Ban the Ram!

Whoever Derby County’s mascot is needs to have a long hard look at themselves after their actions on Saturday at Pride Park, talk about mutton dressed as ram!

Rammie the Ram’s behaviour was disgraceful and sickening when Brian Howard was laying flat out on the ground after an accidental clash of heads in the first half.

The sheepish idiot ran 20-yards to the scene of the incident, just on the edge of Reading’s 18-yard box and the touchline, laid on the floor and signalled to the Reading midfielder to get up and stop feigning an injury.

At the same time the St John’s first-aiders were making their way onto the pitch, stretcher in hand.

Luckily for Howard he managed to get to his feet after about four minutes or so, but by the look of it not knowing where he was or what his own name was.

Howard, who was taken to hospital during the game, has a suspected broken jaw and may need an operation, which could see him sidelined for quite some time, and his absence will in truth upset the current balance of the side.

I didn’t see it, and I’m not condoning it, but allegedly a Reading player rugby tackled Rammie from behind at half-time and it looks like we haven’t heard the end of ‘Ramgate’.

Rammie did apologise at the end of the game when I spoke to him, but I’m afraid you can’t go around and behave like that in front of 30,000 people and expect to get away with it.

Referee Andy Haines should have acted there and then by sending him off, but he appeared to do very little at all.

Hopefully the FA and Derby County will be sharpening their shears as we speak and some sort of action will be taken.

Shane Long could get up to three games for his straight red card, Rammie should get at least that in my opinion. Send him to the slaughterhouse.

Here's a link to Rammie's homepage: http://www.dcfc.co.uk/page/Rammie/0,,10270~1806688,00.html

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