Grant Holt - confirmed on loan

[Brend'Watkins]

Honestly, Google says he is 79kg, which is 12.5 stone and for a bloke of his height, puts his BMI as bang in the middle of the range.

He's always looked a bit of a unit to me, so I guess he must be a gym monkey. "What you benching brah?"

I question when that weight was taken. Also BMI is a flawed measure, Jonny Wilkinson for example is overweight on that metric.

Of course its flawed, as it doesn't take into account muscle mass. But if you're a person who exercises everyday and has more muscle than your avergae Joe, then it proves he probably isn't the least bit fat at all.

He's probably as fat as Richard Dunne which wasn't fat at all.  Has an arse bigger than Barry's which isn't that big at all.  He's just a fit muscular bloke who will probably do a good job (bang a few goals in) for us when required.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

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

Well, look at the positives. If he does sign and is as shit as we think, at least you'll have someone else to add to your random username.

He's not worthy.

[Clark W Griswold]

Has the silly ****** actually signed the fat ****** yet?

[Lee]

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.

Great point.

The rudderless ship continues

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Honestly, Google says he is 79kg, which is 12.5 stone and for a bloke of his height, puts his BMI as bang in the middle of the range.

He's always looked a bit of a unit to me, so I guess he must be a gym monkey. "What you benching brah?"

I question when that weight was taken. Also BMI is a flawed measure, Jonny Wilkinson for example is overweight on that metric.

Of course its flawed, as it doesn't take into account muscle mass. But if you're a person who exercises everyday and has more muscle than your avergae Joe, then it proves he probably isn't the least bit fat at all.

He's probably as fat as Richard Dunne which wasn't fat at all.  Has an arse bigger than Barry's which isn't that big at all.  He's just a fit muscular bloke who will probably do a good job (bang a few goals in) for us when required.

Yep. This thread has got a bit like the threads when Karen Brady is mentioned with all the "I wouldn't" remarks.

[KevinGage]

Come off it.

He's a professional athlete who is clearly out of shape, so he's fair game.

I don't care what the health bible that is google pegs his weight as, and for all we know that could be stats from 3 or4 years ago.

Sometimes you just need to go by the evidence of your own eyes, and the double chin and expanding mid section kind of give the game away.

[Toronto Villa]

They'll really be stretching the shirt on this one

Seriously though, I said last night, to me it's not a big deal and if you look at some of his play and goals when he first came up with Norwich he comes across as a big strong bloke who dishes it out. I also can see him ending up looking like Mick Quinn after he has finished playing.

[supertom]

Come off it.

He's a professional athlete who is clearly out of shape, so he's fair game.

I don't care what the health bible that is google pegs his weight as, and for all we know that could be stats from 3 or4 years ago.

Sometimes you just need to go by the evidence of your own eyes, and the double chin and expanding mid section kind of give the game away.

He's not getting regular games at Wigan either. I suspect largely because of his fitness.

[LeeB]

This thread wouldn't look out of place on Villatalk, and for me that's about as damning as it gets.

[Malandro]

just big boned

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Come off it.

He's a professional athlete who is clearly out of shape, so he's fair game.

I don't care what the health bible that is google pegs his weight as, and for all we know that could be stats from 3 or4 years ago.

Sometimes you just need to go by the evidence of your own eyes, and the double chin and expanding mid section kind of give the game away.

He's not getting regular games at Wigan either. I suspect largely because of his fitness.

Or he's not very good?

[Clark W Griswold]

Come off it.

He's a professional athlete who is clearly out of shape, so he's fair game.

I don't care what the health bible that is google pegs his weight as, and for all we know that could be stats from 3 or4 years ago.

Sometimes you just need to go by the evidence of your own eyes, and the double chin and expanding mid section kind of give the game away.

He's not getting regular games at Wigan either. I suspect largely because of his fitness.

You mean fatness?

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[supertom]

Come off it.

He's a professional athlete who is clearly out of shape, so he's fair game.

I don't care what the health bible that is google pegs his weight as, and for all we know that could be stats from 3 or4 years ago.

Sometimes you just need to go by the evidence of your own eyes, and the double chin and expanding mid section kind of give the game away.

He's not getting regular games at Wigan either. I suspect largely because of his fitness.

Or he's not very good?

Both probably.

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I play football next to David Unsworth on a Thursday. He is a big fella who got bigger as you can imagine. He has calf muscles the size of a moo-calf though, bloody beast of a chap.

I keep meaning to dig him out over being a big under the thumb fanny, but he'd probably fill me in.