Birkir Bjarnason - Released

[Drummond]

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.

Yep, agree with this. It's no good thinking there may be something in a player if you can never realise it. There's no evidence he can play in English football. Though there was with Agbonlahor, that was a long time ago.

[garyshawsknee]

But he came with a good reputation and has had trouble adapting to a new league. Can play in more than one position too, it's just a shame we have no offers for Lansbury.

[Clampy]

But he came with a good reputation and has had trouble adapting to a new league. Can play in more than one position too, it's just a shame we have no offers for Lansbury.

Yep, I'd prefer to see Lansbury go instead of him as well.

[Hookeysmith]

But he came with a good reputation and has had trouble adapting to a new league. Can play in more than one position too, it's just a shame we have no offers for Lansbury.

Yep, I'd prefer to see Lansbury go instead of him as well.

Problem is for whatever reasons neither of them have had much game time and opportunity to show their worth to any potential suitors

[Clampy]

But he came with a good reputation and has had trouble adapting to a new league. Can play in more than one position too, it's just a shame we have no offers for Lansbury.

Yep, I'd prefer to see Lansbury go instead of him as well.

Problem is for whatever reasons neither of them have had much game time and opportunity to show their worth to any potential suitors

Lansbury has probably had more of a crack than Bjarnnason has. I can't think of too any games where I've come away thinking he had a good game.

[Des Little]

But he came with a good reputation and has had trouble adapting to a new league. Can play in more than one position too, it's just a shame we have no offers for Lansbury.

Yep, I'd prefer to see Lansbury go instead of him as well.

Problem is for whatever reasons neither of them have had much game time and opportunity to show their worth to any potential suitors

Lansbury has probably had more of a crack than Bjarnnason has. I can't think of too any games where I've come away thinking he had a good game.

How about the 2-2 with Forest at VP last season? Sad face

[Ads]

The holding role behind the midfield 4 isn't even his position internationally.

He added legs for sure over Whelan but I'd have Jedi in there if fit all day every day. I think Onomah would excell there and it's where Pochetino sees him.

I'd sell him.

[paul_e]

The holding role behind the midfield 4 isn't even his position internationally.

He added legs for sure over Whelan but I'd have Jedi in there if fit all day every day. I think Onomah would excell there and it's where Pochetino sees him.

I'd sell him.

My biggest frustration all season is that we haven't tried Onomah in that role and instead Bruce has tried to turn him into a 10 which he looks totally unsuitable for.

Aside from that I think we need to start looking at moving a few players on for some money, we've got far too much value tied up in players who are out on loan or who aren't in with any chance of making the matchday squad.  Our U23s are top of their league and none of them have let us down when given a run so we don't need people like Bjarnason and Lansbury taking a big wage to offer very little.  If we could get rid of both along with Gabby and Richards I'd be much happier and we could probably let de Laet go as well seeing as Bruce clearly doesn't see a place for him.

[godzvilla]

The way Steve Agnew is rehabilitating under performing players, will it be long before  Gabby and Richards are ´resurrected´?..............Godzvilla! ( watching the horizon for incoming Pigs!)

[mr underhill]

Thor's going nowhere - we are asking too much for him apparently

[Mister E]

The holding role behind the midfield 4 isn't even his position internationally.

He added legs for sure over Whelan but I'd have Jedi in there if fit all day every day. I think Onomah would excell there and it's where Pochetino sees him.

I'd sell him.

The problem I have with Onomah is that he is prone to giving fouls away and to playing himself or others into trouble. Would we really want to play him just in front of our CB with these habits?

[ASHTONVILLA]

I’d let Onomah go back to Spurs, he isn’t as good as several other of our own players and will not be signed permanently (nor should he be for the few Spurs would expect). If we are to give game time to prospects from the youth team then we have players of our own to bring through that are arguably better.

As for Bjarnason I’d take anything over 1m for him if offered. One of the players we could shift and not damage squad depth much. You could shift Onomah, Lansbury or Bjarnason and not see any real difference. Similarly we have any of three right backs we could let go.

[saunders_heroes]

I wouldn’t sell anyone. We have strength in depth and we finally look like that when we lose a player through injury/suspension the replacement slots straight in a looks the part, so why rock the boat now? If we’re gonna offload players we should leave it till the summer.
The run-in is when the squad plays its part so let’s not shoot ourselves in the foot, eh.

[PaulWinch again]

Agreed and Thor was a prime example of the value of squad depth last week.

[Toronto Villa]

I'd turf Gabby and Richards in a New York minute but besides that, we aren't so broke or desperate that we MUST sell now.