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More Burley Comment - Ipswich Town News

Town defender Hermann Hreidarsson is one of a number of Ipswich figures to comment on George Burley's sacking. The Icelander says he feels the players have a lot of responsibility.

Hreidarsson is surprisingly back from injury and will face Iceland tomorrow against Scotland in Reykjavik. However, today he has had his manager's sacking on his mind: "It's a sad, sad day for the club, for George himself and for the players.

"For me personally, he has been brilliant. He had faith in me and brought me in and I'm disappointed.

"The chairman and the board have to put the club first but it's a sad day.

"He has done wonders and is a fantastic manager so all the best to him in whatever he does now.

"We were the ones who were on the pitch. It was our responsibility to be a success."

Ex Town defender and TWTD columnist Russell Osman feels that a tougher approach last season would have stopped the Blues from being relegated: "It seems the club might have tried to grow a bit too quick in the Premier League and there's also been a bit of a problem with them losing players.

"It's nice to seem them in Europe this season through their fair play last season - but I'd prefer them to have got three or four red cards and still be in the Premier League. He will feel his players have let him down.

"Titus Bramble left for Newcastle and Marcus Stewart moved on (to Sunderland) and it's always a shame when you have to let your best players go."

Osman's former team-mate Alan Brazil feels the players had a big role to play Burley's dismissal: "I've not seen every game this year but I've seen enough - and some of the foreign players have really annoyed me.

"I don't see the togetherness there this year and I blame certain players.

"The defeat at Grimsby was the final nail. The decision will have been hard to take but it's cut-throat now.

"They [the board] will fear that if they leave it any longer they can forget about promotion.

"We're coming to the silly season - and there will be more [sackings] to come, don't worry about that."

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