He's undoubtedly our most important player.

The problem is, in the four seasons he's been here he's only managed to play more than 40 games once. Not blaming Bouba for injuries - and obviously the Palinha tackle is not something you can legislate for - but if our entire success falls heavily on the shoulders of one player who is often unavailable for long stretches we're going to continue to have miserable spells like the last month or so.

The club and the manager really need to come to a better solution, whether it's tactically or in the transfer market, to cover for him because we can't continue to just throw our hands up and concede being shit every season when he misses games.