Boubacar Kamara

[Footy-Vill]

Kamara is a class act but so was and is dougie . We haven’t replaced Dougies goals and Luiz was the ultimate midfielder.

Protecting ourselves with a new contract but he’s hardly irreplaceable.
Kamara doesn’t offer goals or take set pieces like Roddi, Luiz or Rice but for a 6 and sitting he’s great. His offensive play is lacking so fails on that metric .

Thing with Luiz he was amazing as could play 6,8 even 10 . What a player he became for us.  And those two together for me there wasn’t a better midfield pair in the premier league last season.

I do wonder if Prem is too robust for him as he’s picked up injuries here too frequently.
also how affiliated is he to Villa I wonder if he expected Villa to rise to such heights and what are his long term plans ?

[Olneythelonely]

It’s stupid to even consider Kamara’s attacking metrics. He’s basically a defender in our system.

He’s much more important to us than Luiz ever was

[edgysatsuma89]

I remember Philippe Auclair telling me (not personally) what a great player he is before he had even kicked a ball for us. It was a 'watch what this kid can do' type of message.

[eamonn]

Would Alan Smith saying he’s good, make him good?

He’s absolutely top class.

Add Glendenning and Winter and you've got yourself a deal.

[Footy-Vill]

It’s stupid to even consider Kamara’s attacking metrics. He’s basically a defender in our system.

He’s much more important to us than Luiz ever was

When you say Luiz you mean Nakamba.
Kamara is important in the system but Douglas Luiz was one of the best midfielders in our premier league history. Kamara is a great player and very classy for sure.

Ok so who like to compare Kamara to?  Saying he’s our Roddi is folly as he doesn’t have that influence on the team .

I would still say Luiz is better all round midfielder who could do everything.

[edgysatsuma89]

Would Alan Smith saying he’s good, make him good?

He’s absolutely top class.

Add Glendenning and Winter and you've got yourself a deal.

Glendenning has raved about him loads. He basically said we were going to go to shit once he got injured last season.

[Footy-Vill]

I sure can agree he’s a different level to Bissouma, who we are linked with.I would like Kamara to add some goal threat. But then I like all our midfielders to be scoring more goals, and even though it is not the most essential thing for Kamara to be scoring 10+ goals from midfield, he does well to add more goal contributions, is all I’m saying, in fairness.

 Anyway, regarding the contact, it would be interesting what the stipulations and clauses are.

There’ll be incentives for him as well, and if he makes the French squad for the Nations League in the summer and next year’s World Cup.

What I do like about Boubou is his calmness on the ball and how classy he is in possession. I do wonder how robust he is,  we all saw he couldn’t cope as a centre-back when the pressure was on, but as a ball player, no problems.

[Olneythelonely]

It’s stupid to even consider Kamara’s attacking metrics. He’s basically a defender in our system.

He’s much more important to us than Luiz ever was

When you say Luiz you mean Nakamba.
Kamara is important in the system but Douglas Luiz was one of the best midfielders in our premier league history. Kamara is a great player and very classy for sure.

Ok so who like to compare Kamara to?  Saying he’s our Roddi is folly as he doesn’t have that influence on the team .

I would still say Luiz is better all round midfielder who could do everything.

Why would I mean Nakamba?

Luiz couldn’t do everything, he was often really poor as a 6, for starters. He’s far from being one of the best midfielders in our Premier League history.

[kippaxvilla2]

To say Luiz was one of the best midfielders in our PL history is with all due respect complete nonsense.  Of the top of my head.

Townsend, Taylor, Richardson, Cowans, Paul Mortimer (okay I lied) were all better. 

[VillaTim]

Kamara is very good for sure but to say he is top level is premature , he may well get there but he isn't yet.
Who is keeping him out of the French squad ? Deschamps who was a great player in the same position obviously rates others higher currently.
Also his recent injury record is a concern, which is where this all started when someone suggested pay him whatever he wants eg £300k a week. Not for me.

[Dave]

Who is keeping him out of the French squad ?

Mainly his own injuries.

[Somniloquism]

And also Tchouaméni who is also a top player.

[edgysatsuma89]

The French team just has a ridiculous pool of talent.

[Dave]

The French team just has a ridiculous pool of talent.

That's basically it. When he's fit and playing regularly for us, he's usually included. If he isn't, they've got the aforementioned Tchouaméni, but also Zaïre-Emery, Camavinga, Fofana, Rabiot...

They're not calling Jordan Henderson out of retirement.

[Mister E]

Kamara is important in the system but Douglas Luiz was one of the best midfielders in our premier league history. Kamara is a great player and very classy for sure ... I would still say Luiz is better all round midfielder who could do everything.

Wellllll, yes; but ...
... when Kamara was unavailable, Luiz looked more insecure and less effective.
Luiz is a player that made things tickk, but Kamara was his 'minder' who gave him that space.
And, as someone else said, Kamara's role under Emery is to be effectively a 3rd CB.