Boubacar Kamara - officially signed new 5 year contract.

[OCD]

I imagine back means joining up for training, it will still be a while before he's getting meaningful minutes but it's still good news compared to where some of us thought he would be. Buendia and Mings have been about 13 months, which would have put Kamara on a timeframe for March...not September.

[SoccerHQ]

I'd written him off appearing for us until December. Great news if he's back in serious training next month, makes November return realistic.

Only caution is we've rushed him back from injury before and there was a setback and you can't be risking that with an ACL.

[Dogtanian]

Our options in midfield should mean we don’t need to rush him this time.

[AV84]

This is from a month ago on the club YouTube. Not a medical expert but doesn't look too bad. Definitely not the drastic muscle loss we saw with Mings.

https://youtube.com/shorts/_iDHDEwbIrI?si=fN-RavDsY1yX0s9x

[jwarry]

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/boubacar-kamara-return-unai-emery-29761374?int_source=nba

[Accent Guy]

I'd written him off appearing for us until December. Great news if he's back in serious training next month, makes November return realistic.

Only caution is we've rushed him back from injury before and there was a setback and you can't be risking that with an ACL.

We could really do with him in November as it's a horrendous month for fixtures. Liverpool, Spurs and Chelsea away plus 2 CL fixtures and Palace at home. On top of that, there's an international break in the middle so our players will be flying all over the world for their countries and playing another 2 games.

Absolutely crazy schedule.

Kamara being back would go a long way to getting us some decent results from that lot.

[Demitri_C]

I'd written him off appearing for us until December. Great news if he's back in serious training next month, makes November return realistic.

Only caution is we've rushed him back from injury before and there was a setback and you can't be risking that with an ACL.

We could really do with him in November as it's a horrendous month for fixtures. Liverpool, Spurs and Chelsea away plus 2 CL fixtures and Palace at home. On top of that, there's an international break in the middle so our players will be flying all over the world for their countries and playing another 2 games.

Absolutely crazy schedule.

Kamara being back would go a long way to getting us some decent results from that lot.

If we get a away CL game as well its gonna be horrendous. Its probably the toughtest month of the whole season.  I think dec we have newcastle amd citeh back to back but other than that rest of season isnt too bad

[Accent Guy]

I'd written him off appearing for us until December. Great news if he's back in serious training next month, makes November return realistic.

Only caution is we've rushed him back from injury before and there was a setback and you can't be risking that with an ACL.

We could really do with him in November as it's a horrendous month for fixtures. Liverpool, Spurs and Chelsea away plus 2 CL fixtures and Palace at home. On top of that, there's an international break in the middle so our players will be flying all over the world for their countries and playing another 2 games.

Absolutely crazy schedule.

Kamara being back would go a long way to getting us some decent results from that lot.

If we get a away CL game as well its gonna be horrendous. Its probably the toughtest month of the whole season.  I think dec we have newcastle amd citeh back to back but other than that rest of season isnt too bad

Yep. This could be Emi Martinez' Novermber schedule for example:

Liverpool A
Real Madrid A
Spurs A
Paraguay A
Peru H  (Home in this case being Buenos Airies)
Palace H
Bayern Munich H
Chelsea A

All that in 4 weeks. It's just not viable.

[Clive W]

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We could really do with him in November as it's a horrendous month for fixtures. Liverpool, Spurs and Chelsea away plus 2 CL fixtures and Palace at home. On top of that, there's an international break in the middle so our players will be flying all over the world for their countries and playing another 2 games.

Absolutely crazy
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Can you imagine 2 or 3 years ago even being able to worry about this “problem”?

What a fantastic transformation

[Villafirst]

I posted only recently that I didn't think his injury was as severe as Tyrone's. He limped off against Manure in February whereas Tyrone was carried off on a stretcher in agony at Newcastle. Great news if Bouba is back in training next month! It'll be like a new signing when he returns!

[Accent Guy]

We certainly need him. Especially as our rivals must have a month off between games.*

*Cos otherwise, just like us, how could they possibly compete in more than one competition? Right?

[Dante Lavelli]

I posted only recently that I didn't think his injury was as severe as Tyrone's. He limped off against Manure in February whereas Tyrone was carried off on a stretcher in agony at Newcastle. Great news if Bouba is back in training next month! It'll be like a new signing when he returns!

I wondered, with Mings is a reason his recovery takes longer because he also needs to bulk up like an ox, rather than just repair the knee?
I’d imagine getting into Buendia’s shape would take less time and conditioning than that of Mings (sadly I’ve never known either).

[AV84]

Speaking of Mings, I see he was with the team in London at the weekend. He's in the pitch side video.

[Risso]

I wondered, with Mings is a reason his recovery takes longer because he also needs to bulk up like an ox, rather than just repair the knee?
I’d imagine getting into Buendia’s shape would take less time and conditioning than that of Mings (sadly I’ve never known either).

Almost certainly not the case. There's been one photo of him kicking a ball that I've seen, which wouldn't be the case if it was just a question of getting back in shape, which he clearly doesn't need to.

[Dogtanian]

I posted only recently that I didn't think his injury was as severe as Tyrone's. He limped off against Manure in February whereas Tyrone was carried off on a stretcher in agony at Newcastle. Great news if Bouba is back in training next month! It'll be like a new signing when he returns!

I wondered, with Mings is a reason his recovery takes longer because he also needs to bulk up like an ox, rather than just repair the knee?
I’d imagine getting into Buendia’s shape would take less time and conditioning than that of Mings (sadly I’ve never known either).

There are different grades of damage to the ligament - whether it is stretched, partially torn, or completely torn / ruptured.

I can't remember what they were, but I remember seeing that Buendia's was a lower grade than Mings. I think that Buendia's was partially torn whereas Mings completely tore his.