RichW Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 1 hour ago, duke313 said: Kamara got injured last season and missed 8 games under Emery, we did pretty well without him, only lost once, which coincidently was away to United If I remember correctly that away game to Man Utd was probably a game too far the players as it was pretty much the same 11 for a while and the only change Emery could do was bring on Callum Chambers as the bench was very thin. Been looking forward to the game on Boxing day for a while, first time in ages it looks like we can rock up to Old Trafford and put on a Emery masterclass after the amount of losses we've had over the years so it's rather annoying what Kamara did to unnecessarily weaken us. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Watching it back he was actually trying to help Maupay up and then be peacemaker but reacted to a swinging arm. Such a frustrating red. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayEm Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: Can't be based on recent form or you've not looked into their games Meh. They took points from Anfield on Sunday, first team to do so this season. They have been shocking generally and I absolutely love it, but they have the players to do some damage too if they find a bit of confidence. So I'd be slightly concerned that without Kamara we let them into the game too much. But yes it could also easily go the other way. Edited December 19, 2023 by jayEm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 He's kind of crucial to the way we play when he drops back into that Halfback/CB role. I guess Dendoncker can do that but it's very much lidl vs waitrose in terms of quality. I also don't expect him to come straight back in after xmas once his ban is up and be bang in form like he is currently, he will take a while to get going again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 On the plus, side we have Luiz and Digne back, Luiz being our most important player. 2 of these games we should be able to win, but Man U could be very difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 United are shit at home. They have lost to Brighton, Palace, City and Bournemouth at Old Trafford. Yes they picked up a point at Anfield but looking at the stats it seems like they parked the bus and scraped a draw. They can’t sit deep at home and I reckon that will suit us. Kamara or no Kamara. It’s a game we’ll be looking at winning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 46 minutes ago, AntrimBlack said: On the plus, side we have Luiz and Digne back, Luiz being our most important player. 2 of these games we should be able to win, but Man U could be very difficult. You kind of get the sense that we perform much more fluently with both Luiz and Kamara on the pitch. I think that was clearly evident from the performance at Brentford. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 22 hours ago, sheepyvillian said: You kind of get the sense that we perform much more fluently with both Luiz and Kamara on the pitch. I think that was clearly evident from the performance at Brentford. We absolutely do. Shame to lose Kamara for 3 games, but it is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 22 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: United are shit at home. They have lost to Brighton, Palace, City and Bournemouth at Old Trafford. Yes they picked up a point at Anfield but looking at the stats it seems like they parked the bus and scraped a draw. They can’t sit deep at home and I reckon that will suit us. Kamara or no Kamara. It’s a game we’ll be looking at winning. I watched that game. United were terrible for most of it. Liverpool also were not very good. I was looking at it thinking that if United play like that against us, we will tear them a new one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted December 20, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2023 (edited) Little lad with dad. Always 100% OM. I didn't realise his mother has a Corsican background -- very proud, strong-minded culture. Edited December 20, 2023 by Marka Ragnos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 If he started yesterday then our performance would be a lot sharper, McGinn is amazing but when playing deeper he takes too many touches at times. Kamara moves the ball sharper with more one touch passes. Douglas Luiz can play with more freedom too. He will be badly missed the next two games too but hopefully we can step up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Man I wish we had this guy available for tonight! Huge miss, hope we can get the job done without him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 His stupidity may have completely derailed our season. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Got to beat Burnley without him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayEm Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 The extent to which his red card has affected our season is infuriating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 That whole situation absolutely infuriating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 I don't even put the blame completely on him. Emi started a fight when there was zero need for it, both to blame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 4 minutes ago, AndyM3000 said: I don't even put the blame completely on him. Emi started a fight when there was zero need for it, both to blame. Yes but Kamara is clearly more to blame than Martinez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 1 hour ago, StefanAVFC said: His stupidity may have completely derailed our season. Yup. Luckily not irrecoverable and I hope it’s pointed out to him and he learns. But he has really **** our Christmas run in against beatable teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 I hope he's been fined every penny of his salary for these three matches, and it given to Acorns or somewhere else deserving. He's a frickin' idiot, and his utterly meaningless stupidity has really cost us. Absolutely pointless, you can accept a red card if it's a last ditch tackle against someboy through on goal, but grabbing somebody's face when you're 2-1 up against 10 men? He's a twit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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