Birkir Bjarnason - Released

[ASHTONVILLA]

Or he's not been played in the right position before.

Right position thus far has been on the bench and staying on it! Glad to him put a good performance in, and hopefully it is the first of many. Petrov (debut aside) was rubbish for the first season, then went on to be a really good player for us. Maybe it has just taken him a while to adjust to the British game.

[Toronto Villa]

Being reported that he's agreed a move to Parma. After recent displays would be very disappointed to see him leave.

[VinnieChase84]

Being reported that he's agreed a move to Parma. After recent displays would be very disappointed to see him leave.

After saturday's performance i will be disappointed in this if true

[chrisw1]

Being reported that he's agreed a move to Parma. After recent displays would be very disappointed to see him leave.

After saturday's performance i will be disappointed in this if true

It does seem typical and maybe he is about to come good.  But given his general level of performance since he joined you can understand why we would cut our losses with him.  Frustrating timing though.

[Drummond]

Putting it in context he's had one good game as a substitute.

[AsTallAsLions]

Putting it in context he's had one good game as a substitute.

Out of position too.

[cdbearsfan]

We are running out of players to support at the World Cup.

[Des Little]

Just saw a great tweet asking if we could send them Glenn Whelan in a wig instead...

[mr underhill]

the wig on its own would be more effective than either.

[Gareth]

I never thought he was a bad player but if the deck chairs are suited round a bit to bring in a striker and player who is a bit more mobile to deputise for Jedinak becoming a 1in 4 game player then so be it

[Clampy]

We are running out of players to support at the World Cup.

That's possibly why he's moving on, to keep his World Cup place. Shame if it's true, he's not a bad player at all.

[McGraths Dry Cleaning]

Don't let the bjarn door hit you on the way out

[Toronto Villa]

I don't know how much is true in the Amartey loan rumour but if we are looking at him and Ulloa from Leicester, it's an upgrade at that position over Bjarnason. Although I'd be surprised if it happened as Amerey started vs Chelsea this past weekend and looked very good.

[Risso]

If there's a concrete offer in for him, we should definitely take it.  Midfield is one area where we're not exactly under-resourced, and give the financial constraints we need the money to strengthen other areas.  Keeping players around after one good game is the sort of thinking that led to Agbonlahor's new contract.

[paul_e]

If there's a concrete offer in for him, we should definitely take it.  Midfield is one area where we're not exactly under-resourced, and give the financial constraints we need the money to strengthen other areas.  Keeping players around after one good game is the sort of thinking that led to Agbonlahor's new contract.

I agree, no point if it's just a loan but a loan with a fixed fee or a straight up transfer that sees us get most of our money back would be silly to pass up after about 60-70 minutes of decent performance from him.