Boubacar Kamara

[Chip Butty 111]

 I think our performance level will go up when Kamara is back. Hopefully no more having to score 3 after being 2:0 down stuff. The water carrier DM type always fly below the radar. Our possession stats and game management will also be better. He is a key player and we've missed him.

[Footy-Vill]

What do you even mean by connected? If you're suggesting he isn't as liked by the fans then I'd say you're talking nonsense.

If you're going the other way and suggesting he isn't bothered about being here I'd like to see your working because I don't get that impression at all.

I love kamara and he played constantly under emery, he's as connected as anyone. Just maybe not in your bizarre mind

I just see him as not really connected to the club, as I've never heard much talk from him about how he loves playing at Aston Villa or the impression he's got a connection with the fans.

He's a classy player, and it stands to reason he would fetch good money for PSR purposes.
Especially as he's quite injury-prone, even before this ACL issue, he had numerous injuries at Villa, so maybe that's why it's been hard for him to settle and build up a connection.
That's all.

[Chap]

Actions speak louder than words. It’s what he does on the pitch that counts.

[Toronto Villa]

First you have a weird negative obsession with Martinez, and now it’s Kamara. Do you just not like good players?

I don't have anything of the like.
Also Douglas Luiz I said was world class, I was campaigning for Tielemans this season having to bump the thread as he wasn't being talked about and have raised discussion about Watkins being one of our greatest ever strikers.
I was merely raising discussion that Kamara doesn't seem much connected that's all.

You are literally making all this up to create a discussion/argument that doesn’t have any substance to it and is very much more about your need for attention and validation.

[Mister E]

First you have a weird negative obsession with Martinez, and now it’s Kamara. Do you just not like good players?

I don't have anything of the like.
Also Douglas Luiz I said was world class, I was campaigning for Tielemans this season having to bump the thread as he wasn't being talked about and have raised discussion about Watkins being one of our greatest ever strikers.
I was merely raising discussion that Kamara doesn't seem much connected that's all.

You are literally making all this up to create a discussion/argument that doesn’t have any substance to it and is very much more about your need for attention and validation.

... and obsessive dislike of Gerrard.

[Mister E]

... which, whilst understandable, is clouding the judgement on the players that came into the club at that time ...

[Risso]

... which, whilst understandable, is clouding the judgement on the players that came into the club at that time ...

Yep, almost certainly why he keeps banging on about playing Maatsen instead of Digne.

[Percy McCarthy]

I couldn’t stand Gerrard by the end and thought he should have gone a few games earlier, but it turns out his legacy wasn’t disastrous. Kamara’s great, Digne is very good, and I know he splits opinion but I like Carlos too, and he was very unlucky with his injury. Coutinho was a costly mistake, but there is that narrative that he helped us sign Kamara. We soon got rid of the Swedish full-back.The less said about Olsen the better. All that said, he cost us a fortune to hire and fire of course.

Have I missed anything, good or bad?

Edit: as I looked back at the telly after posting, I saw that Neil Critchley has got the Hearts job. Was that Gerrard’s hapless and well-travelled assistant?

[Risso]

I couldn’t stand Gerrard by the end and thought he should have gone a few games earlier, but it turns out his legacy wasn’t disastrous. Kamara’s great, Digne is very good, and I know he splits opinion but I like Carlos too, and he was very unlucky with his injury. Coutinho was a costly mistake, but there is that narrative that he helped us sign Kamara. We soon got rid of the Swedish full-back.The less said about Olsen the better. All that said, he cost us a fortune to hire and fire of course.

Have I missed anything, good or bad?

The Donk, who didn't turn out to be a great signing, but played in a number of decent victories like the 3-0 home defeat of Newcastle. And Bednarek, which was just a loan that didn't really work out.

[LeeB]

I couldn’t stand Gerrard by the end and thought he should have gone a few games earlier, but it turns out his legacy wasn’t disastrous. Kamara’s great, Digne is very good, and I know he splits opinion but I like Carlos too, and he was very unlucky with his injury. Coutinho was a costly mistake, but there is that narrative that he helped us sign Kamara. We soon got rid of the Swedish full-back.The less said about Olsen the better. All that said, he cost us a fortune to hire and fire of course.

Have I missed anything, good or bad?

Chambers was only his wages but Dendonker on about £70k a week and his transfer fee was a big waste.

You forget sometimes he picked Jan Bednarak and pushed Konsa to right back to deal with Mitrovic, lol.

[Percy McCarthy]

Ah well, we’re doing well and all his mistakes are getting closer to full amortisation* by the day.

Phew!

*The thought process of the modern football fan eh?

[LeeB]

Ah well, we’re doing well and all his mistakes are getting closer to full amortisation* by the day.

Phew!

*The thought process of the modern football fan eh?

It was easier to just shout at Doug to open the cheque book.

[eamonn]

Carpet-head asked the club to throw money at Digne and Coutinho, don't think there's much praise warranted there. Digne would have joined anyone happy to double his wages from Everton or whatever it was.

Flying to France to woo Bouba, fair enough, beyond that he can keep fcked off in the Middle East.

[Percy McCarthy]

Carpet-head asked the club to throw money at Digne and Coutinho, don't think there's much praise warranted there. Digne would have joined anyone happy to double his wages from Everton or whatever it was.

Flying to France to woo Bouba, fair enough, beyond that he can keep fcked off in the Middle East.

I totally agree. I’m just saying we’re kind of over it. Obviously performance-wise but also financially, although his reign did snooker us a bit in relation to PSR.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Edit: as I looked back at the telly after posting, I saw that Neil Critchley has got the Hearts job. Was that Gerrard’s hapless and well-travelled assistant?

You're thinking of Micheal Bale who abandoned Slippy to take the QPR job. He then abandoned them to take the Sevco job. Neil Critchley replaced him at QPR, the day after Slippy was kicked out but he only lasted 12 games at Loftus Road.