Boubacar Kamara - out for the season

[eamonn]

Tielemans in a deeper role, tracking runners... sadly, just not going to happen. I know he was on a free (discounting the signing-on fee - of what £5m - £10m he and his reps got?) but I'm not sure Youri was the right one for us last summer. The way we play, each midfielder needs to be consistently dynamic and I don't think he has the fitness for that.

[andyh]

Dougie was half the player last time Kamara missed a few games.
I hope he doesn’t fade again, we can’t afford to lose him as well.

[ChicagoLion]

Dougie was half the player last time Kamara missed a few games.
I hope he doesn’t fade again, we can’t afford to lose him as well.

I think Kamara compliments Dougie and without him he looks a bit exposed.
Kamara is excellent at what he does, Tielemans doesn’t have the mobility and covering sense.

[The Edge]

Dougie was half the player last time Kamara missed a few games.
I hope he doesn’t fade again, we can’t afford to lose him as well.

I think Kamara compliments Dougie and without him he looks a bit exposed.
Kamara is excellent at what he does, Tielemans doesn’t have the mobility and covering sense.

We will know on Saturday what Unai plans to do about losing Kamara. If he can still pull off a minor miracle and qualify for CL it will be a brilliant achievement. I expect Monchi and co will be in full overdrive now to fix the problem. The summer transfer window will be very interesting.

[Demitri_C]

My prediction is youri will play the kamara role and midfield of luiz JJ and mcginn. Probably bailey and watkins

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Dougie was half the player last time Kamara missed a few games.
I hope he doesn’t fade again, we can’t afford to lose him as well.

Exactly this!

[London Villan]

I hope we do better than the current two loanees…

[DrGonzo]

Time for Timmy Irons for me. We have 2 games that are very winnable against opposition that would let him build into the team.
Gutted for Bouba. We are having a bad season for ACLs, not just at Villa and not just in the men’s league. What’s happening? It’s very strange.

[Chap]

Time for Timmy Irons for me. We have 2 games that are very winnable against opposition that would let him build into the team.
Gutted for Bouba. We are having a bad season for ACLs, not just at Villa and not just in the men’s league. What’s happening? It’s very strange.

The pitches?. Guessing most if not all the Premier league have the ‘magic Rooney weave’ jobs which keeps them like a billiard table all season. Bet the training pitches are the same.

[brontebilly]

Dougie was half the player last time Kamara missed a few games.
I hope he doesn’t fade again, we can’t afford to lose him as well.

Doing the work of two players in that Bournemouth game anyway. He was terrible at Old Trafford next to the Donk alright. Luiz definitely not as comfortable at playing in Kamara's spot but he's going to have to drop any thoughts about adding to his goal tally and be a lot more disciplined as a 6 without Kamara.

Emery might be able to get some combo of a 5 going with Bailey, Tielemans, Luiz, McGinn, Ramsey going but there's not much defensive power there. Torres back would really help as he's like another midfielder when he steps out with the ball.

[JUAN PABLO]

times like this I dont like these transfer windows , at least in the old days we could be looking at  a replacement .

[Steve67]

My prediction is youri will play the kamara role and midfield of luiz JJ and mcginn. Probably bailey and watkins

Youri doesn't have the same ability, he's a very different player to Kamara.  If we use Youri as a DCM, we won't win very often.

[eamonn]

We won't win at all, he's too lazy and slow.

[olaftab]

Time for Timmy Irons for me. We have 2 games that are very winnable against opposition that would let him build into the team.
Gutted for Bouba. We are having a bad season for ACLs, not just at Villa and not just in the men’s league. What’s happening? It’s very strange.

You’re the doctor so you tell us?

[DrGonzo]

Time for Timmy Irons for me. We have 2 games that are very winnable against opposition that would let him build into the team.
Gutted for Bouba. We are having a bad season for ACLs, not just at Villa and not just in the men’s league. What’s happening? It’s very strange.

You’re the doctor so you tell us?

Think you'd need a specialist from the Clinical Musculoskeletal Assessment Team for that one.  I specialise in more esoteric sciences. It must be an increasing issue though, half the England Women's team were out with ACLs, we've got 3 inside 7 months, Fofana and Arsenal's Timber fell to the same thing within the first month or so... Rico Henry at Brentford.  Just been through the PL injury list and there's 5 further confirmed ACLs, 1 confirmed MCL and 2 unnamed long term knees injuries.  So 11 ACLs already this season, not this calendar year.

Currently still off work with an undiagnosed shoulder injury so have plenty of time and empathy for those suffering with joint issues.