Comments on: Ramsey fallout – ten recommended reads for your Monday perusal + thoughts

By: kman

kman — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:11:09 +0000

Have a look at this link…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/poll/2010/mar/01/arsenal-stoke-ramsay-shawcross-tackle

By: Donnyfan1

Donnyfan1 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:52:07 +0000

People who are fans of Arsenal and support the fairness and integrity that AW tries to bring into our football should REFUSE to buy the Sun and the Mirror. Both have a Sports Editors who act as though they have no love of the beautiful game and seem to think that the way forward for our game is to punish the only club who behaves with quality on and off the pitch. Do the Morons in the media act out of thinly disguised racism or jealousy- who knows- but they will not stop Arsenal from being the dominant club in world football over the next decade. It isn’t Wenger who wants to be put under the microscope- its the morality of some of the Premier league managers. The FA cannot do much about nutters in the media(are you listening Andy) but they can stop those who think it is fair to keep sending out leg-breaking and fouling cheats under the guise of a sport.

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:13:32 +0000

No problem Tim, cheers for a good read!

One of the issues is that the English love an underdog, and that’s true of all of us – we all snigger when a big side has their backside handed to them by a hungrier opposition.

But there are fine lines between working harder, tackling harder and becoming dangerous. And too often when those lines are crossed, the perpetrators are defended because the lines are so blurred in the first place.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:06:33 +0000

Thanks Pete!

By: Gerry Thompson

Gerry Thompson — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:10:18 +0000

The England press conference was a farce with the reporters putting words in the mouths of Rooney and Miliner..Their main focus was on the state of mind of Shawcross and his rehabilitation from his trauma..For God sake give us a break here, Ramsey is the victim not Shawcross, Shawcross has previous. Fuller said before the recent cup game that they would rough Arsenal up… What more needs to be said..?

By: Eddie Yak

Eddie Yak — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:08:24 +0000

People get carried away easily, Ryan Shawcross was so devastated that he cried. That’s big damn bullshit ! He cried for several other reason so why everybody think it was for breaking Ramsey’s leg. He probably felt he let his team down with his sending off and Stoke were down to ten man. He cried because they will possibly lose their unbeaten home record. He could cried because he thought his England spot may not happened after breaking someone’s leg. The press and every TV commentators were actually feeling sorry for him. They almost forgotten the poor guy agonising on the ground. The English media are myopic and lunatic and certainly bias !

By: king gooner

king gooner — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:06:14 +0000

the engerlund media have an anti-arsenal agenda-as we’re perceived as “johnny foreigner”who doesn’t like it up em or in yer face!this is perpetuated by sky tv & motd pundits in particular-why are they not brought into disrepute?the fa turn a blind eye-accept when it comes to punishing arsenal of course!the best way to sicken them all would be to win the prem-they’d choke on it!

By: Mick

Mick — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:44:08 +0000

Well researched thanks. As a Gooner I find it hard to be objective, however I cannot believe that in the cut throat business world that is now modern football the , “get stuck in” suggestion from the managers who don’t need to be named is a visceral cry for their own survival. Where else can men like Allardyce, Pulis and McLeish become millionaires other than in crime……

By: rellends

rellends — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:40:38 +0000

just a thought on your sliding scale theory for dangerous tackles, was it a 7 or 8 match game that pv4 got for spitting at ruddock? i hear, that almost 10 years later, ruddock is still struggling to come to terms with that horrific injury.