Jordan Ayew - sold to Swansea

[DaveD]

He's young, he's frustrated and he wants to win and he made a momentary lapse of judgement in the face of provocation. I'll forgive him this.

Once.

[Drummond]

He's young, he's frustrated and he wants to win and he made a momentary lapse of judgement in the face of provocation. I'll forgive him this.

Once.

Quite. Naive and rash, yes. He'll learn.

[CT Villan]

Stupid : YES
Coincidence that it happens the day after we get no reinforcements in to fight for our PL status : NO - clearly majorly frustrated and playing with the weight of expectation on his young, inexperienced shoulders (he is the only hope we have of scoring goals)

[JD]

Shit happens. He has looked frustrated for weeks and just lost it tonight. He will learn from it as he will know he has let the club down. I'm happy to forgive him if he comes back a bit wiser.

[PaulWinch again]

It's a stupid mistake, but I'm sure he's aware of that. I'm happy to forgive and forget.

[ozzjim]

He has made a pretty good apology on Twitter today. Fair play to him for fronting up and taking responsibility.

[Malandro]

He has made a pretty good apology on Twitter today. Fair play to him for fronting up and taking responsibility.

somebody tell him we will only forgive if he's here next season

[frank black]

I will wait until I see how he and his agent behave in the summer before deciding whether to forgive ;-)

[AVH87]

He has made a pretty good apology on Twitter today. Fair play to him for fronting up and taking responsibility.

Annoying thing is he can't get out there on Saturday and make amends.

[PeterWithesShin]

Looking back at my impulsive actions last night I sincerely apologise to the supporters of Aston Villa, my teammates, AVFC staff and my coach.
I take full responsibility for my actions and I don't wish to dwell on my mistake but rather look forward to playing again to prove myself to be true to claret and blue as I have done from the moment I joined AVFC and I do not intend to slow down now.

To my fans and everyone I offended, I ask that you join me in moving on from this unfortunate situation as I continue to focus on my career and the success of the team. We fight till the end. Up The Villa!

Jordan

[Duncan Shaw]

He has made a pretty good apology on Twitter today. Fair play to him for fronting up and taking responsibility.

Annoying thing is he can't get out there on Saturday and make amends.

Indeed any attempt to even think about appealing it would be deemed frivolous!

[supertom]

To be honest if I was out on the pitch for the Villa right now I'd be getting very frustrated and probably be pelting out some Dion Dublin specials. It was stupid from Ayew but I'm not gonna hold it against him too long, particularly given that since Garde took over, no one has worked harder than Ayew and he's one of the few players that seems to take these defeats to heart. It clearly matters to him. His reaction yesterday was foolish, no question, but you can't really fault his passion.
He's got to come back and produce the goods though. We need goals and he's not scored enough.

[themossman]

Can you imagine being a very talented young professional footballer, and facing the prospect of 15+ games in front of hacked off fans, with relegation a certainty. And you're playing next to Agbonlahor. Not surprised cracks are showing.

[rougegorge]

Maybe he fancied the rest of February off.

He has got some previous in France, including this:

http://www.espnfc.com/blog/the-toe-poke/65/post/1850510/111-seconds-of-doom-marseilles-jordan-ayew-subbed-on-in-73rd-min-booked-in-74th-min-sent-off-in-75th-min!

A shame as he's been about the only signing who's provided some positivity

[Risso]

He's been the best of a bad lot, but that isn't saying much.