Looking at the video evidence I believe that whatever ban he gets is fully justified, he has to take responsibility for his actions on the pitch no matter what provocation and the simple fact is that he has let himself down, the club down and more importantly the fans as well.
It looks as if he is going to miss at least three matches, more than likely five and if you add that to what he is going to potentially miss in January it could add up to possibly ten matches, this my dear friends is more than a quarter of our premiership matches.
He will be sorely missed on Sunday, with him in the side and the form he has already shown I truly believed that we held the upper hand, now I am not so sure.