James Bree (Signed for Luton Town)

[kippaxvilla2]

Had a chance to join Cheltenham and score a double in Gloucestershire.

[Three Spires Villa]

Good luck James

[ADVILLAFAN]

All the best to him. Don't think he was ever going to make it for us, but seems popular at Luton.

[SaddVillan]

Good luck James.

A good deal for all concerned.

Arrived with plenty of promise, but never really settled in and  ended up slipping down the pecking order. Never moaned and wasn't a problem in the dressing room.

Young enough to rebuild his career.

Selling him will bring a few quid in and free up a few bob from the weekly wage bill.

[eamonn]

Liked his Yorkshire accent coming out in interviews after he signed with Conor from Barnsley in the Jan'17. Never quite shone but showed a good attitude and was solid by all accounts in his spells out on loan with Ipswich and Luton.

[Steve67]

Hopefully we've done the smart thing and put a sell on fee in there somewhere.  He seems a good lad and will do a great job for them.

[SoccerHQ]

Would like to think we put a sell on clause in there if we sold him for hardly anything. He's done alright at Luton and is still very young so in less pressured environment wouldn't surprise me if he eventually gets up to premier league standard.

[robbo1874]

I never understood this signing. Did he ever start for us?

[PaulWinch again]

The signing made perfect sense, just didn’t work out for whatever reason. Best of luck.

[SoccerHQ]

I never understood this signing. Did he ever start for us?

Started the second leg of Boro play off at left back. Few league games here and there.

He was very highly rated at the time we signed him, some decent premier league clubs were scouting him. Guess if he had his time again he'd stay at Barnsley another 6 months.

[in exile]

I thought we released him, not sold him?

[robbo1874]

Just don’t get why we signed a player and then didn’t even use him. Fair to expect a chance. Must have been frustrating for him.

[dave.woodhall]

Just don’t get why we signed a player and then didn’t even use him. Fair to expect a chance. Must have been frustrating for him.

He made a couple of dozen appearances, which is enough of a chance. Every manager makes signings like this - sometimes you get David Platt or Shaun Teale, sometimes it's Jordan Bowery.   

[paul_e]

Just don’t get why we signed a player and then didn’t even use him. Fair to expect a chance. Must have been frustrating for him.

He made a couple of dozen appearances, which is enough of a chance. Every manager makes signings like this - sometimes you get David Platt or Shaun Teale, sometimes it's Jordan Bowery.   

That's largely where I am but I'd add that Bruce more than most has a habit of signing a player without doing much research and then deciding it was a mistake and not playing them much within a few months, it happened to an extent with Bjarnason, Hogan and Lansbury as well. It's why I hated his approach of buying players he liked the look of and then working out how to use them after the window was closed.

[Mister E]

Just don’t get why we signed a player and then didn’t even use him. Fair to expect a chance. Must have been frustrating for him.

He made a couple of dozen appearances, which is enough of a chance. Every manager makes signings like this - sometimes you get David Platt or Shaun Teale, sometimes it's Jordan Bowery.   

That's largely where I am but I'd add that Bruce more than most has a habit of signing a player without doing much research and then deciding it was a mistake and not playing them much within a few months, it happened to an extent with Bjarnason, Hogan and Lansbury as well. It's why I hated his approach of buying players he liked the look of and then working out how to use them after the window was closed.

Add Enda Stevens to that list: a solid Premier League player now.