Brett Holman

[damon loves JT]

Brett Holman - proper Australian name. I hope he has a decent perm, and sunblock on his lower lip.

[adrenachrome]

Brett Holman - proper Australian name. I hope he has a decent perm, and sunblock on his lower lip.

And no Charlie on his top lip unlike another Antipodean who was with us a while back.

[damon loves JT]

He sounds like he's switched codes after two successful seasons as five-eighth for Parramatta Fighting-Fish

[supertom]

Hopefully he's solid and dependable. We need some more consistent players in midfield. He's got experience, and his background suggest he'll take to the Premiership pretty well.

Good that we're starting early on the transfer front. We're extremely short on experienced numbers.

[darren woolley]

I hope he does well.

[Percy McCarthy]

No negatives from me, at least until I've seen him play.

As long as he's better than that wanker out of Suede.

[OzVilla]

Hate to say this but I've seen quite a bit of him when he's played for Australia - never rated him at all.

Not sure we really needed another wide man either.  Atleast we might start getting some decent coverage here now with him and Herd playing.

[Summers]

Stay positive. Eck has acted fast and brought in a player of decent pedigree to an area we need players in. You have to imagine we wouldn't have been the only club knocking on his door, either.

Welcome Holman. Be seein' you soon. I'll watch him play on Thurs, see what he's capable of.

[ROBBO]

Will do a job,runs all day but not a game turning player.

[Irreverent ad]

Will do a job,runs all day but not a game turning player.

Brett Emerton-like then?

[Caiphus]

I didn't rate him and thought he was terribly crap until the World Cup last year.  Can have a tendency to run around like a headless chook and seem a bit aimless.  He has bags of energy and never stops running, good pace and he has developed an eye for goal.  I have my doubts as to whether he is good enough to be a regular contributor in the Prem.  At the same time he might be able to fill that Milner sized hole in midfield that we have had for the last 2 years with his energy.

[OzVilla]

Yes but more lightweight.

[SoccerHQ]

McLeish mentioned recently we need more energy in midfield so it's a signing that seems to fit that purpose.

The AZ-Udinese second leg is on ESPN on Thursday so I'll watch that to see how he gets on as Udinese are a good team.

[MattW]

Probably a bit better than Emerton; a bit more skill on the ball. But similar strengths: consistency, commitment, energy, intelligence. He was derided by Australian fans until a few years ago, but has developed into one of the national team's more important players. Won't dominate, but will provide reliable support.

[brian green]

If we have any more bonding holidays I suggest we use him and Chris Herd to keep order.   He looks a hard bastard.   I like hard bastards.

There is also a very good but extremely obscure pun in there about Randy asking to be kept in the picture about the Holman Hunt.