Emanuel Pogatetz: The “Mad Dog” has previous

Emanuel Pogatetz has woken up this Wednesday as public enemy number one in Manchester after his poor challenge on Rodrigo Possebon, which latest reports have confirmed thankfully did not break the young upstart’s leg.

A close up of the tackle can be seen here (1.20 secs in).

At this junction we felt it necessary to recall some of “Mad Dog’s” previous darker moments in football, giving credence to all those wishing to build up a case against the Boro defender as being a reckless, wild bone-crusher.

Firstly there was the wonderful moment during the Austria-Germany clash at Euro 2008 where Pogatetz sunk his teeth into the ball to release his suppressed anger in a highly visible fashion. But for more evidence of Pogatetz’s poor form in the tackle, have regard to this shocking challenge from 2005 during his loan spell at Spartak Moscow.