Grant Holt - confirmed on loan

[Tuco Salamanca]

Further evidence that our long-ball style of play is design rather than accident.

I had thought that the style we employ was more down to our inability to successfully pass the ball to each other rather than a designated tactic.

The signing of Kozak was a clue. This just confirms us as the league's current ambassador to the 80s.

So sick of watching this sh*t.

[SoccerHQ]

Some random site has also linked us to Miroslav Klose.

No chance of that happening but that's the sort of signing that would excite me if he's 35. Big name player, fabulous goalscorer even recently and certainly someone the youngsters upfrotn could learn from.

I'm not totally anti getting a forward in but when it's as deeply uninspiring as Holt I reserve the right to be.

[PaulWinch again]

Holt's goalscoring record over the last 2 and a half years is very misleading, as he scored nearly all of them in the first year and has got fuck all for the last year and a half. That most recent half year is also in the Championship.

[sirlordbaltimore]

Personally I can't wait for Lambert to unleash his 4-0-6 masterplan again. Who needs a midfield anyway, it's so last decade.

[Ron Manager]

Someone confirm its just a short term loan and not a proper signing please?

Thank You

[aj2k77]

When was the last time we completed a joke signing that everyone but Villa fans laughed at and it actually came good?

[PaulWinch again]

Has the idea of us passing the ball completely gone out the window? Because Lambert should realise it's only once we started doing that last night that we looked decent.

[richardhubbard]

Holt's goalscoring record over the last 2 and a half years is very misleading, as he scored nearly all of them in the first year and has got fuck all for the last year and a half. That most recent half year is also in the Championship.

He got 8 last season in premership. I cannot see starting us but good option of last 20 minutes of a game?

[garyshawsknee]

Its like the second coming of John Fashanu.

[SW9-VILLA]

Well I hope he does a decent job for us. Call it blind optimism but I think that's probably all you've got as a Villa fan at the moment anyway.

[wookster]

When was the last time we completed a joke signing that

When was the last tim e we completed a joke signing that everyone but Villa fans laughed at and it actually came good?

everyone but Villa fans laughed at and it actually came good?

Its a Cascarino moment

[Morten]

If we take over his reported 28,000 wage for 5 months, it will end up in app. 600.000 pounds - why not give Helenius a chance instead ? OR play others and not rely on hoof balls...

However, hope Grant Holt proves me wrong, and scores some crucial goals ;-)

[Ads]

I hope he scores ten in our next home game.

[Chris Smith]

Someone confirm its just a short term loan and not a proper signing please?

Thank You

http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/aston-villa-fc/2014/01/14/grant-holt-set-for-aston-villa-loan-deal/

[KevinGage]

We lack movement and variation in the final third so let's sign, eh... Grant Holt.

On the plus side, it's being reported as a loan until the end of the season. So if Lambert is handed his cards anytime between now and then, we don't have more dross clogging up the wage bill on long term contracts.

If we finish the season with a flourish, Lambert will have more money to put towards areas of the pitch that are a far bigger priority.