Should We Extend Joe Kamara's Contract?

[White Noise]

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6647972,00.html


Kamara unflustered about future


Striker unsure where he will play next season


Last updated: 9th January 2011   


Kamara: Uncertain future


Diomansy Kamara has insisted he is not worried about his Fulham future after an impressive FA Cup hat-trick.

The 30-year-old is out of contract in the summer and has not featured heavily in the plans of manager Mark Hughes so far this season.

Kamara was handed starts earlier this season due to injuries to Bobby Zamora and Andrew Johnson but managed just two goals in eight games.

The striker had looked sure to depart from Craven Cottage under Roy Hodgson after being loaned out to Celtic last season, yet was re-introduced under Mark Hughes.

"I've got a contract until the end of the season and at the moment, when I get my chance on the pitch, I'm always trying to do my best," said Kamara.

"We'll see what happens in the next few matches. This is not my problem, I'm just focused on Fulham. I'm not concerned that my contract is ending."

"When one player doesn't play, I never blame the manager. I need to work hard, go in the gym and work more, this is my philosophy.

"In February, I think Bobby Zamora is coming back and Moussa Dembele. We have other strikers coming back so the competition makes it better for us. Competition is good for the club."

On the fringes
Kamara is unsure where he will ply his trade next season but is hoping to feature on a more regular basis in a Fulham side that has won three of their last four games.

"When you are player and you don't play you are obviously a little bit frustrated but this is all part of the game," added Kamara.

"Everything is the same. The new manager needs time to understand what he wants and what the team wants.

"The Premier League is also very hard. We played well and we drew a lot of matches. I think it's very close in the league. We have a lot of quality and we need to keep going.

"If we keep doing what we are doing now, we can finish in mid-table."

[wadey]

nope..........he was all set for celtic 6 months ago...telling all that thats where he wants to stay and end his career there........cheers but no thanks dio :048: :048:

[FatFreddysCat]

nope..........he was all set for celtic 6 months ago...telling all that thats where he wants to stay and end his career there........cheers but no thanks dio :048: :048:

Or his beloved PSG  :046:

[ScalleysDad]

Nope. As good as he looked against a lower level team he has been lost when he has turned out in the Prem. Good to see him doing what all good strikers do and attacking the goal and the headed goal will be archive material one day but before yesterday he has looked the business for us twice and that was a long, long time ago.

[AlFayedsChequebook]

Thanks for the memories Joe,  but no.

[Mr Fulham]

Yes, if he's able to score goals on a more regular basis in the next weeks.

No, if he stays the inconsistent bloke he was in the last years.

[AlFayedsChequebook]

Yes, if he's able to score goals on a more regular basis in the next weeks.

No, if he stays the inconsistent bloke he was in the last years.

I will eat my hat if he becomes a regular goalscorer, he lives off playing well for  few matches the disappearing off the face of the earth!

[Tom]

No

[Me-ate-Live, innit??]

Yes we should ..................... if I was Dio I would have been well miffed that I was sent out on loan by a club that was involved in  a load of competitions and were short of strikers.   Of course he said he wanted to go to Celtic when he believed that there was a permanent deal and he would get to play and nobody love him in SW6 ....
Have you forgotten, we were relegated and he drove that game at Citti.  It was his determination that gave us the win that day.
I do not understand how you expect him to score when he is hardly on the pitch, is he supposed to score in the 10 -20 mins he gets from time to time ????,    yet all kinds of excuses have been made for AJ who has had far more match hours and who is probably on twice the wages.
   
Think on ........................................If we do sign Rabied Kean,   
he and Dio played well together at Celtic .......................and were OK  by all accounts

[cebu]

No, he just doesn't produce the goods often enough.

[YankeeJim]

Sell him now for whatever we can get. If no takers keep him around in case we need a must win at Citi. Then, at the end of the season, let him go.

[LRCN]

At the moment no, a hattrick against peterborough doesn't mask that he's too inconsistent to play prem football reguarly and we could use his 30k a week wages better. I'd love him to prove me wrong in the next couple of months though, I like him. Just his headless chicken to maradona ratio isn't good enough

[Lighthouse]

Yes, unless we can rid ourselves of at least two other forwards, bring three forwards in. We have BZ and AJ as forwards. Elm and EJ are not quite Prem level. Demps, Dembele,Gera etc are midfielders and are only used up front because of our dire lack of forwards.

So right now Kamara is our second  best striker and third best if and when BZ returns. Unless we bring in a few then Kamara must stay.

[Tom]

Everyone just needs to remember who he scored these goals against yesterday. Not the best competition around, that is for sure. He isn't Prem quality.

[Tom]

Sell him now for whatever we can get. If no takers keep him around in case we need a must win at Citi. Then, at the end of the season, let him go.

Concur with you Jim.

[jarv]

Definitely no. The only thing he has proven is that he is not good enough for the prem. Frankly, I thought he and fast eddie would play in tandem against Peterboro and both get 2 goals!  Poor opposition.

[HatterDon]

Yeah, Mr. Jarv, but the truth of it is that you can only score against the club that's facing you. Strikers tend to get goals in bunches. If I were Mark, I'd run Kamara out there v. Wigan and everyone else until the window closes. Not only am I not his biggest fan, I ended one of my match reviews with the fervent hope that he'd never turn out for FFC again. The thing is, though. Since Bobby Z went down, he's the ONLY Fulham striker to have found the net, and now he's done it five times.

It's a conundrum.

[nevzter]

Shaking my head...I don't know what to with Kamara.   He's been both apathetic and prolific and recently...

I just don't know what to do with Joeself...

[ImperialWhite]

Yeah, Mr. Jarv, but the truth of it is that you can only score against the club that's facing you. Strikers tend to get goals in bunches. If I were Mark, I'd run Kamara out there v. Wigan and everyone else until the window closes. Not only am I not his biggest fan, I ended one of my match reviews with the fervent hope that he'd never turn out for FFC again. The thing is, though. Since Bobby Z went down, he's the ONLY Fulham striker to have found the net, and now he's done it five times.

It's a conundrum.

Yes, in 10 games (granted, only 2/9 in the league) he has a 0.5 goals per match ratio. And he has a hattrick. And we have no strikers. Seems silly to be turning away anyone who's scored a few this season.

[BalDrick]

All rather hinges on what he does over the next 4 weeks or so doesn't it? Must start against a weak, lacking in confidence Wigan side, and if he can score against them, well let's stick with him for the next game. Injury or not, frankly he's got to be ahead of AJ I'd say. Yep he was infuriating against West Brom, but this game, particularly up front, is so much confidence-based.

Have to say, from the above piece I like the cut of his gib.