i am a united fan and i agree if it was intentional­ than he wants banning for at least six matches it is no­ differant to what joey barton did to his own­ team-mate.i am a big chris morgan fan but if this is­ the way he now has to play then its time to get rid­ evan though he is the captain.please remember this is­ from a sheff utd fan of 43 years standing i have evev­ wrote to the clu as well

Things need to calm down as in in the south yorkshire a­ very small minority of barnsley fans have threatened­ that BBC Radio sheffield would need a police guard at­ oakwell the next time they did commentary there for not­ condeming chris morgan enough

United as a club should fine and ban Morgan
otherwise­ in a sense they are
condoning Morgans actions
and­ inviting him to do it again!

We need to stop the ELBOW being used in football, its a­ disgrace to the game, Why does the so called­ "administrators"allow it to happen.
I meam­ come on someone needs to stand up here, this is the­ first really bad injury from an elbow,[IT WONT BE THE­ LAST].
tHE :POWERS THA BE NEED TO TAKE A STAND]NOW.

Morgan knew exactly what he was going to do cos he had­ a look at Hume as he was about to challenge for the­ ball.Speaking as a united fan Morgan should get a big­ fine,bigger ban and then move on cos he's just a­ clogger anyway.Hope Hume recovers to play again.

at the very least sheff should pay double his wages­ till fit to play again

The Player does need to have a lengthy Ban but court­ will not solve anything it will just make it worse in­ the future...After all it is about intent....But where­ would the line be drawn.......Should Arsenal have taken­ Birmingham to court about the Eduardo­ challenge?........He didn't do it on purpose but so­ what?........Things that happen on the field ahould­ stay on the field and be dealt with by the­ FA........Not by the Courts.

The Sheff Utd player has a reputation for being a hard­ player, what he did was not hard, it was the action of­ a coward. Ian Hulme is a good hard working player who­ has the respect of the fans at whichever club he has­ played for. This foul on him was an attack by a far­ less skilful player to 'sort' him out. The Utd­ player should receive a lengthy ban by the F.A. All­ true football fans will be wishing Ian a swift &­ full recovery.

i said yesterday these dirty cheating scumbag thugs­ want banning for life from the game and the police need­ to charge them with at least gbh with intent just the­ same as if they were on the streets thes so called­ proffesionals think they can get away with everything­ as soon as they put on a football shirt

every1 please watch the incodent before commenting.­ iain is an honest player and has been since a young lad­ at my club tranmere. he was intentionaly taken out.­ discraceful smash to the head that was meant to hurt­ him jus not as much as it did. if di canio gets a­ lengthy ban for pushing a refeere years ago then morgan­ should get a lengthy ban. that was gbh.

The issue of indemnity should not allow a professional­ footballer to assault another player on the pitch and­ get "punished" with a red or yellow card.­ Should our police wait outside clubs and issue cards to­ troublemakers?? You may argue that the issues are­ different but if you go clubbing the risk is you'll­ encounter drunk and disorderly people. Making an­ analogy with car racing is wrong. Risks playing­ football- possible injury. Risk from driving a car at­ close to 200mph....??? What would be your view if Hume­ died and didn't recover from the incident? Such­ "footballers" need to be removed from the­ game, if legal action gets this done then so be it.

One word.

'Disgraceful'.

Wouldn't it be­ highly ironic if a Sheff Utd player now gets sued over­ an on pitch incident?
The can of worms has already been­ opened, as far as taking legal action is concerned, by­ that idiot Kevin McCabe. Can't see there being much­ sympathy from anyone, not connected with the blades, if­ they now end up on the receiving end of the law suits!

not printable. you are a moron who clearly knows­ nothing about football. can you stop posting please?

Mark E - lets look at it another way. Other than­ calling someone a moron, try to stop and think before­ opening your mouth. Rallying, which is a far more­ dangerous sport than kicking a piece of leather around­ - a driver or co driver is in an accident. Some even­ die. Others are badly injured (as in Japan not 10 days­ ago) and end up in expensive hospitals far from­ home.Does the driver or co driver sue the manufacturere­ or the local council? Of course not. Suing someone only­ makes bloody lawyers fat.

Mark - sorry - I am NOT talking about the incident I am­ talking about the issue of going to court. The incident­ is up to the ref/club whatever. My fear is opening a­ can or worms if they sue the other player or the club.­ Ticket prices will double to cover the addeded­ indemnity costs - or are YOU on another planet

Thh player involved should be dealt with by the police.­ And should receive what any other person causing these­ injuries to another would get. A prison sentance.

not printable, what planet are you from??
Only a moron­ would make a comment such as if you "can't­ stand the heat get out the kitchen" to an incident­ in a football match that has put a man in an HDU. You­ obviously never played the game... do you know how much­ force it takes to fracture someones skull?
I've­ not seen the incident but I do play football, I'm a­ defender and I also know the history of Chris Morgan­ and his challenges. This is an incident that comes out­ of the realms of "is it a red or yellow­ card?". A man's life has been put at risk as­ well as his & his families livelihood.

James - I didnt see the incident - but I did say if­ intentional its RED and that it - the point here though­ is the issue of going to court and sueing another team.­ Thats what the article is all about.

A booking for an elbowing is a nonsense decision - if­ it's intentional it has to be red, if it's­ accidental then there should be no card at all, how­ does the ref justify a yellow card, under what criteria­ did he come to that decision? Then I saw the name­ D'urso and it all made sense.

Get back soon­ Humey,

To non printable - I would've agreed with you until­ i saw the incident. The ball was in the air, but was­ certainly not an "arial ball", both players­ had their feet firmly on the ground. Morgan swung his­ elbow a good second or 2 before the ball reached the­ players and there's no doubt whatsoever that he­ intended catch the poor lad. He should be banned for at­ lease a few months