Herd and Holman

[tomd2103]

Holman went from being the next Des Bremner to being the latest also-ran. Extraordinary. He was exceptional at the start of the season but looked a very limited player when in possession.

Even at the start of the season, his touch, ability on the ball and decision making did not look good enough for the Premiership.

[Ian.]

You can not fault Holman's energy but he is a limited footballer.

You can certainly tell the difference in the type of footballer within the same price range from Lambert's to Holman's.

[Dante Lavelli]

I see on the BBC that Australia qualified for the World Cup last night.  Holman recently said that he would want to be playing first team football in the season before Brazil 2014, so it sounds like he will be pushing for a move.  I cannot see Villa standing in his way.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

We didn't. He's on his way to Dubai.

Good luck, Brett.

[ciggiesnbeer]

I rather liked Brett. hard to dislike a player who busts a gut for you.

Good luck to him.

[supertom]

All the best to him. Wasn't a Lambert player so was always gonna have to do something remarkable to get into PL's plans. He got a fair crack of the whip, he just wasn't good enough sadly. Bloody hard worker though. I liked him. Clearly though, McLeish's prerogative was not technical proficiency.

[garyshawsknee]

Yeah, good luck to him,never lacked effort and hard work, just quality.

[Toronto Villa]

He needs to use his energy better and not be completely shagged when he's actually needed because he's chased shadows at full pelt for 20 minutes. If he's going though them good luck to him because his commitment was always there if the quality wasn't.

[gervilla]

Are we getting a few quid for him ?

[N'ZMAV]

He is pretty shit really. Not really that good in any position or anything in particular.

[ozzjim]

Glad he is going. Did nothing at all from Christmas onwards, and we looked a worse team with him on the field

[PaulWinch again]

Any confirmation he's off?

[Goldie.7]

Holman is off then subject to a medical . The waste of space Mr Ireland next please.

[ROBBO]

In the qualifier against Iraq Holmans foot skills let him down all night, you can see the way Lambert is only bringing in players who are comfortable on the ball, Holman just wasn't good enough.

[oldham_villa]

The way he casually allowed the Newcastle player to equalise last year annoyed the hell out of me. He'd run about in forward positions but did jack shit in the way of closing players down