Boubacar Kamara - officially signed new 5 year contract.

[paul_e]

How about no. Thia isnt the jon crofts forum so ill post what i like thanks. If anything your post is daft as adds nothing to the conversation

Back on subject

Hopefully mingsy and emi can support kamara on the long road to recovery. Come on kam you got this

You commented about site rules and Jon, as a moderator, responded to you doing it.

[Demitri_C]

How about no. Thia isnt the jon crofts forum so ill post what i like thanks. If anything your post is daft as adds nothing to the conversation

Back on subject

Hopefully mingsy and emi can support kamara on the long road to recovery. Come on kam you got this

You commented about site rules and Jon, as a moderator, responded to you doing it.

EDIT read pist wrong. If you want us to have a chat jon PM me. Im not interested in a fall out we are all villa fans after all.

[pauliewalnuts]

 For clarity Demitri, I did not “call you stupid”, I said:

And that's why people think you're being stupid.

If you can’t tell the difference between the above and “calling you stupid” then I give up.

[Demitri_C]

For clarity Demitri, I did not “call you stupid”, I said:

And that's why people think you're being stupid.

If you can’t tell the difference between the above and “calling you stupid” then I give up.

Can we just move on paulie this is just getting boring now please? Im trying to get this back on subject.  I actually agree with a lot of your posts btw just we dont agree on this subject 

[Ads]

I think you've all missed the point.

Risso 433 is an excellent idea.

[Sexual Ealing]

I think you've all missed the point.

Risso 433 is an excellent idea.

I'm not against it but Unai seems to have shown commitment to the 442, has worked in his way with it and trusts it always as the best way to connect with the supporters.

[Risso]

I think you've all missed the point.

Risso 433 is an excellent idea.

I'm not against it but Unai seems to have shown commitment to the 442, has worked in his way with it and trusts it always as the best way to connect with the supporters.

He needs to be demanding of a bit more flexibility, whilst always being respectful of my posts and being consistent.

[London Villan]

As others have said, despite having the (fit) players for 433 I can't see UE changing to that formation.

That said he's pushed a midfielder closer to Watkins with Bailey much wider in a couple of games.

A midfield three of:

McGinn Luiz Ramsey/Tielemans would surely be better than all but 3 or 4 teams

Front three:

Bailey Watkins Diaby/Rogers would, on paper, be pretty threatening

What I think we'll see is McGinn dropping back though, as UE has used him in all sorts of starting positions this season.

[Flamingo Lane]

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[Jon Crofts]

How about no. Thia isnt the jon crofts forum so ill post what i like thanks. If anything your post is daft as adds nothing to the conversation

Back on subject

Hopefully mingsy and emi can support kamara on the long road to recovery. Come on kam you got this

You commented about site rules and Jon, as a moderator, responded to you doing it.

EDIT read pist wrong. If you want us to have a chat jon PM me. Im not interested in a fall out we are all villa fans after all.

No need for PMs.
Just don’t assume people are calling you stupid, just read carefully and comprehend.

[olaftab]

Trying to look for the positives:

1.  We did ok without Kamara for most of March and April last year.  Though we did have Mings, Buendia and an in-form Ramsey.
2.  No-one will be buying him in the summer.

And he will return fresh for Champions League knockout stage. What's not to like?

[ChicagoLion]

 Kamara fulfills a critical  role as a link and cover in the MF, his understanding with Doug has been very important.
We do not really have any one to be the other in the double pivot , Tielemans , Ramsey and SJM  are not  the answer.
I can see some merit in a 4 3 3 that becomes 4 5 1 without the ball

Bailey -SJM -Tielemans -Doug -Ramsey behind Watkins.
The problem is our rotation options are

Diaby - has been awful for months
Zaniolio - has not shown that he is good enough at this Level
Tim- untried
Rogers see above
Duran- as above

We are 1 injury away from needing snookers.

This is without Torres and Konsa until we don’t know when.

So I can see Cash Moreno Digne playing wide MF and maybe even going 3 at the back.

The chances of this squad maintaining a top 5 position with these options I think is now unlikely.

[Brazilian Villain]

EDIT read pist wrong.

You're on a slippery slope if you do that.

[VillaTim]

Deleted.

makes sense

[PaulWinch again]

Kamara fulfills a critical  role as a link and cover in the MF, his understanding with Doug has been very important.
We do not really have any one to be the other in the double pivot , Tielemans , Ramsey and SJM  are not  the answer.
I can see some merit in a 4 3 3 that becomes 4 5 1 without the ball

Bailey -SJM -Tielemans -Doug -Ramsey behind Watkins.
The problem is our rotation options are

Diaby - has been awful for months
Zaniolio - has not shown that he is good enough at this Level
Tim- untried
Rogers see above
Duran- as above

We are 1 injury away from needing snookers.

This is without Torres and Konsa until we don’t know when.

So I can see Cash Moreno Digne playing wide MF and maybe even going 3 at the back.

The chances of this squad maintaining a top 5 position with these options I think is now unlikely.

To be fair I’ve been frustrated with the Pau stuff but he must be close if he’s on the bench. He’s key to help fill the Kamara for me. Clearly a different position but he can be the player who links the play, which helps whoever is trying to cover for Kamara. We’re still weaker, but at least Pau’s return massively strengthens the backine and will give us a degree of control lost with the absence of Kamara.