dayokanu:

Montero especially the fear of Montero's left leg makes strikers run from him.

Watch those Juve butchers like Torricelli  and even Paramati who looks like an assasin to get an idea of what Strikers face.

Bergomi, Cauet, and Taribo at Inter. I still remember Taribos tackle on Andrei Kanchelskis that sent the whole stadium into riot.

With Gottardi, Giuglipietro, Paulo Negro at Lazio. If you like your ankle, stay away from Serie A

A Nesta at 17yrs sent Gascoigne out of Italy and ultimately football in a training ground crunch at Lazio

akinalabi:

Dayo, leave them. Most folks here havnt even heard the names you're mentioning. If we have never crucified
our own Taribo in the past, why the double standards now.

Even Spain sef. Andoni Goicoechea was the Butcher of Bilbao. He sent Maradona out for months and almost
ended Bernd Schuster's career. Goicoechea is still a hero today.

Its the other side of the game. Different sides of the game coming together is what makes it the best sport in
the world.

TheSaintz:

Why does this keep happening to us, Man U and Chelsea will definitely be behind this

Kgdavid:

Its either most of you are just talking without having actually seen the footage or you have never played football before or you are frustrated arsenal fans looking for a way to vent your anger. that was a typical 50 50 tackle and the ref was not going to give shawcross a card till he saw that the foot was broken. it would be clear to anyone who knows football that this was nothing but an accident. i feel sorry for ramsey as he is such a promising footballer and thankfully he has access to top class resources so hopefully he will be back in the not too distant future. guys this is the reality of professional football.

Kgdavid:

it is inevitable that defenders will mistime a few challenges and thats what the ref is for. in this particular case it was a 50 50 ball which might loo otherwise simply ecause ramsey was much quicker than shawcross. the ball was initially shawcross's but he ovrplayed it, giving ramsey an opening. Ramsey goes into that tackle just as aggressively as shawcross and the referee himself has admitted he would not have given a red card if not for the broken leg

oberon:

Jesus Christ! Lawyer !! getting morbid arent we? the purpose of showing proof of a young talented player in pain,I for one canot fathom,am no arsenal fan but if you watched tha game the Stoke player Shawcross was mortifed by his tackle and the Stoke faithful gave Ramsey a standing ovation as he was being strechered off, so asaulting us with these horrific pictures is ,to me at least in bad taste,except there is something am missing.
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a large portion of the stadium was actually chanting "he's got only one leg!"

tayoccu:

1 post the link where the ref said so.
2 ramsey went into that tackle aggressively?

Kgdavid:

it is inevitable that defenders will mistime a few challenges and thats what the ref is for. in this particular case it was a 50 50 ball which might loo otherwise simply ecause ramsey was much quicker than shawcross. the ball was initially shawcross's but he ovrplayed it, giving ramsey an opening. Ramsey goes into that tackle just as aggressively as shawcross and the referee himself has admitted he would not have given a red card if not for the broken leg

Kratos007:

ramsey goes into the tackle aggressively? dude were you watching brilla fm? ramsey was not going into any tackle, he was trying to play the fecking ball. of course he gave the red card for the broken leg, [b]you break someones leg, you should be sent off!! 50-50 ball or no[/b]t.

Kgdavid:


thats rubbish mate. the rules of the game do not make allowance for what may or may not happen after a tackle. the rules make provision for the ref to deal with the intent(if malicious) and nature(if reckless) of a tackle not the aftermath of the tackle.this is why players can get sent off for kicking out at the air when it is clear that the intention was to kick an opponent.to establish my point, was paulo fereirra sent off for breaking rooneys foot in the 2005/2006 season? no and rightly so, because the tackle was fair and the injury, accidental.in this case, the red card is extremely harsh. shawcross had every right to go for that ball and there is nothing malicious about the way he did. looking at that tackle one would never have expected anything serious to come out of it. i was shocked to see the broken leg cuz worse tackles than this happen every other day. guys injuries are a part of professional sport, they are an occupational hazard! i feel so sorry for ramsey but lets not take things out of context.

Kgdavid:

^metatarsals are the bones the feet are made off and seeing as he broke his fifth metartarsal which is the biggest one it [/b]would be accurate to say he broke his foot. like u imply,it would be nice to give this issue a rest already. i mean half of the people on here had probably never heard the name 'shawcross' before. so much controversy in the game this year so far.

dmxqo:

If anyone think Arsenal players are victims and targeted, then i dont accept. True it was a horrible tackle but d person involvd matters. If such tackle was aimed at Drogba, he may come out unharmed, but these Arsenal players are young, and when exposd to some kinds of tackle it results in horrific sights. Arsenal is nt a target. Yet refrees should try to protect these youngsters from some 'shaw' monsters!