Enjoyed the trip to Stoke on Saturday. I didn't enjoy the continued nastiness by Stoke fans towards Aaron Ramsey. It's ironic that they boo him because he wouldn't forgive Ryan Shawcross for breaking his leg 7 years ago. Not forgiving him doesn't mean that Shawcross broke the leg on purpose. Forgiveness (or not) is the prerogative of the injured party, not something that should be demanded. It's ironic that the Stoke fans can't forgive Aaron Ramsey for not forgiving Shawcross. That's just spiteful. We don't see any such behaviour at Birmingham or Sunderland (where Arsenal players also suffered leg breaks) Stoke fans should be ashamed of themselves. Remember this wasn't just a broken leg, it was a near foot amputation, only skin, soft tissue and sock kept the foot from being completely severed as was shown by the awful photos which looked like his boot had been kicked off....then you realised the foot was still in it. Hubby and son were still pale faced and in shock themselves when they arrived home from that match. How traumatic must that have been for Ramsey? A fit young man one minute and potentially an amputee the next. Then there's the many months of hard work and physio to get back to anything like fitness when you should have been at your peak in your career. It would have been wonderful if he felt he could forgive Shawcross, but so wrong to say the words and not mean it, that just cheapens the sentiment of forgiveness entirely.
We have taken him to 3 matches now...and got 9 points. We might make this a more regular thing lol .
