yeah sorry I didn’t mean he actually did - but that’s the sort of tackle that could. look how he bends both of possebons legs, it’s quite a miracle he didn’t.
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Looks bloody awful to me!
You know how time seems to dilute things in your memory? Ok its worse than I remembered. My bad!
Anyway, he never recovered from that, was my point.
He's in action right now for Tunisia against Egypt in the semi final of the Arab Cup. Live on Fifa TV for those who want to watch.
Our lad is through to the final. Great experience for him.
That's a ton of experience in a very pressurised situation. Imagine what that would do for his confidence if he wins a final of a major tournament by the time he's back.
Exactly, next, Qatar or Algeria, both tough opponents, hope he comes back with confidence and determination to get a serious chance with the 1st team
Watched him against Egypt today he was very good and caused a lot of problems almost all the corners that Tunisia won were directly from him! Wishing him the best in the final he has been fantastic in this tournament so far.
What is the level of the other players in the tournament?
Their goals conceded are to players from the Swedish 4th tier, Mauritania league, Oman league and Bahrain league. So for the most part, absolute shite.
4 extremely underrated leagues in my opinion
Who is that?
I love it when this thread gets bumped!
So happy for him! Wonderful player
So happy for him! Wonderful player
First time I'm hearing him give a interview in English.
nice interview.InshaAllah!
Sounds like a nice kid. Congrats on reaching the final and merde for when you get there Hannibal!
always loved this guy...This is great really rooting for him hope Ralph gives him a good chance when he comes back
Algeria are a very decent team with some very good players they won the latest afcon with players like baghdad bunjah being stars for them(a player from alsad who became asia cl top scorer if im not mistaken)
Also a nice fact egypt his opponent in the semi final was coached by our very own Carlos qeiroz
Algeria are a very decent team with some very good players they won the latest afcon with players like baghdad bunjah being stars for them(a player from alsad who became asia cl top scorer if im not mistaken)
Also a nice fact egypt his opponent in the semi final was coached by our very own Carlos qeiroz
He is humble and very grounded! Hope he gets the chance to shine when he is back.
Sounds like a good guy and I am looking forward to seeing him develop for us this season.
He seems really gifted and on top of that which is an element we don't always see and why a lot of talented players fail, he seems to work hard and is currently quite grounded and keeps his head down, positive signs but time will tell.
Unfortunately, I think he's more B2B 8/10 hybrid than a 6 which does make it harder to break into our team, I think actually buying a proper 6 could help speed up his move to the first team as Scott & Fred for me are hybrid 6/8's not pure in either sense and someone like Mejbri''s skillset would sit better next to a #6, interesting times!
Would love to know what Ragnick makes of him and this tournament timing has been quite frustrating as I think he would have already received game time.
Unfortunately, I think he's more B2B 8/10 hybrid than a 6 which does make it harder to break into our team, I think actually buying a proper 6 could help speed up his move to the first team as Scott & Fred for me are hybrid 6/8's not pure in either sense and someone like Mejbri''s skillset would sit better next to a #6, interesting times!
Would love to know what Ragnick makes of him and this tournament timing has been quite frustrating as I think he would have already received game time.
Really hope Rangnick gives him some game time.
He hasn’t made a squad and I don’t think he even trains with the 1st team so I doubt we’ll see him anytime soon
Can we get him a loan sorted in January?
I know he has the AFCON but it would be a huge waste to play these 2 tournaments then send him back to reserve football again.
Clearly he's at the point where he needs the next challenge. If he can't get first team minutes here we should be sending him away until he's ready. Similar to how Chelsea used Mason Mount.
I know he has the AFCON but it would be a huge waste to play these 2 tournaments then send him back to reserve football again.
Clearly he's at the point where he needs the next challenge. If he can't get first team minutes here we should be sending him away until he's ready. Similar to how Chelsea used Mason Mount.
Nothing awesome in that compilation.
Anyway yeah @Adam-Utd no doubt either a loan or minutes with first team are due now.
Anyway yeah @Adam-Utd no doubt either a loan or minutes with first team are due now.
I should know better by now before I start to hype our youth but can't help i really hope he makes it here really warming up to him
One thing I've noticed is how calm he is seeing how erratic our midfield could be from time to time(mainly Bruno forcing things pogba holding on too long and Fred just not being a good passer though no fault of his own) so maybe having him there could help us control the midfield better?
Though perhaps not very wise to ask that from a 19 year old
One thing I've noticed is how calm he is seeing how erratic our midfield could be from time to time(mainly Bruno forcing things pogba holding on too long and Fred just not being a good passer though no fault of his own) so maybe having him there could help us control the midfield better?
Though perhaps not very wise to ask that from a 19 year old
Egypt are a good team and he faces an even better team in the final in Algeria, if he performs well against Algeria can see him being used by Ralf as soon as he comes back. The Afcon next month will be another very good experience for him.
Honest question, do these teams align their best squads? I mean obviously neither Salah nor Mahrez are playing that cup, but are the other senior players at it?
The majority of the Asian Countries (barring Saudi) have their best squads. Egypt only really have 3 European based players that start for them anyway (Salah, El Neny and Trezeguet). So Hannibal did play against 70% of Egypts first team. Tunisia are similar to Egypt in terms of the number of European based players so they're also at nearly full strength.
Algeria probably have the least amount of starters but do have players that play for their first 11 like Belaili (who starts ahead of Benrahma of West Ham and Ounas of Napoli for the first team) and Bounedjah (who starts ahead of Slimani of Lyon for the first team). They also have players like Brahimi and Benlamri (who were recently playing for Porto and Lyon) but have since moved to the Qatari league. So I wouldn't say the competition is of a bad level, there's definitely some very good players and teams in the competition and it is a good experience for Hannibal.
You mean 'Crazy Interview'
I found it endearing and humorous.
Thanks! great to know, as you said it sounds as a really great experience for Mejbri. Specially since he's been getting all these MOTM awards and is going to play the final. Hopefully they win it, it'll do wonders for his confidence.
Really looking forward to Hannibal coming through, he looks like someone really capable of breaking through in the next few years.
I'm thinking the same. His future is an 8 in my opinion, but I don't think he's ready to play that role at senior level yet. Easing him in as one of the interiores seems the best move with his press resistance and ability to carry the ball being huge positives for the role.
According to L'Equipe, Rangnick tried to sign Hannibal for RB Leipzig.
One reason to reduce the size of the squad…there is a good mini bunch of young players that can make up the minutes.
Just as an addition North Africans love their football and he's playing with 40,000 plus fans in the stadium and with a lot of pressure. I can guarantee he's coming back ready to play first team football, whether that's on loan or with us remains to be seen.
Makes sense. Before he signed for us you could already see from the clips available that he had something, also why we paid the fee we didnt as opposed to the other young players we brought in at the time where we didnt
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