Birkir Bjarnason - Released

[olaftab]

He will be playing left back this Saturday.

[Hookeysmith]

He will be playing left back this Saturday.

you know for sure?

[olaftab]

No I am guessing that's what Bruce will do.

[in exile]

Lets hope he has a good World Cup then...we might get some money for him

Or perhaps we could instead hope that he performs brilliantly and becomes a key member of our squad.

I'm a realist

[Toronto Villa]

The lad has come in for a lot of criticism since he joined and we might lose him this window if the reports of him possibly moving to Italy are true. But the past few games he has put in very assured displays and arguably his very best one today.

[oldtimernow]

I thought he had his best game for the Villa today

[West Derby Villan]

Agree best game and maybe his best position, Nice, simple and effective play

[Toronto Villa]

Agree best game and maybe his best position, Nice, simple and effective play

I like him more advanced because of the runs he can make, but given the way he played he should step in for Jedinak, not Whelan.

[VILLA MOLE]

What I saw in the 2nd half , the ball seemed to come to him in the middle of the park, which shows good reading of the game

[Matt Collins]

I’ve never been impressed at all with him

But he was fantastic today. Maybe that deeper position suits him as he’s got more time on the ball

He’s probably off though of course!

[PaulWinch again]

Excellent today. If he plays like that he offers more than anyone we have in that role.

[Tom_Mc9?]

He needs to back it up though. He's a trier and if he does stay he's not the worst back up, but one good game does not a good player make.

[PaulWinch again]

No but how many times has he been played in the right role? There's responsibility on the player, but also on the manager.

[Tom_Mc9?]

Good point. Maybe he should get a small run of games in that role should Jedinak's injury keep him out for a while.

[villan from luton]

He needs to back it up though. He's a trier and if he does stay he's not the worst back up, but one good game does not a good player make.

Has he ever played in that role for us before? I thought he was superb in the second half. I thought Whelan did well in the first half to be fair, but Birkir is so more mobile in the role and would keep him there even ahead of Jedinak for next game