1. October 2007: Shawcross broke former Gunner Francis Jeffers’ ankle in a tackle.
2. November 2008: Shawcross’ challenge on former Gunner Adebuywhore ruled the latter out for three weeks with torn ligaments.
3. February 2010: Shawcross’ tackle on Ramsey resulted in the latter suffering a broken leg.
So don’t give me that crap about him not being that kind of player, not when his records above and this video from his time on loan at Royal Antwerp suggest otherwise. And to hell with his intent or the possibility of coincidence. No one in his right mind intends to hit another person but in the heat of the moment, maybe when one is intoxicated or lost control of his mind temporarily, he may just end up beating someone else into a pulp. Because then it just kind of happened. So please spare me all this defending of English players and all this bias towards non-English players. I’m just so sick of it.
We’ll win the league for you, Rambo. Your injury, pain and suffering will not be for nought. According to his Welsh manager, the poor lad seemed to be in good spirits, I suppose as good as anyone in his situation can be.
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Arsenal celebrated 25 years of community service last week, an event lauded by the London Mayor and the British PM themselves. Here are some pictures of some Gunners who turned back time to celebrate the occasion.
And Piers Morgan got to meet Cesc at the Haiti fundraising show and clarified with the skipper whether he would stay or not.
In other news, Arsenal have leapfrogged Chelshit in the football’s rich list. Cor.
And oh, is this to be our new shirt?
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