Aston Villa vs Burnley Pre-Match

[VILLA MOLE]

Also, this could all go Pete Tong and I’m not being a presumptive idiot, but the day we have to fear O’Shea, is the day we pack up.

**Cough**Johnny Evans**Cough**35**Cough**Pocket**Cough**

urgh I wish we had gone long the other day more with Ollie down the channels   . sorry last I will say

[olaftab]

Liverpool are at home to Newcastle and could easily drop points there.

We might just be back in the title race with a win here lads.

 Errr...since when have we been out of the title race? You are talking like BBC/Sky people  now my friend.

[olaftab]

Odobert and Ramsey will have a field day against this fatigued squad. I fancy the first to score or assist and if Kompany brings on the latter after 50 minutes it's going to be a bad time. They'll want it more.

So, remind me again where Burnley  are in the League?

[AV84]

Odobert and Ramsey will have a field day against this fatigued squad. I fancy the first to score or assist and if Kompany brings on the latter after 50 minutes it's going to be a bad time. They'll want it more.

So, remind me again where Burnley  are in the League?

One above Sheffield Utd.

[VillaTim]

Still no Torres, Tielemans, Kamara and now Lucas Digne. Squad looks  decidedly threadbare. Why doesn't UE tell us exactly what the injuries are. What does 'small' injury mean? No idea what is keeping Youri Tielemans out. The Kamara suspension has really screwed the midfield balance.

idiotic red card and very costly and if Martinez leaves the French midget  on the floor none of this happens

[astonvilla82]

Still no Torres, Tielemans, Kamara and now Lucas Digne. Squad looks  decidedly threadbare. Why doesn't UE tell us exactly what the injuries are. What does 'small' injury mean? No idea what is keeping Youri Tielemans out. The Kamara suspension has really screwed the midfield balance.

idiotic red card and very costly and if Martinez leaves the French midget  on the floor none of this happens

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[VinnieChase84]

Still no Torres, Tielemans, Kamara and now Lucas Digne. Squad looks  decidedly threadbare. Why doesn't UE tell us exactly what the injuries are. What does 'small' injury mean? No idea what is keeping Youri Tielemans out. The Kamara suspension has really screwed the midfield balance.

Tielemens was a calf injury

[PeterWithesShin]

I didn't know he had any cows.

[Richard E]

I didn't know he had any cows.

He doesn’t, he has whales.

[Drummond]

Still no Torres, Tielemans, Kamara and now Lucas Digne. Squad looks  decidedly threadbare. Why doesn't UE tell us exactly what the injuries are. What does 'small' injury mean? No idea what is keeping Youri Tielemans out. The Kamara suspension has really screwed the midfield balance.

Torres is covered by Lenglet who hasn't done badly and there is Mings who suffered a season ending injury in the first game.
Tielemans and Buendia, and the latter with a likely season-ender too. But also there's Ramsey coming back from injury, McGinn, Zaniolo etc
Kamara has Dendoncker and Iroegbunam. We have clearly been trying to replace Dendoncker if reports are to be believed.
Digne was second choice behind Moreno himself recently returned from injury.

That's not threadbare.

The Kamara absence has indeed come at a cost and he's a very hard one to replace and cover.

[Monty]

It is interesting that, over the last month or so, Kamara seems to have proved harder to replace even than Doug.

[RamboandBruno]

Also, this could all go Pete Tong and I’m not being a presumptive idiot, but the day we have to fear O’Shea, is the day we pack up.

**Cough**Johnny Evans**Cough**35**Cough**Pocket**Cough**

Fair comment, but Johnny Evans is several rungs above O’Shea.

[AV84]

It is interesting that, over the last month or so, Kamara seems to have proved harder to replace even than Doug.

Was Kamara the only one missing for any of the games he was out for? Not trying to dismiss his importance, just wondering, as Torres has been missing also for the last 2 games, and Tielemans.

[Monty]

It is interesting that, over the last month or so, Kamara seems to have proved harder to replace even than Doug.

Was Kamara the only one missing for any of the games he was out for? Not trying to dismiss his importance, just wondering, as Torres has been missing also for the last 2 games, and Tielemans.

More just making the straight comparison with Doug, who most would've said is the better player. And he might well be - just that Kamara seems to do something vital that we can't replace with a single player.

[AV84]

More just making the straight comparison with Doug, who most would've said is the better player. And he might well be - just that Kamara seems to do something vital that we can't replace with a single player.

We definitely miss him, no question. And at the start of the season when we were struggling to get a bit of consistency going, it was the midfield that was the "problem". So it seems like that's the area where even one change can throw everything off. Although obviously it doesn't help having the midfield and the defence messed with. Let's hope we never have to find out what happens if Watkins misses a game.