Thats not entirely true, Ramseys foot was always going to be planted, Shawcross was always going to be second to the ball, it really wasn't a 50/50 and Shawcross didn't have to kick out at the ball so hard, as no matter how hard he was going to kick it, the ball was just going to hit Ramsey anyway. It was rather stupid and does deserve a red card, but doesn't deserve any ridiculous ban or any witch hunt after the guy.
Glenn Whelan, good on the guy, it appeared as if he was trying to calm him down and thats probably the best thing anyone could do. Obviously you can understand Arsenal players being more upset about it, especially those closest who saw it happen.
As for James, I think his "I want to be Clark Kent/Christopher Reeves" haircut was the worst one yet, the big afro isn't new though is it, he's done that several times before. His dodgey, three musketeers era moustache and dodgey haircut a couple years back was also pretty god damned awful.