Boubacar Kamara

[Ian.]

Best of luck Bouba. What a bloody player he is - I reckon arguably one of the most underrated players around (outside of Villa).

I think he is the most under rated player in the league full stop…until injury comfortably the best 6 in the division this season

I agree, as I've said before, I think the midfield/attacking midfield of Kamara, Onana, Tielemans, McGinn and Rogers is as good as any midfield in the world right now except maybe PSG. All 5 of them fit and we were the form team in Europe and our struggles started as players from that group started getting niggles and missing games or playing within themselves.

I agree, it’s superb and the perfect foil for Emery’s brand of football.

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I don't think there is a midfielder in the league that plays on the half turn as well as Kamara.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

I said to my Son during the Forest game that he was the best midfielder I’d seen at Villa Park since Gordon Sidney Cowans.

[Baldy]

Be interesting to see who Unai plays in the Bouba role when Youri returns.

Dougie or Onana?

[Drummond]

Be interesting to see who Unai plays in the Bouba role when Youri returns.

Dougie or Onana?

McGinn.

[olaftab]

So fucking unfortunate. Such a player. Is he back for the start of next season?

What a shame at the peak of his career he's missing the World Cup. Palhinha, you ******.

[Mellin]

I said to my Son during the Forest game that he was the best midfielder I’d seen at Villa Park since Gordon Sidney Cowans.

Yeah, he's easily the best I've seen. I have no memory of pre-1993. He's also the best in the league, with Rodri being an imitation of himself now. I'm just relieved he keeps coming back the same player. Touch wood it happens again.

I was devastated when that injury was extended from three weeks to eternity. I knew. You knew. We all knew.

[RamboandBruno]

Im utterly convinced that a) it Kamara hadn’t be injured for the Arsenal game we would of come away with a point and b) without the three of then getting injured at more of less the same time, we’d be still challenging Arsenal for the league now.
Just hope he comes back the same player and two huge injuries in two years.

[KevinGage]

I said to my Son during the Forest game that he was the best midfielder I’d seen at Villa Park since Gordon Sidney Cowans.

McGrathesque at times.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

I said to my Son during the Forest game that he was the best midfielder I’d seen at Villa Park since Gordon Sidney Cowans.

McGrathesque at times.

Agree, and there is no higher compliment we can bestow on him. Unfortunately he seems to have the great man’s knees too!

[brontebilly]

They all started that group of wins against Arsenal / West Ham / Man Utd, back when we were going to win the league.

I was thinking it couldn't have been too many. Odd claim by the OP. 

[Somniloquism]

I assume you meant paul-e and not PaulWinch as he is the OP of the bunch of quotes you have used.

But paul-e isn't talking about them all starting is he? Just the time when all five was fit and available which meant we could bring in a combination of them at some point in the matches and we just were winning for days.

Of the five, only two have been playing since the win at Newcastle and we have struggled badly.

[paul_e]

I assume you meant paul-e and not PaulWinch as he is the OP of the bunch of quotes you have used.

But paul-e isn't talking about them all starting is he? Just the time when all five was fit and available which meant we could bring in a combination of them at some point in the matches and we just were winning for days.

Of the five, only two have been playing since the win at Newcastle and we have struggled badly.

Indeed, they haven't played as a unit as often as I'd have liked for various reasons but the combination of them, with a settled defence behind them played a huge part.

Also I'd say 3 1/2 of them have been missing because the run was Onana off against Arsenal on 30/12, Kamara off 2 weeks later vs Spurs, McGinn a week after that and then Youri round out the worst 4 weeks we've had for years the following weekend. Yes Onana was only out for a month but it was still part of the overall shit show. I think it's no great shock that Rogers form dropped off a cliff as well because he suddenly became the only player the opposition were really worried about and he started getting 2 or 3 man marked for big stretches of games. If they're all fit and available teams don't take that risk.

If we can get a couple more options that are able to step in and do a similar job (and Luiz might well be one of those) I think that will give us the resilience that we've been missing in 2026 but we really need to get into the CL to be able to get those sort of players.

[Dante Lavelli]

If we can morph the wages and fees from Sancho, Bailey, Guessand, Malen and Buendia into one 8/10 attacker then we will be really cooking.