Grant Holt - confirmed on loan

[supertom]

Erm what exactly are the personal terms to discuss? If it's a loan surely that's dealt with directly at Wigan. If he's discussing personal terms that implies he's signing permanently?

Maybe Lamberts going the whole hog. 3 year deal. 30k a week. The most expensive practical joke since Habib Beye.

[Des Little]

just big boned

He looks how I imagine Gary Penrice looks now and about as good.

He looks like one of the detectives in Life On Mars.

He looks like the lovechild of Oliver Reed and Hatty Jacques

[Chris Jameson]

That photo is funny

have Villa ever had a centre forward with tits before?

Stainrod and Aspinall were a pair.

[Toronto Villa]

31 pages of outrage on a loan signing is a bit nuts. If it was Jan 31st and nobody else was coming in for sure I'd get it.

[Damo70]

That photo is funny

have Villa ever had a centre forward with tits before?

Stainrod and Aspinall were a pair.

Beat me to it. I was going to say Andy Gray when he had to play up front with Stainrod and Kerr.

[not3bad]

Meh.

[supertom]

That photo is funny

have Villa ever had a centre forward with tits before?

Stainrod and Aspinall were a pair.

Beat me to it. I was going to say Andy Gray when he had to play up front with Stainrod and Kerr.

Juan Pablo Angel would have looked fabulous with tits. Lets be honest.

[PeterWithe]

Whatever the wrongs about signing Holt, this has been the most amusing thread for quite a while.

[aj2k77]

31 pages of outrage on a loan signing is a bit nuts. If it was Jan 31st and nobody else was coming in for sure I'd get it.

I dread to think what other solutions Lambert will come up with to be honest.

I bet Holt loves the smell of matchdays around the ground.

[PaulWinch again]

31 pages of outrage on a loan signing is a bit nuts. If it was Jan 31st and nobody else was coming in for sure I'd get it.

Problem is not only is Holt an awful player who has struggled in the Championship, but it also suggests that Lambert doesn't realise that we need possession in order to progress as the second half last night showed.

[CJ]

31 pages of outrage on a loan signing is a bit nuts. If it was Jan 31st and nobody else was coming in for sure I'd get it.

Problem is not only is Holt an awful player who has struggled in the Championship, but it also suggests that Lambert doesn't realise that we need possession in order to progress as the second half last night showed.

For me it confirms Lambert isn't interested in possession. This just confirms we are officially a route 1 long-ball team

[pauliewalnuts]

just big boned

He looks how I imagine Gary Penrice looks now and about as good.

He looks like one of the detectives in Life On Mars.

He looks like the lovechild of Oliver Reed and Hatty Jacques

He looks like something out of American Hustle.

[Damo70]

In all seriousness though, i wouldn't have a problem with it if he'd already addressed the real issues and it was just a bit of extra insurance. While he's poncing around signing another striker who is not even that likely to play much and there's no sniff of experienced players in other areas coming in, you wonder whether he's finally lost it.

I don't think it works like that. You can't necessarily bring in targets in order of preference. He has suggested other things are ongoing. On the press-ing on thread signing Holt has been compared to us signing Regis and Forest signing Rosario. Regis had been given a free on the back of a good season for Coventry and went onto have a very good first season for us. Rosario was consistently useless throughout his career. I would put Holt somewhere in between.

[eric woolban woolban]

Looks like he's on his way and as much as we don't want him, we'll have to give him all our support.

It's not his fault at the end of the day.

[DBTW]

Ill go against the trend and say Holt is a decent enough loan signing for six months to make sure we dont get in a mess.

he is very vocal, a leader and will bring the younger lads on mentally.

Ok, he wont be a huge player in terms of starting games, but its an option to come on if we need a goal, and also in decence when up against set pieces.

i feel, however, Lambert is signing him purely down to his character, hoping a bit of a vocal presence daily will bring the team together.