Emi Buendia

[cdbearsfan]

Hope he's okay. Burnley are savages.

[Somniloquism]

Hope he's okay. Burnley are savages.

Yep, they have had some thugs over the years.

[garyellis]

Hope he's okay. Burnley are savages.

It was a red card for me. How on earth Emi gets a yellow for a fair challenge and that thug gets nothing is a disgrace.

[Somniloquism]

Especially when the ref is staring straight at it, and then doesn't seem to notice Buendia is down clutching his head for another 20 seconds.

[paul_e]

Not to defend the Burnley lad, but was it a case of Buendia's diminutive size counting against him? i.e it's natural to shield players away from you/the ball, you just don't tend to do it at neck height cos they're usually taller.

No excuse for me, even if you're fending off that was far too aggressive.

Especially when the ref is staring straight at it, and then doesn't seem to notice Buendia is down clutching his head for another 20 seconds.

Yep, the one angle showed that he was looking right at the contact and can't possibly have not seen it. No idea how he didn't give at least a yellow card.

[adrenachrome]

Hope he's okay. Burnley are savages.

It was a red card for me. How on earth Emi gets a yellow for a fair challenge and that thug gets nothing is a disgrace.

I agree, although we got away with a similar incident involving Mings a while ago.

It is what was once caled the Mary Poppins Manoeuvre, in which you raise an elbow to repel an opponent. Alan Shearer said it was looking after yourself.   

[garyellis]

Hope he's okay. Burnley are savages.

It was a red card for me. How on earth Emi gets a yellow for a fair challenge and that thug gets nothing is a disgrace.

I agree, although we got away with a similar incident involving Mings a while ago.

It is what was once caled the Mary Poppins Manoeuvre, in which you raise an elbow to repel an opponent. Alan Shearer said it was looking after yourself.   

Yes, I was thinking about that last season at Bournemouth. The big difference for me was that the Bournemouth player actually fouled Mings and self preservation came into play. The Burnley thug just threw out his elbow.