Boubacar Kamara

[OCD]

I'd rather we just conceded fewer goals when he was in the team.

[VillaTim]

He's probably our best player.

its not as simple as that . We have a few equally good , probably better players .

[stevo_st]

He's probably our best player.

He is our best player, we just can’t say it in fear that another team will poach him 🤫

[VillaTim]

Martinez
Mings
Rogers
Ascensio

All better / more valuable , probably a couple of others on a par .

[Footy-Vill]

He's probably our best player.

its not as simple as that . We have a few equally good , probably better players .

Martinez
Mings
Rogers
Ascensio

All better / more valuable , probably a couple of others on a par .

Exactly this.

And Kamara is up there as an important player , vital in many ways to the system and that he’s the only player in that role but to merely rely on him as a 6 is folly.

A team and squad need options. Kamara also needs to be less limited in what he offers as a midfielder. He's excellent defensive midfielder and best in that position at  the club but no I can’t agree he’s our best player.

The guy offers limited offensive threat and creativity so how can that make him best player!?

Also he hasn’t establish any rapport with the fans and zero affiliation.
Let’s hear him some more talking about Villa , barely heard anything from him over all the time he’s been here and certainly strikes me as someone who initially saw us as a stepping stone.

This contract is crucial in many ways for him as it is for Villa.

[Drummond]

He built rapport with the fans he met after the game I went to. Stopped and signed autographs, had his photo taken and was generally pretty bloody good.

So, wrong again.

[Olneythelonely]

Also he hasn’t establish any rapport with the fans and zero affiliation.

He’s established a rapport with me. He told me he thinks you’re a knob.

[Olof's Beard]

Well I think it’s understood more or less that Kamara is an excellent player in his role as a 6 and wouldn’t swap him for those other 6s but would like him to step up on a creative side when necessary , not like all the time.

Hes obviously better than Nakamba but for shooting he’s not much ability and if the ball falls to him when he does play higher up against low block opposition he needs to offer that.

That’s the essence of things regards the Kamara goal scoring debate.

Our manager doesn't encourage any of our players to shoot from distance, let alone Kamara. Even Tielemans rarely had a pot shot, we play a percentage game. Duran smacked a couple in from distance but we all know he did his own thing much of the time and was probably given some maverick licence.

Kamara is creative in his own way. He might not be in the position to make the final killer pass too often but he frequently instigates moves with a sharp turn, tight ball control or a smart pass. Assists and goals are useful metrics to track but they don't happen in isolation.

[Mellin]

If only Claude Makelele had scored more goals. He might have had a decent career.

[edgysatsuma89]

He's probably our best player.

its not as simple as that . We have a few equally good , probably better players .

It's an opinion. You couldn't get a simpler concept.

[Dante Lavelli]

Kamara gets a solid 7/10 score most weeks. However, when he plays the rest play better, so for the team, he is our most vital player.

[eye digress]

The crucial player for the PSG game. Particularly as in France, his progress has not really been followed since he joined us. At that time, in response to questions, Deschamps said he "didn't understand" the move to Villa (rather than one of the traditional European powerhouses). There's a sense that he's paid the price by falling down the pecking order with Les Bleus. He's had a few begrudging call-ups, but (injury notwithstanding) next to no game time. In advance of the game, no one is talking him up as a player, but rather referring to the "ex marseillais" - as though he were some journeyman.

So Bouba, time to step up and put yourself on the map.

[Neil Hawkes]

Some harsh critics on here.

I opine that if Bouba had been fit & played every game this season, we would be above Forest; he's that important.

[Percy McCarthy]

Percy - not me - says that the contract should be agreed without complications soon.

[Chap]

Excellent news.
He’s asked by Unai to do a job and does it well. Fact he doesn’t score many goals is irrelevant.