Grant Holt - confirmed on loan

[Bully2345]

I'll have one more go at a positive. In the midst of the bleak midwinter last year when goals were flying past us, there was the odd time that I thought we were too nice, too easy to play against. Maybe we needed a Nolan, an old pro that'll be a pest for the opposition, know when to talk to refs, know the tricks, the sly elbows, getting a bit nasty.

It's for six months, it's cover, not a starting player. Maybe, just maybe, Holt can add a bit of that to the dressing room. Maybe it'll make teams leave Villa Park thinking, "bloody hell, that was tough". Maybe that'll get us a few points.

Or maybe I'll just go to bed and wake up to realise it was just a dream

[Toronto Villa]

If Holt is the only signing we're fucked. If he's coming in short term, off the bench, odd game here or there, cover whatever then for a nominal fee/loan I don't see an issue. My problem will be, fitness aside, his ability and desire. He has shown he can find the net in the PL with good service and Hoolahan will also know him well should we also secure that deal. I can see that Lambert wants some older heads/leaders in the dressing room and he knows Holt well.

For me this is low risk. I just don't see the panic unless somewhere the manger has said he'd the only signing we'll make this January.

even at 28K a week

As a loan yes. How much do you think players will demand to play in the PL?

[Legion]

We don't need another striker
We just need another midfielder
All we wanted was a playmaker
To keep us up

[PeterWithesShin]

If it was the only signing i'd be very worried. If it was a permanent deal i'd be very very worried. As it won't be either, while not exactly thrilled about it, it's not the end of the world either. I just hope he doesn't limit chances for Helenius.

[Legion]

It doesn't rhyme.

[bertlambshank]

It doesn't rhyme.

It dies if you sing it to the tune of making your mind up by Bucks fizz.

[Toronto Villa]

We don't need another striker
We just need another midfielder
All we wanted was a playmaker
To keep us up

With Kozak out I think we do. But we need all of the other things you mentioned too. If this Jan 31st I'd be officially bricking it. But it's not and we all hope that a defender and midfielder are also on the cards.

[Legion]

Bonnie Tyler.

Spoiler for Hiden:

Bloody idiot

[Toronto Villa]

We don't need another striker
We just need another midfielder
All we wanted was a playmaker
To keep us up

Actually I read that as in tune to "we don't need another hero" by Tina Turner

[Mazrim]

Yes, obese, lease, cheese and please don't sound similar at all.

But it's O.K, I don't like you either PWS.

All four are meant to rhyme. and that's ok, i'm choosy who I allow to like me.

Yes, I bet you're riotous company.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme

[Herman]

So the answer to our woes is...............Grant Holt. Jesus wept

[DeKuip]

Grant effing Holt?

At least bring back Enda to sit alongside him on the bench!

[Toronto Villa]

So the answer to our woes is...............Grant Holt. Jesus wept

No it's not and he isn't meant to be.

[JUAN PABLO]

[ozzjim]

I am pinning my hopes on it not being the only signing.

And I am also lumping on him scoring the winner against the Albion. As I said, he scores 3-4 between now and May, and gets us 4-5 points from games against the likes of Palace away, Cardiff, Stoke here etc, where his type may well be useful, I could not care a jot. If he is the only one through the door, it is a strange decision to say the least. But the other side is that he was his captain, he is someone he trusts, and clearly gives an old head to things, which might not be such a bad thing. It is happening, so the positives are much more important to look at now than thinking about just how "hungry" Grant is.

Looking at him, he is chomping.