Kobbie Mainoo, Hannibal, Zidane Iqbal....remember the names
Hannibal Mejbri | Birmingham Loan Watch
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Class of '23?
Mate is a Stoke fan who went today and said he was best player on the pitch.
Looks like he's getting more comfortable and is showing more to his game. He'll start showing his creativity next.
Well I suppose that answers at least one age old question.
The lad can do it on a wet and miserable night against stoke.
The lad can do it on a wet and miserable night against stoke.
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I think most will.
They play for Manchester United and this is a Manchester United forum
I'm guessing since he's performing so well we will give him game time next season. I think a midfield three of Casemiro, Eriksen and Hannibal would be fun to watch
Will they be retiring his shirt number too?
Great post, I was about to say the same how it might affective his positioning and the position ETH assigns to him (at least initially).
In addition, I could definitely see a case for him playing some LW in the PL at an early age. Let him play the first 60 to pester someone like Kyle Walker then bring on Garnacho the last 30.
Also, your comment on how players change is spot on. Sergio Ramos is mentioned above (as an example of someone with a temper), IIRC Ramos change from RB took place when he was 24 y/o when Real suffered injuries to guys like Pepe. We all view Darlot as a RB right now and as a fairly finished product, if he hypothetically took the same route as Ramos it would make him one of the best CBs in the world in a few years.
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If they can get promoted, I can see us sending him for one more year.
If they get promoted, he will have been a large reason why and will have demonstrated that he's ready for major minutes for us next season. I don't see us sending him on loan again, he looks ready to me.
Whilst I don’t disagree with you, this statement could of been taken directly from the Garner thread from last year, and look where he is.
I think Hannibal is more talented and has a higher ceiling, so I would hope he can kick on and continue this form for the season.
He looks to have adapted very quickly to the physicality of the championship which is a pleasant surprise.
Did you really not understand this post? It seemed pretty clear that Mr PG was saying those three players will all break through. It wasn't so much a reminder to United fans as it was a general statement about their potential.I think most will.
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I understood the post.
They seem to pop up a lot and disappear just as quickly.
Great to hear this is going well. If he keeps it up for a season he'll be an option here. Much more so than someone like Garner who many were rather ambivalent towards. Hannibal started off as an exceptionally well rated talent so if he shows his stuff in the Championship it's a good sign.
Increasingly popular in Birmingham it seems
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I love his temperament.
He has a real competitive streak. Doesn't like losing duels and flys for challenges. You can't teach that. Either you have it or you don't.
As you grow older and become more mature this needs to harnessed of course but the intangibles are thier.
He has a real competitive streak. Doesn't like losing duels and flys for challenges. You can't teach that. Either you have it or you don't.
As you grow older and become more mature this needs to harnessed of course but the intangibles are thier.
This exactly.
You would much rather the over aggressive vs the meek footballers that we've had to do with for a while now.
The technical levels at that age are insane. I really cant relate to it esp at 12!!!
Oh Owen Hargreaves ...
Great to see Hannibal doing well - I see temperament being questioned but fans actually love that kind of player
Surely you get his point?I think most will.
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Ah ... I see you've answered the same Q - apologies for rehashing
I think he will play for us as a no.8 . He's a proper CM. Many of our players like Eriksen are either good going forward but weak defensively or good defensively but can't pass ...McTominay, Fred. The biggest weakness we have in CM is we lack a dribbler so when Eriksen is pressed he ends up having to pass sideways and teams have started targeting him to stunt our ball progression.
I am not surprised one bit. He has that fire on him.
All good.
How’s he done tonight ?
Looks like Bellingham isn't getting a look in now Hannibal is at Birmingham
He was pretty poor tonight. Struggled a bit positionally and got dragged around a fair bit. Having said that his work rate was pretty outstanding and he was constantly asserting himself both defensively and in terms of what he did on the ball.
Brings back great memories of the Hargreaves song being chanted after Moscow.
I watched the full match and he did okay. But the way Birmingham setup by not having a build up play really doesn't suit him as far as getting on the ball is concerned, especially against teams like Swansea who do attempt to play their way through the defensive and middle thirds of the pitch.
He played the full 90 minutes and he ends up in positions high up the pitch with his back to goal or he's amongst the players applying the high press off the ball. I think it would suit him better if Birmingham played with a back 4 but it may not suit Birmingham who seem to be doing quite well results wise considering they were tipped for relegation before the start of the season.
He did end up playing as the sole DM for the final 5 to 10 minutes of the game.
Yeah I a think that’s a fair write up. I’ve actually seen a few Birmingham supports give him their motm online, even though I disagree with that assessment it shows that he’s made an impact
Birmingham was also without suspended Krystian Bielik, who is to Birmingham what Casemiro is to us (and then some) from what I have seen. Didn’t see the game yesterday, but not surprising that their midfield struggled some.
Was actually thinking that he (Bielik) might be an interesting pick-up as a cheap back-up to Casemiro the other night when I saw Birmingham. Polish international who comes from Arsenal’s academy’s. Don’t know what people who watch Birmingham regularly about that, but just a thought that crossed my mind.
Was actually thinking that he (Bielik) might be an interesting pick-up as a cheap back-up to Casemiro the other night when I saw Birmingham. Polish international who comes from Arsenal’s academy’s. Don’t know what people who watch Birmingham regularly about that, but just a thought that crossed my mind.
Best thing about sending out all our players on loan is that we don't even have to come up with our own chants for them.
The ref coming in at 1:25
You could put benny hill music over that bit.Mejbri looks physically good and assured in his movements. Really looking forward to him coming back next summer. He'll be a good prospect as a budding 8.
Birmingham Vs Sunderland tonight.. good chance to see Hannibal and Amad up against each other.
They've stolen that chant from us in the first place!
*We may not have been the first to use it when we did for Owen Hargreaves