Brett Holman

[eastie]

Can we leave Heskey and Harewood alone now? They were fecking useless bastards paid too much and stayed too long, the last thing I want to read about is them!


I cannot believe Holman is being written off after 3 games, in which the 3rd there was a good argument to make him man of the match as he epitomised everything good about the performance.

Man of the Match?  He was easily our worst performer in that game.

My god risso, how can you say  he was our worst performer - ridiculous comment!
Holmans display at Newcastle was very impressive and he worked his balls off for the shirt- shame on you ris!

[villa for life]

Is there any point in passing judgement now? Yorke and Platt were mediocre for quite a while. I think every new signing should have at least a year's grace before anybody's allowed to pass comment.

[Tom_Mc9?]

You mean actually give players a chance? How ridiculous. I prefer to write them off straight away myself.

[hartman_1982]

I think he will turn out to be  Dirk Kuyt type. He will divide opinion but every team needs a selfless player like him.

[WarszaVillan]

Is there any point in passing judgement now? Yorke and Platt were mediocre for quite a while. I think every new signing should have at least a year's grace before anybody's allowed to pass comment.

I agree with your point, although Platt was good from the beginning as I remember. Scored on his debut against Blackburn and crowned off his first half season with that great header in the crucial game against Bradford. Played up front as I recall.

[Risso]

Can we leave Heskey and Harewood alone now? They were fecking useless bastards paid too much and stayed too long, the last thing I want to read about is them!


I cannot believe Holman is being written off after 3 games, in which the 3rd there was a good argument to make him man of the match as he epitomised everything good about the performance.

Man of the Match?  He was easily our worst performer in that game.

My god risso, how can you say  he was our worst performer - ridiculous comment!
Holmans display at Newcastle was very impressive and he worked his balls off for the shirt- shame on you ris!

I thought all of our other outfield players were better than him.  Several times we played some nice stuff, only for Holman to give the ball away.  The whole team worked their socks off against Newcastle, but in my opinion Holman's quality was lower than that of everybody else.  El Ahmadi for example, looks a far, far better player in my opinion, and really looks like a class act.

[eastie]

I would agree el ahmedi is a better player but Holman plays a different role and I think will be a real asset to us.

[Risso]

Out of interest, who did you think our worst performer was against Newcastle Eastie?

[eastie]

Out of interest, who did you think our worst performer was against Newcastle Eastie?

Wouldn't say anyone had a poor game but Lichaj if I had to pick one but in fairness the whole team did ok .  I feel Bennett as a natural left back will give better balance to the side and is more suited to the attacking left back berth.

[ozzjim]

I would not say we had a "worst performer" in fairness, but to me Holman stood out. He lead the way in chasing down, and I would bet covered more ground than most.

[eastie]

Agreed, also nice to go into the 2 week break on the back of such a positive display, the longer the team train and play together the better they will gel and I'm hopeful the next 3 games will see us pick up a few points.

[ozzjim]

Careful Eastie, any forms of optimism are currently being stamped out.

[eastie]

Careful Eastie, any forms of optimism are currently being stamped out.

Aware of that Ozzie, i well remember the good vibes we had last season going into the Swansea  home game and how that turned out.

[Daholteend]

Who would have imagined that a McLeish signing would have worked out brilliantly for Paul Lambert's style of football ?

While not  the best first touch and yes he  does  give the ball away he nevertheless more than makes up for these solveable  flaws  with his incredible work rate and the persistent  harrrying  of the oppositions midfield when they have possession.

I doubt whether any of his teammates cover the distance that he  runs in a single game. What he may lack in finesse he more than makes up for by his example of non stop effort.

I am struggling to think  how  McLeish with his  dour brand of football  would have used Holman, I am just delighted  he isn't  here to  explain and that Paul Lambert  has an  obvious role for the lad  in the first team. A  for   effort. Touch B+, a  work in progress.

[OCD]

You can bet that if McLeish was still in charge, Holman wouldn't look anywhere as good and wouldn't have been getting the praise that he has been.