Jordan Ayew - sold to Swansea

[aj2k77]

An absolutely stupid time to bring on a Striker who hasn't found his feet yet when you are under the cosh. It wasn't his fault he was part of a completely dim substitution.

[LTA]

Did he actually touch the ball when he came on today?

[silhillvilla]

Terrible terrible player. Looks like a Sunday morning lad having a go.

[Olof's Beard]

Oh come on, today is not his fault. He will take an incredible amount of flak for it (I have already received a text saying 'Ayew fucked us') but it is not his fault he was brought on in an entirely inappropriate situation. We were under the cosh before Gil scored, and that wasn't going to change after the 2nd goal. Sure, bring the guy one when we are chasing a game, but to protect a lead against an enthusiastic, partisan, desperate team? Ridiculous. His Villa career might not get over that, and it will be entirely Sherwood's fault.

[silhillvilla]

He's been shite in every minute of every game he's featured in . Sometimes you can just tell straight away when you've signed a dud.

[myf]

Did he actually touch the ball when he came on today?

Sort of and gave it straight away for another Leicester counter

[Matt Collins]

I don't blame him for the result personally at all. He is living up to the reports we had on him though. He gives the ball away a lot.

[OCD]

We signed the wrong Ayew.

[PaulWinch again]

Terrible terrible player. Looks like a Sunday morning lad having a go.

He had a shocking game, but calling him a terrible player after 5/6 games in a new league is ridiculous.

[Risso]

It was just a bewildering decision to bring Ayew on.  If it was 2-0 in the 83rd minute and we were controlling things with Leicester running out of puff, I could maybe see the point, but we were up against it and needed to retain the ball better.  If Sherwood isn't going to bring Veretout on in those circumstances, then you start to wonder if he's another dud.

[silhillvilla]

Terrible terrible player. Looks like a Sunday morning lad having a go.

He had a shocking game, but calling him a terrible player after 5/6 games in a new league is ridiculous.

I called it after 2 games. I've seen enough to know he won't make it . Not even close.

[aj2k77]

If anyone can speak French there's a long thread on him on a FC Lorient forum

http://www.fclorient.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=18190&start=650

There's a hell of a lot of smiley faces on it, so either they're really pleased for the boy or they think they got a cracking deal.

[Matt Collins]

They are loving the fee I think. But you can say the same for practically every player English clubs have bought from Ligue 1

There's no way all our signings are going to come off. It would be a problem if the two worst were the two strikers though!

[KRS]

When you sign a new player from abroad, you do so with a pinch of salt knowing full well that it could take the player a while to settle in...but you also look for a glimmer of hope or a little something on the pitch to make you think that he'll come good. I hate to say it but Ayew has shown nothing and looks completely out of his depth.

[KRS]

There's no way all our signings are going to come off. It would be a problem if the two worst were the two strikers though!

Unfortunately I think the worst 2 players we're signed are the 2 strikers...on the evidence so far, Ayew and Gestede aren't good enough. I'm not an Austin fan but he'd have been a better signing than this pair.