Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
Bacuna seemed a good signing to me at the time - although the fee was high and the contract length bizarre. He had been an effective midfielder for Villa in the Premier League and Reading in the Championship for years - although sometimes played out of position at RB - a minor tradition we chose to continue.

He had good games and bad games and unlucky games - and suffered from being used as a utility squad player filling in when others were injured. Not a disaster. But his attitude at the end of his time with us was poor - although not justifying some of the abuse he got.

It was time to move on.
Don't disagree with much of that. The wages and contract length, with hindsight, were bad for the club, but he's hardly going to turn the money down. He got a lot of stick, some deserved, some not, but the question is what caused the attitude - given he was getting abuse, could well be he thought "**** it". He certainly seemed to get a lot more stick than a lot of other players.