Herd and Holman

[danlanza]

Good luck to him.

[not3bad]

That was easy wasn't it! I don't think Ireland's exit will be as smooth somehow

Although he might not have been good enough for the Premier league Brett certainly has the hunger.  If we could combine Brett's desire with Ireland's talent we'd have some player. 

[danno]

Its a bit like when we had Heskey and Bent. if only we could have fused bits of the two together.
We'd have had a goal poacher built like carew,, and a skinny lad that  keeps falling over.

[Damo70]

Its a bit like when we had Heskey and Bent. if only we could have fused bits of the two together.
We'd have had a goal poacher built like carew,, and a skinny lad that  keeps falling over.

That reminded me of Alan Partridge's Mid Morning Matters phone-in subject. If Pamela Anderson had a baby with Stephen Hawking would it be a very attractive, clever person or a disabled lifeguard.

As for Holman, whilst pretty much every other player looked better as the season went on, he seemed to go backwards.

[Merv]

If we got a fee for him, that's a bonus.

He was okay last season, I thought. Worked hard enough, had a goal or two in him. His problem was that he's really a wide player, and because we didn't play with two defined wide midfielders/wingers, Lambert tried pushing him inside, and he hasn't got the composure or class on the ball in the central areas. Gave it away too much. He's a runner, not a passer. He looked alright when we tried that narrow midfield diamond early on in the season, but we moved on from that.

Fair enough - Lambert gave him a chance, didn't come off. There are others I'd rather see leave Villa before Holman, but good luck to him.

[villan from luton]

I liked Holman and would have done a job for us in a 4-4-2 formation a la Carrodus and Bremner and I wish him all the best, shame we didnt get a fee for him from some fecking oil magnet mind, 10m would have been enough

[Clampy]

We won't be receiving a fee for Holman then. His contract has been terminated by mutual consent.

[ozzjim]

I think that is a fair enough stance though, did not pay a lot (signing bonus will not have been a lot I would think) so the decent thing to do is let him go free.

[Marlon's Hairy Wood]

Surely he can't have been on such large wages that we need to let him go free?

especially to a UAE club, aren't they all super rich? give us a cheeky 250k or something lads

[JUAN PABLO]

I thought he was poor to be fair . never impressed with him at all.   Really happy he has gone.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Won't be missed really.

[PeterWithesShin]

Scored a couple of crackers and hit a few other screamers early on in the season. Then from Christmas, pretty much nothing.

Still, I wish him all the best.

[JUAN PABLO]

Scored a couple of crackers and hit a few other screamers early on in the season. Then from Christmas, pretty much nothing.

Still, I wish him all the best.

a couple of crackers and a couple of screamers . Did he ? must have missed them

[Toronto Villa]

I think that is a fair enough stance though, did not pay a lot (signing bonus will not have been a lot I would think) so the decent thing to do is let him go free.

It makes loads of sense for him also. The journey to Australia is cut in half for any pre tournament friendlies thy might play at home, and he's still somewhat central for games in Europe. Importantly he'll play every week. Good luck in the WC Brett.

[PeterWithesShin]

Scored a couple of crackers and hit a few other screamers early on in the season. Then from Christmas, pretty much nothing.

Still, I wish him all the best.

a couple of crackers and a couple of screamers . Did he ? must have missed them

He did that though didn't he.