Grant Holt - confirmed on loan

[aj2k77]

If you want to know how low we've sunk, just look at the people trying to justify signing Grant fucking Holt.

It's only £600,000 and he'll only be here 6 months and he will only get the last 20 minutes and it was only 2 seasons ago he looked like a footballer and he's only not scoring at Wigan because they don't know how to get the best of him and it's only because Kozak it injured.

How will he pass a medical? Shuttle runs from the burger van to the chip shop?

[mr underhill]

Holt's the comfort blanket signing of a manager out of ideas and under pressure. I could almost see the point of Hooligan, albeit with very little money changing hands, but the thought of Grant being paid to put on a biggish Villa shirt is beyond my understanding.

[supertom]

Isn't Grant Holt returning to the Premiership one of the first signs of the apocalypse?

I'm not taking my chances, I'm off to the bunker.

[rob_bridge]

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

A joke signing who came good. Jeeps no idea. John Gregory as manager I suppose.

[onje_villa]

The most depressing fact about this for me is not actually signing Grant Holt but the fact that Lambo is so scared of Benteke getting injured or banned he cannot risk not having a big man up front. I went last night and it was like having 3 quarter backs in Vlaar, clark and Guzan. Continually the ball goes back till it hits one of those three who then proceeds to fire a hail Mary in the direction of Benteke's forehead. If you dont have a big man then this absolute shit-storm of a footballing style goes out of the window. At one point, the ball went back from Benteke, through the midfield to the defence and back to Guzan. He then launched it just over half way to Benteke who won his 50-50 header and landed it at the defenders (Luna or maybe Vlaar) feet. So we risked the ball in a 50-50 aerial dual to achieve the square root of fuck all. What ever happened to Guzan passing it to a full back and us building from the back?
We have Agbonlahor, Weimann, Helenius, Bowery, Darren Bent and Nathan Delfounso on the books, all of which would thrive on incisive midfield play pulling defenders out of position and threading through balls in-why not try to adapt our play to incorporate a combination of 2-3 of these? Mark my words, this is the final nail in the coffin of us ever actually trying to play football again

yup.

[Small Rodent]

Well I for one am fed up with all these lean, muscular players we sign and welcome a normal looking player as a role-model for the "larger fan". It could be our Susan Boyle moment.

[Irish villain]

If you want to know how low we've sunk, just look at the people trying to justify signing Grant fucking Holt.

Yep. Perennial straggler mentality well and truly imbibed.

[Clampy]

I'm not exactly jumping up and down with excitement about it, but it's not the end of the world either. It is only until May and you never know, he might not be as bad as people are expecting him to be.

[Dave Clark Five]

If you want to know how low we've sunk, just look at the people trying to justify signing Grant fucking Holt.

I'm not justifying it, just willing to give him a chance.
However, I would love to see Lerner and Lambert out of here for good.

[supertom]

The most depressing fact about this for me is not actually signing Grant Holt but the fact that Lambo is so scared of Benteke getting injured or banned he cannot risk not having a big man up front. I went last night and it was like having 3 quarter backs in Vlaar, clark and Guzan. Continually the ball goes back till it hits one of those three who then proceeds to fire a hail Mary in the direction of Benteke's forehead. If you dont have a big man then this absolute shit-storm of a footballing style goes out of the window. At one point, the ball went back from Benteke, through the midfield to the defence and back to Guzan. He then launched it just over half way to Benteke who won his 50-50 header and landed it at the defenders (Luna or maybe Vlaar) feet. So we risked the ball in a 50-50 aerial dual to achieve the square root of fuck all. What ever happened to Guzan passing it to a full back and us building from the back?
We have Agbonlahor, Weimann, Helenius, Bowery, Darren Bent and Nathan Delfounso on the books, all of which would thrive on incisive midfield play pulling defenders out of position and threading through balls in-why not try to adapt our play to incorporate a combination of 2-3 of these? Mark my words, this is the final nail in the coffin of us ever actually trying to play football again

yup.

Because we've got Mike Bassett in charge, that's why.

[claretandblue barmy]

bloody hell we all wanted experienced players..... and lambert delivered !!

[JUAN PABLO]

when the Wigan fans are pissing themselves that they could get rid of him and someone actually wants him ,  this is a concern

coyle bought it - oh dear on a 3 year contract

28k if  true is ridiculous

[Ads]

We sign Holt.

Hull sign Jelavic and Long.

We aren't even competing with Hull City anymore.

Lerner, Faulkener & Lambert, go now please.

Strange logic. Do Hull already have the likes of Gabby and Benteke playing up front for them?

[Chris Smith]

I'm struggling to picture the thought process with this one. Either Lambert was sitting in his office one day, wondering why Benteke couldn't score, and had a eureka moment, or he, Culverhouse and Karsa had a crisis meeting and this was the fruit of their labours.

Either way, it's terrifying to think these lot have charge of Aston Villa.

Or perhaps he thought I've lost a player with a broken leg and need a back up option to cover until the end of the season in case I lose another?

If this was our plan for the future I would be worried but in the short term I don't understand why people are making such a fuss.

[JUAN PABLO]

that wigan chairmen gives us Grant Holt

and said Martinez is too good for Villa ,  no chance Villa will get him and then 10 million for charlie

he has really took the piss out of us