Comments on: The father of dirty dirty football in the Premier League, and how Ramsey was done in

By: How to beat Stoke: Tony Pulis, Wenger and Mental Strength « ArseSpeak

How to beat Stoke: Tony Pulis, Wenger and Mental Strength « ArseSpeak — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:02:48 +0000

[...] This is a formula well-proven against Wenger, and although it can be taken too far, as with the late Shawcross tackle on Ramsey, Arsenal find life difficult against Stoke’s physical approach. Shawcross is starting his first [...]

By: Jay-Jay

Jay-Jay — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:45:12 +0000

Dude, it’s such a shame you don’t update more often as this is a really good blog.

If you’d ever want a co-writer, let me know!

By: Jay-Jay

Jay-Jay — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:24:51 +0000

Such a shame to see Ramsey out, he may never come back the same – you could put forward a case that Eduardo hasn’t.

Shawcross has shown more than once (Jeffers, and the challenge on Adebayor last year) that he is reckless. I can’t understand why others can’t see this. As someone said earlier, had he broken Rooney’s leg then all hell would of broken loose in the media.

Kicking Arsenal is the way teams will always approach games against us, and until someone has the balls to replace the out-dated ‘brutality over finesse’ approach then we’re going to see more examples of young footballers being horrendously injured – and let’s see how the fans of other clubs react if it’s one of their own.

By: Biggy

Biggy — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:03:58 +0000

I think that Capello was a disgress! After what Shawcross did to Rambo he should be facing sanctions of more than three match ban as AW has called for. But instead the Doppy Italian coach has rewarded him with an England call-up, just two hours after the event. What does it say to the player? Maybe that if he had taken of both legs, he would be in the running for the captain’s job?

We really need to have a system that responds to mindless thuggery on the pitch with the level of disapproval needed to ensure that the kids taking up the game are not put off. Stoke’s manager was just as dismissive of the incident. His ascertion that the boy has gone home with his mummy was pure quest for sympathy. In truth all he should get from any football lover is the expression of disgust.

By: GD

GD — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:02:21 +0000

Horrible!

I agree Sam Allardyce is the father of kick and rush physical football

I strongly expect Capelo must pull out Ryan Shawcross from England Squad at least for the time being for his irresponsible and mistimed tackle to assault Ramsey. And the red cars shown to him on that Saturday should be resulted in more than 6 games; 3 will be non sense.
And Stoke should pay compensation for Arsenal.

By: king gooner

king gooner — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:52:41 +0000

let me tell you-this will not be the last-hull are up v.soon with son of allardyce -phil “tango”brown & co who hate us big time-so we know what to expect there.not to mention fat sam & blacburn who if judging by the liverpool game will be doing his best to kick us off the park when we meet-see if i’m wrong!

By: sim

sim — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:48:06 +0000

Its just a shame how media in England cannot see the obvious issue here. How can they justify and even have sympathy on Shawcross. It just shows how naive they are , I am utterly disappointed by Tony Pulis’ reaction to that horrifying injury. If one of his players had been injured like that then i’m sure it would have been a different issue. If it had been an English player , Rooney , Gerrard , Lampard , Milner with a broken leg , then the media would have made an onslaught on that particular player , how can editors be purely racial on such an issue , when we are trying to stamp racism in sport .
Ryan used excessive force and was reckless in that challenge , I have played football and its that stupid tackling technique which causes career threatening injury. I’m sure Ryan knew he was not going to get the ball and thats why I am so disappointed in him , why did he use that much force .
The quality of refereeing in England is an utter disgrace to football. For this reason I believe England will never win the World Cup for everyone to realise that it starts from grassroots and proper standards which takes a country to a greater stage .

By: Ola

Ola — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:25:50 +0000

Gunners will move to top very son