By Kevin Garside Published: 8:00AM GMT 01 March 2010
Broken dreams: Stoke"s Ryan Shawcross is sent off after his plunge into on Aaron Ramsey leaves the Arsenal starlet with damaged leg Photo: REUTERS Ryan Shawcross"s tears suggested the distress he felt. Clearly the Stoke defender"s idea was not to inflict career-threatening repairs on a immature footballer, but the situation does prominence the need for football to residence the kind of machismo-led irrationality that left Ramsey in bits.
Shawcross was not alone in detonating nonessential assault on Saturday. Manchester City striker Carlos Tvez competence have been pity the subsequent bed to Ramsey were he not strong sufficient to ward off the foolish thrust of Chelsea"s Michael Ballack, that arguably carried larger force and thus larger intensity to harm.
Stoke City 1 Arsenal 3 Wenger: "We have achieved" Arsenal post large half-year pre-tax increase Wayne Bridge deficiency still needs to be resolved Injury progress for Robin outpost Persie Sport on radioHow most times do we see players dive in from at the back of usually to scold the arbitrate when the cards come out?
"Ref I got the ball," they roar in wandering counterclaim of their stupidity. Getting the round does not legalize the tackle. The incentive to dive in is indelibly related to a enlightenment in the diversion fostered at weed roots.
You can listen to it up and down the land: "Get stranded in", "Let him know you are there".
This witless propelling corrupts in decline and contributes to an perspective that fails in adult life to heed in between bona fide charge and thuggery.
The bequest of this foolishness is propped up in a sanatorium bed this sunrise deliberation an capricious future. One hopes Aaron Ramsey creates a full recovery, for his and Shawcross"s sake.
Winner
Craig Bellamy. At most appropriate an acquired taste, Bellamy but deserves regard for his straightforward reply in his post-match talk at Stamford Bridge.
He said: "I know what JT is like. Nothing surprises me about it so Im not going to criticism on that guy." Dynamite.
Loser
Henrique Hilario. The new Massimo Taibi. If the half-hit initial idea by Tvez were not bad enough, the shot opposite his bows by Bellamy reliable the Portuguese as the man not to reinstate Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech. At slightest he did not let one go by his legs.
The last word...
After Manchester Citys midweek FA Cup replay better at Stoke, physical education instructor Roberto Mancini was streamer out of Eastlands.
Does feat over Chelsea secure his pursuit for life? Excuse the worry but I am carrying worry following the meditative of an Eastlands hierarchy reportedly deliberation Mancinis future. Forza Mancini.
