Boubacar Kamara - out for the season

[Demitri_C]

Mcginn is not a defensive midfielder though. If anyone, Luiz will play there if he dosent give Tim a run out.

McGinn did it last season didn't he?  And yes, of course Luiz has to adapt accordingly.

As for Chambers - I think you need a sit down DC.

ergh chris dont get me wrong i agree with you. Chambers is shit but unai has played him there. I for one DO NOT WANT chambers but with the small swuad we may not have a choice

[ozzjim]

Lenglet? Can pass a ball to be fair

[Ads]

How about we play Tim and only disrupt one position.

[Clampy]

How about we play Tim and only disrupt one position.

This.

[ChicagoLion]

How about we play Tim and only disrupt one position.

This.

I think we are going to have to.;
Hope the lad is up to it.

[aj2k77]

Chambers is shit, if he's the screen to a defense already missing a load of players then we'll fall apart the rest of the season.

[chrisw1]

McGinn played alongside Luiz for 6 or 7 games in the second half of last season, with Luiz moving a bit deeper.  It worked ok.  He also played there when Kamara was suspended a few weeks ago and has moved back late in games following subs a few times.  I think he'll either do that or possibly try the same with Tielemans. 

I'd like to see Tim get gametime, but chucking him in to start feels very risky to me.

Either way it will be interesting to see how we cope.

[wolfman999]

Jeez. If we didn't have bad luck, we would have no luck at all. Fingers crossed, it may turn out to be not as bad as it seems but it didn't look good. No doubt, the pundits will be making plenty of sympathetic comments like they did for Noocastle and Spurz if our form dips still further.

[Olof's Beard]

McGinn played alongside Luiz for 6 or 7 games in the second half of last season, with Luiz moving a bit deeper.

He didn't, Dendocker played. This was the team that beat Newcastle 3-0 in Kamara's absence:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65217805

Dougie is the best bet but we've seen him move up several levels since he was given freedom further forward. It stifles him to drop him deeper and McGinn just isn't cut out for the role at all.

I agree with others that we have to throw Tim in.

[PhilVill]

Tim's big chance, good luck son, we've all got your back.

[pauliewalnuts]

How about we play Tim and only disrupt one position.

This.

I bet he doesn’t do this.

[VillaTim]

If thats another ACL then we gotta start asming are they being pushed too much during training. You dont have three ACLs in one season. Its unheard of

FFS give it a rest, it's boring the life out of the rest of us.

he was right though

[Rigadon]

Course. 

[Scovilla]

Terrible blow. As said before Tim's big chance..
Come on young man. Take your chance.
Utv

[wince]

Fuck my old boots. All I can say.