Hannibal Mejbri | Joins Burnley

At United he showed good energy but also looked on verge of being sent off many times. Totally unreliable.
 
At United he showed good energy but also looked on verge of being sent off many times. Totally unreliable.

To be fair to him that was his first sending off since August 2021. But when he gets a booking in the first half every coach must feel tempted to sub him. Today’s red card was obviously stupid and immature.
 
It does not justify what he did but the player clearly dives before the stamp and should be booked for that if the rules are being applied. The stamp itself is quite mild honestly, when I saw the comments I was expecting to see something with a lot more force, that was pretty much a tap.
I thought the same - extremely stupid rather than outright anger.
 
Heard he got a red for a "Stamp", whilst I don't like to see that he has deliberately planted his foot on the Stoke player and could have easily stepped over him. It is a lot less than I was expecting, I obviously have a different definition of a "Stamp". I was expecting a Keane on Southgate dynamic.

You often hear Commentators say that a player has "Stamped", when they have arrived late to a challenge and then simply caught or stood on a players little toe.

People seriously think he will get a harsher ban for that when Cunha got two matches and an £80k fine for cowardly elbowing a member of Ipswich staff in the back of the head.
 
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That was the kind of 'stamp' you do as a kid playfighting with your friends where you don't put any weight on it.

Comments made it sound like a vicious assault. Still obviously had to be a red card though.
 
Yeah it's not exactly full blooded that stamp is it. Still, what a numpty.

I feel daft for having such high hopes for him while he was coming through the youth setup. Kid used to get kicked seven shades out of him and would still run the show.

Shame.
 
Well… YOU’RE onto something

I think he meant that for fun.

Anyhow, shame that his career is on this trajectory now. As for the reaction, I remember Casemiro going through convulsions for a minute after clashing with Onana only to be fine almost immediately after.
 
I think he meant that for fun.

Anyhow, shame that his career is on this trajectory now. As for the reaction, I remember Casemiro going through convulsions for a minute after clashing with Onana only to be fine almost immediately after.
I would think so :)

It is. It goes to show that talent is very hard to judge. That being said, playing professional football means you are much, much bettet than most ever get to be.