icedagger wrote:Gypsys Kiss wrote:Poor old Ramsey.....hopefully its not a career ending break. I also dont think it was a red card tackle. Two players stretching for the same ball...accidents happen, and will continue to happen unless you ban all tackling.
I've heard a few people saying this and I really don't get where you're coming from. It is clearly a red card. Any tackle that endangers the safety of an opponent counts as serious foul play and is an automatic red. I think breaking a leg qualifies as endangering ramsey's safety...
Really sad that this has happened to him just as he was breaking into the first team and looking like a real talent. Hopefully he'll recover- eduardo hasn't looked anywhere near the same player since his injury.
Still, unexpected three points and right back in the race

LAW 12(part of)
A direct free kick is awarded if a player commits any of the following offences in a manner considered by the referee to be careless, reckless or using excessive force:
• kicks or attempts to kick an opponent
• tackles an opponent
A player, is sent off if he commits any of the following offences:
• serious foul play
• violent conduct
Shawcross wasnt guilty of violent conduct....I take this to mean deliberatly kicking, punching or headbutting another person.
Shawcross went into a tackle that he had every right to go in for. He went in, laces showing, to kick the ball. Ramsey, on the other hand, went in with studs showing momentarily. If the timing had been the other way round and Ramsey had been a tenth of a second slower than Shawcross, it could very well have been Shawcross with the badly broken leg.
By what you are saying every mistimed tackle should result in a red card.
But whatever, I hope the lad fully recovers and wish him well