Birkir Bjarnason - Released

[Tom_Mc9?]

Wow. We really do live in an age where instant results are expected. No patience whatsoever.

[ROBBO]

He did look entirely lost out there surprised Bruce didn't change him at half time, needs to spend time getting up to pace before playing again.

[brian green]

These are professional football players.  You pay big money money for them, you pay them big wages, you are entitled to expect levels of competence and ability from them.  Football is a business.  It is a results driven business.

[Villafirst]

I hope that we kept the receipt so we can return him, looked to me as though he wont be able to cope with the physical side of the game at Championship level

Blimey, give the bloke a chance. He's only played 70 mins.

And yet at Euro 2016 the Iceland team were very physical and out-muscled England and other teams. This guy has played in the champions league. This is the problem signing so many new faces in January - there is next to no time for them to gel.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

I dont think it is unreasonable for us to expect a professional international to have a vague idea of what he is doing

[cdbearsfan]

I think it's unreasonable to be slagging off players after less than a full game, especially when they'd just come back from weeks without a match.

[lovejoy]

Fickle much?

[Ads]

Sebody was writing him off on 43 minutes at the game. As nonsensical as some of the comments on here about him and Bruce.

[Nev]

I hope that we kept the receipt so we can return him, looked to me as though he wont be able to cope with the physical side of the game at Championship level

Blimey, give the bloke a chance. He's only played 70 mins.

10. When Brentford flexed their muscles he vanished, as did the bloke from Barnsley.

[Chris Smith]

This was his first game in English football; he isn't the first and won't be the last to take some time to get up to speed.

[oldtimernow]

These are professional football players.  You pay big money money for them, you pay them big wages, you are entitled to expect levels of competence and ability from them.  Football is a business.  It is a results driven business.

And that is why I am falling out of love with it every day

[Clampy]

These are professional football players.  You pay big money money for them, you pay them big wages, you are entitled to expect levels of competence and ability from them.  Football is a business.  It is a results driven business.

You also expect a bit of patience from fans, especially for someone's first game.

[Risso]

He shouldn't have played, and that's Bruce's fault. That said, I don't think he's going to turn out to be much use.

[Clark W Griswold]

He hadn't been playing regularly recently and has never played in this country before, it can definately effect your performance in a big way. Add to that the general confusion in the midfield with three new players and it was always going to be difficult. Hourahane who has far less excuse was only 5% better and Lansbury who has less excuse only maybe 10% better. We've had some good midfielders in the past take some time to show their best, Petrov springing to mind as one of the more recent. I'm sure they're all good players but my worry is that the formation doesn't work, and is not likely to, and his signings are pretty much geared up to it. There are never enough bodies forward and everyone in the opposition half seem to be isolated, whereas in our own half we seem to be almost getting in each other's way and confusing each other.

[Ads]

He shouldn't have played, and that's Bruce's fault. That said, I don't think he's going to turn out to be much use.

Ha!

First impressions and lasting impressions and all that.