Grant Holt - confirmed on loan

[Chris Jameson]

Hearing rumours about Steven Defour,which would be very agreeable if true,can anyone add anything ?

ask dan for update?

Are these rumours in any way connected to the Ronaldo thing?

[Mr Speedy H]

He's been given his shirt number...

3.14159--

[MarkM]

He's been given his shirt number...

3.14159--

Made me smile

[olaftab]

It must have been perfect for him at Inter. There's a huge Brazilian transexual prostitute population in Northern Italy (my ex wife's friend was a lawyer at the Brazilian consulate in Milan and spent most of her working life visiting them in prison / police stations).

If you are talking about Turin and Corso  Regina Margherita than they start with African girls at the Rondo della Forca end with mid european flavour in the middle and of course Brazilian  girls/boys near the Piazza della Repubblica and the rates move upwards in a similar way. I know this because a friend's girlfriend worked there....ah as a Tree warden in the park!

[olaftab]

He's been given his shirt number...

3.14159--

What sort of life is that?

[supertom]

It's okay folks. I've just transferred Holt to our team on Fifa. Turns out he's one of our better players, so maybe it's not quite the duffer of a signing we might think.

[dicedlam]

He's been given his shirt number...

3.14159--

Made me smile

''Who ate all the 3.14159's, Who ate all the 3.14159's, You''....

[enigma]

Was Holt really the only player available? I don't get it. If Lambert wanted cover, why sign a 32 year old striker who can't get into a mid-table Championship team?

Because he's a real man apparently.

[supertom]

 Time perhaps for a motivational Youtube video?

[Malandro]

Time perhaps for a motivational Youtube video?

I stopped after 20 seconds, does he sky them all?

[Witton Warrior]

Time perhaps for a motivational Youtube video?

I stopped after 20 seconds, does he sky them all?

Watch the last 9 minutes of Holt-tastic goals my friend ;-)

I remember a YTube thing that showed all Carew's misses and you would never believe he ever scored...

[Ads]

The goal on 7:41 is a fantastic one.

[oldhill_avfc]

Not a great fan of this piece of business and certainly not going to wholeheartedly change my mind after seeing that video (remember Bosko?) but ....

.... he's always been a bit bulky looking yet still has a bit of pace, seems to break out of midfield well, links up ok and drifts toward the right (Benteke almost invariably goes left) ...

... maybe just maybe there's something in this?

[Monty]

My problem isn't with Holt himself, he is what he is and he fills a short-term gap which had opened up in the squad with Kozak's injury. I get that. The depressing thing is that it confirms the continuation of a really annoying and inadequate tactic, exemplified by the statistic from Monday that, once again, our number one completed pass was Guzan to Benteke. We can't continue like this, but we will. Quite how it counts as a 'compelling' style of football is beyond me.

[Tom_Mc9?]

This whole business of him not getting into the Wigan team. Sometimes moves don't quite work out, and Wigan have also changed manager since buying him. Eight goals in the Premier League last season isn't terrible.