Grant Holt - confirmed on loan

[Le Lapin]

A bit of experience in this team will not go astray. Welcome big Grant. Hopefully he can give Benteke a dig out and if he can score same of the amount of goals he did in the 2011-2012 season we will be alright. Unfortunately, Holt is a signing to try keep us up again. I think he will. Gabby and Weimann are not scoring enough from where they are being played out wide, maybe Benteke or Holt throughout the course of a game will tire out defenders enough to open up spaces for the lads to exploit.
Benteke will be gone in the summer and Kozak will be the main man next season with Holt as back up if we sign him on a permanent.
An attacking midfielder has to be ultimate priority now.
Hoolahan as backup with a bit of money spend on a decent player........wishful thinking......

[ChicagoLion]

Its not his fault that any decision that Lambert makes now is going to be doubted. That is because Lambert has got into a habit of making crap decisions.

I sincerely hope this is one of his better ones I also hope that the gaping hole in our midfield is addressed this window.

[olaftab]

Welcome to Villa Grant Holt. You are lucky man to wear the famous claret and blue shirt.

[damon loves JT]

Good luck Grant Holt. Score a hatful of goals and get us into the top half of the table.

[ronshirt]

I was about thirteen and I was stood just behind the goal at the Holte End. Dave Simmons was playing number nine; we got him from Arsenal so he had to be good.  There was a corner or a cross or something. Then there was a goal-mouth scramble which saw Dave Simmons smash the ball into the net from about three yards whilst one of his team-mates conveniently prevented the opposition goalkeeper from getting involved by sitting on him.

We won one nil.

I don't care how fat or old or useless Grant Holt is I just want him to do something like that.

[Chipsticks]

If he's come largely to bring the locker room together, fair play.

Good luck Grant, we've already named a stand after you in prediction of your legacy.

[VancouverLion]

Welcome to Aston Villa FC Grant!
Although a very underwhelming signing I watched the game at Carrow Road last season and he terrorized our center halves the whole 90mins, he can throw his weight around this bloke and is decent in the air.

best of luck to him, and us!

UTV

[rob_bridge]

 Best of luck - forwards get lots of fan support. Harness it Young Man.

[Pete3206]

If he's come largely to bring the locker room together, fair play.

Lets hope they'll be no shut-outs when he's attacking the back field with his total offensive play and gets plenty of wheelhouse action, in the six. Period.

[PGW]

I was about thirteen and I was stood just behind the goal at the Holte End. Dave Simmons was playing number nine; we got him from Arsenal so he had to be good.  There was a corner or a cross or something. Then there was a goal-mouth scramble which saw Dave Simmons smash the ball into the net from about three yards whilst one of his team-mates conveniently prevented the opposition goalkeeper from getting involved by sitting on him.

We won one nil.

I don't care how fat or old or useless Grant Holt is I just want him to do something like that.

I think that game was v Charlton - his debut......we eventually sold him to Colchester and he played a part in the FA Cup when they knocked Leeds out the cup, who were top,top side at the time.

[dave shelley]

Perhaps this should be in memories but, I was there at the Valley when the late Dave Simmons scored what I think was our goal in a 1-1 draw which, in those days was as good as it got for us. 

I remember reading in the Argus when I got home how Lionel Martin stood aside to let Simmons have a shot.  Did he hell!  Simmons either pushed or dragged him out of the way.  Anyway, we got a point I'm sure we didn't win but I could be wrong.

I had a cold meat pie there that day too, now I do remember that.

[goldenboot2000]

Following another shambolic home defeat I've spent most of the day at work trying to defend our club against the jibes of the glory hunters - I can defend most things but Grant Holt FFS -  I just went home, what could I say.

If Mr Lerner wanted to buy Norwich City he could have cut out the middle-man and saved us all the grief.

UTV

[kippaxvilla2]

Benteke v Holt in a scrap would be a good watch.

[mike]

It's absolutely right that we give him our support now he's here. Just like we did with Eric two Djembas. And Marlon Harewood.

[Villain1874]

I'm sorry guys I'm not buying this Holt signing at all, I don't blame Holt for joining us because if we were in his boots we would do the same...
Some of you are saying he will be good to have in the dressing room for motivation and to bring the team together, were going to pay £26000 a week or whatever it is for that? Seriously?
Holt is overweight and struggling to get into a championship Wigan team and when he has got into the Wigan team he's been goal shy, off the pace and his motivational skills haven't actually shone at Wigan this year...
This signing smacks of desperation from Lambert and to be honest I would rather Lambert wasn't our manager anymore, I just don't know what he's trying to build at Villa Park and some of his decisions and transfer dealings are really starting to hurt us...
It's also blatantly obvious Lerner doesn't care has much as he should, Aston Villa are not a bottom ten club yet Lerner seems happy for us to struggle in those positions, it really is now becoming obvious that Lerner has been a disaster for Aston Villa and I for one hopes he decides to sell the club ASAP....