Leandro Bacuna - Sold

[Risso]

Four game ban beckons. Silly boy! Bacuna is his own worst enemy.

I'm going to guess at 5 or 6.  They'll take a massively strong line on this I reckon.

[sid1964]

And so it should be a minimum of 6 games, absolute prat!

[paul richard]

Looks like three, but hey, he's a poor player and won't be missed.

[PeterWithe]

I think he will be made an example of and he cant really have any complaints. The lino is an incompetent twat though. Level of officiating in this league has been an eye opener -  really appalling standards and a world away from the standard in the top division

Agree with all that, no problems at all if Bacuna is hit with 4/5 games.

There was an incident in the Derby game where the lino was directly in line with four offside Derby players and didn't flag. We have seen some really piss poor linesmen this year.

[Richard E]

Looks like three, but hey, he's a poor player and won't be missed.

He had a good game on Saturday.

[paul richard]

I keep reading on here that he had a good game on Saturday.  I beg to differ.  That's not my view, unless chasing shadows constitutes a good performance.  He lacks ability with the ball at his feet, which you would think would be a minimum requirement even at this level.  He frequently mistimes and misplaces his passes when eventually he does get the ball.  One decent ball into the box for Green's header is not enough for 90 mins on the pitch for me.

[PeterWithe]

He played very well in the context of comparble midfielders for Villa this season. Tallest dwarf syndrome.

[cheltenhamlion]

I had quite an argument on the way out of the ground about Bacuna. He was a moralistic rugby fan from the West Country. I was keener on giving Bacuna only the shit he deserves rather than a 20 game ban as he was rattling on about.

We couldn't agree on defining hitting the linesman. If by hitting you mean they came into physical contact with one another then that is where he was. My view was that hitting is viewed differently in football and would imply Bacuna deliberately struck him. It wasn't a Di Nazio type situation after all.

[chrisw1]

Looks like three, but hey, he's a poor player and won't be missed.

What a ridiculous comment.

We hardly have a deep squad and he was one of our better players on Saturday. 

[PaulTheVillan]

I don't mind Bacuna, but he can't seem to keep his head or nail down a regular place. Useful player to have in the squad.

[brontebilly]

I don't mind Bacuna, but he can't seem to keep his head or nail down a regular place. Useful player to have in the squad.

Probably the most unlucky one this season in not getting the chances others have. Has performed reasonably well at this level in a few positions. Though Bruce's comments post game indicate that he isn't the greatest pro off the pitch.

[peter w]

He was brilliant for 30 minutes at Sunderland last season when we were well on top. For the next 60 he was shite though.

[exigo]

FA statement: six game ban

[Hookeysmith]

Bloody hell - that's harsh

[cdbearsfan]

Maybe we should organise a collection for the linesman's family?

I assume Bacuna must have killed him to get that sort of ban.