changing injuries have there been to footballers, other than heart failures or other medical conditions not caused by collisions etc. I think very few.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Alex Ferguson has made a personal call of support to Shawcross according to the Mirror.
That's just odd. Has he called up Ramsey? Is he trying to tap up Shawcross or just thank him for damaging a rival's title chances?

Used to play for Man Utd

 

[keaton]

There are FAR more serious injuries in football than Rugby. And they say Rugby is the Man's game.

I missed this before, it's a perfect US post. Off-topic, needlessly controversial, no evidence or thought gone into, deliberately designed to provoke a response from specific people so he can claim he's being persecuted

 

[Rusthall Seagull]

I missed this before, it's a perfect US post. Off-topic, needlessly controversial, no evidence or thought gone into, deliberately designed to provoke a response from specific people so he can claim he's being persecuted

Exactly....think the guy who had his neck broken a few weeks back and the other guy who was blinded in one eye may have something to say about that statement.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Can I just retract any previous criticism of Stoke City. A top club.

 

[Woodchip]

Can I just retract any previous criticism of Stoke City. A top club.