Boubacar Kamara

[ozzjim]

You are clearly not getting close to his level, but there are holding midfielders out there that will be affordable and have potential to fill the gap. Muddling through with Tielemans there alongside Bogarde will result in a very painful second half of the season.

[Rigadon]

If Kamara AND McGinn are out long term, we’ll do well to hang on in the top 5. 

[Ian.]

We need to learn a hard lesson here, as club and fans. If going well in the league and Europe there is no point risking it in the FA cup early rounds unless we have made it to Sky Six stage and have never ending riches.

FA cup for us should be a priority when other avenues to success are looking unlikely.

Such a shame we didn't rest Kamara at Spurs (and ironically won the game without him anyway)

I just don't see this view point at all. Injuries can take place at any time, anywhere. We could win the cup and why shouldn't we try to?

[eamonn]

Weren't his 3 previous serious injuries suffered in league games?

[frank black]

If Kamara AND McGinn are out long term, we’ll do well to hang on in the top 5. 

Partly explains Emerys post match interview

[ldavfc4eva]

Must be some decent older heads out there to fill in, like Brighton bringing Pascal Grob back for approx £2m

[TheToffnar]

If Kamara AND McGinn are out long term, we’ll do well to hang on in the top 5. 

Partly explains Emerys post match interview

He's probably had a week of people in his ear about what they can and can't do financially. Follow that up with a disappointing performance, a first team injury and a missed chance to go second, who can blame him for being cryptically dour.

He won't have said it out loud, but he knows the chance has gone for us to challenge for the title there.

[caster troy]

We need to learn a hard lesson here, as club and fans. If going well in the league and Europe there is no point risking it in the FA cup early rounds unless we have made it to Sky Six stage and have never ending riches.

FA cup for us should be a priority when other avenues to success are looking unlikely.

Such a shame we didn't rest Kamara at Spurs (and ironically won the game without him anyway)

I just don't see this view point at all. Injuries can take place at any time, anywhere. We could win the cup and why shouldn't we try to?

I think the point is we shouldn't be playing the same XI every game, so when do you rotate? Got to be the FA Cup out of the three competitions, particularly in January with a tiny squad. And then who do you rotate? Probably our most irreplaceable player is a good candidate, so Kamara for starters. Of course it is so so unlucky to lose him for the season but sending him out against those cloggers was a risk not worth taking in my opinion. And now we are f*cked.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

We need to learn a hard lesson here, as club and fans. If going well in the league and Europe there is no point risking it in the FA cup early rounds unless we have made it to Sky Six stage and have never ending riches.

FA cup for us should be a priority when other avenues to success are looking unlikely.

Such a shame we didn't rest Kamara at Spurs (and ironically won the game without him anyway)

I just don't see this view point at all. Injuries can take place at any time, anywhere. We could win the cup and why shouldn't we try to?

The lesson to learn is to beat teams by more than a single goal unless we want the team to play 90+ minutes every game.
Fantastic season to date but I think only twice have we beaten a side by more than one goal.

[Ian.]

Our best eleven or twelve is as good as anyone in the league. A few missing and we’re nowhere near a top three team, hence the need to either build a squad, but we can’t compete financially or play the same players week in week out.

[Dante Lavelli]

Unlikely we can replace Kamara in one player. I’d push Tielemans forward with two holding players behind. Adds muscle and bodies in the central areas.

The fact SJM is also out may force the issue, however we’d still need to make a DCM signing.

[Ian.]

Id put a sneaky loan bid in for Dougie. I miss prime Dougie!

[Dante Lavelli]

Id put a sneaky loan bid in for Dougie. I miss prime Dougie!

You know what, that’s not a bad suggestion. If anyone is likely to hit the ground running it’s Doug.

[Ian.]

He can play decent enough in the six and brilliantly in the eight role. I’m always going to be biased towards him, he’s been one of my favourite midfielder players to ever where the shirt.

[Beard82]

Dougie makes perfect sense - for a period at the start of the the season we finished 4th he was sublime