Boubacar Kamara - out for the season

[Dave]

When I was in school we went on a trip to the Netherlands and we were all disgusted when we came down for breakfast and all that was on offer was slices of bread and hundreds and thousands.

Hagelslag. I've got a couple of packets in the cupboard right now.

One of them is whole aniseeds covered in blue sugar. It's deeply, deeply unpleasant stuff.

[mike]

I hope not it's poison.

*gasp* Sacrilegious talk! We're very protective of our aniseed-based paint stripper round these parts.

Tell me about it. As I mentioned above the French were not happy when we tried to introduce Ricardinhas. For them it was right up there with Americans buying up all our 1994 Vintage Port (a vintage of the century) and immediately drinking it.. with fucking Coca Cola. There are certain things in life that you just don't forget or forgive.

That actually made me angry.

Me too. Fucking Coca Cola!

Everyone knows Pepsi is superior.

Never tried Pepsi with Ricard. I may give it a go.

The Germans are wont to order Pastis and Coca Cola when on holiday in France.

Savages.

Maybe they are under the misapprehension that’s what the French do as I had an opposite experience in Germany. I was in a bar when some English tourists came in and asked in English for a round of schnapps and coke, at which the barman brought them shot glasses full of schnapps and large glasses of coke. He asked me to explain why they weren’t happy and when I told him about the custom of mixing a small amount of coke with spirits, he was horrified.

[Bad English]

No. I love Germans but they do have some weird and idiosyncratic habits.

Of course, I'm basing this on experience of close family and extending it to the entire population of the Bundesrepublik.

[mike]

No. I love Germans but they do have some weird and idiosyncratic habits.

Of course, I'm basing this on experience of close family and extending it to the entire population of the Bundesrepublik.

Likewise, my experience is based on a sample of one.

[DrGonzo]

You only realise how much he does when he isn't there to do it.  The link up play between defence and attack just isn't as fluid when he's out.

[PaulWinch again]

You only realise how much he does when he isn't there to do it.  The link up play between defence and attack just isn't as fluid when he's out.

I think him and Pau are absolutely vital.

[Axl Rose]

Without checking Google, is Bouba out for three?

[DrGonzo]

yep (sad face)

[Mister E]

Without checking Google, is Bouba out for three?

Yes - straight red.

[Axl Rose]

Fucking hell.

Cheers chaps!

[DrGonzo]

Sorry to disappoint.

[pablo_picasso]

You only realise how much he does when he isn't there to do it.  The link up play between defence and attack just isn't as fluid when he's out.

I think him and Pau are absolutely vital.

This.

Absolutely key to us being able to play at a faster pace.

Making those beautifcul diagonal cross-field passes like Torres or making forward runs & simple passes from the CDM position is what makes players like Torres & Kamara elite level players.

[Monty]

If he plays we win I think. McGinn gets further forward without concerns.

[Toronto Villa]

Also we need cannot have McGinn taking up a deeper role. He needs to be given the freedom to attack them from a more advanced midfield position

[Ian.]

Also we need cannot have McGinn taking up a deeper role. He needs to be given the freedom to attack them from a more advanced midfield position

Can Lenglet play this role? Someone mentioned he may have done before?