Birkir Bjarnason - Released

[Hookeysmith]

Bugger

He had started getting into goal scoring positions, missing them of course, but at least he was there

[Phil from the upper holte]

According to the Mail he's out for 6-8 weeks.

Back for the playoffs then

:-o

[Matt Collins]

Resurrecting this one

I don't get it. Good movement yes. But shocking passing and poor touch

He was the player tasked with getting closest to gabby last night. His goal record in recent seasons is 2/0/2/0 (grealish for 5 last year in a mediocre season).

If we go into the season with him supporting the main striker we're in trouble

I don't often make my mind up on a player so quickly but I'm putting him with gestede, carl tiler and Richard Walker as players that I've taken an instantly negative view of!

[LukeJames]

I don't know what he adds or what he's supposed to be doing.

[Villafirst]

Mediocre best describes him. Too many others in this squad are the same.

[ldavfc4eva]

Reminds me of Brett Holman, lots of running but nothing much else.

[peter w]

I'm not sure. I think there could be a decent player in there. yes, he gave the ball away a lot but he was also unlucky to have teammates that were motionless around him. he seems to be an action player where he likes to get the ball and get this moving with a bit of pace. He reminded me a little bit (little bit) of a Des Bremner. I'm not saying he is that calibre, but I think if we didn't sit so deep, Hourihane and Lansbury were on the front foot more and looking to fill in gaps around the middle of the park to pick up the ball and use it first time, we'd see his worth.

[passitsideways]

Don't really see him as a left-sided midfielder given where we're currently at - he seems like another candidate for a midfield three, who can maybe break the lines with his runs, so long as the other midfielders are giving us control.

I know it's the Swiss League and all, but 14 in 42 is good enough of a record to at least suggest he might be able to nick a few goals at this level too.

[PaulWinch again]

I think his movement is good and maybe he should be given a chance before writing him off. He's barely played yet and is coming back from a nasty injury.

[Matt Collins]

I'm encouraged if he did score 14 in 42 for Basel

I was going off this

https://www.whoscored.com/Players/16431/History/Birkir-Bjarnason

[SoccerHQ]

Was really impressed with him in the euros so disappointed he seems to be morphing into a Holman-esque player here.

[Clampy]

I like him. He just seemed to be settling into the side when he got injured last season. He had four chances in the space of 10 minutes last night so if he can keep getting into the box like he was doing, he'll hopefully weigh in with a few. One to preserve with I think.

[Mister E]

Mediocre.

[Matt Collins]

His movement is very good

I hope I'm wrong and it's rustiness that accounts for his very poor touch and passing to date

[passitsideways]

I'm encouraged if he did score 14 in 42 for Basel

I was going off this

https://www.whoscored.com/Players/16431/History/Birkir-Bjarnason

I don't think Whoscored covers the Swiss league, understandably - looks like those stats are just for Champions League and when he was in Serie A a few seasons ago, and presumably a different player then.