Grant Holt - confirmed on loan

[Legion]

sorry but imo there is no possible positive spin that can be put on holt's loan signing

How about giving him a chance to show what he can contribute?

[Louzie0]

Welcome, Grant, looking forward to seeing you in Claret and Blue...and the Quarters!

UTV!

[Ad@m]

Legion - was the shirt number comment on the FB page your doing?  If so, bravo!

[Steve kirk]

sorry but imo there is no possible positive spin that can be put on holt's loan signing

How about giving him a chance to show what he can contribute?

Agreed so while Grant is with us lets support and encourage him for christs sake, some of the stuff posted on this thread has been so over the top.

[Legion]

Legion - was the shirt number comment on the FB page your doing?  If so, bravo!

Yes. Nicked from a previous post.

[paul_e]

The shirt number comment is the only fat joke on this thread that I found funny.

[simboy]

The player himself isnt the problem. He will get the support from us, for God's sake we given arguably far worse than Holt their chance ... Penrice, Bakke, Lamptey, Neil Rioch ... it's the ambition it demonstrates. Here's a player who's played 16 goals, so most of  the season, for a lower division side and scored 2 goals. This speaks volumes of where we are and what the manager thinks will improve the squad. I reckon Djemba-Djemba would get a starting birth in this team and as for Balaban....

[dave.woodhall]

sorry but imo there is no possible positive spin that can be put on holt's loan signing

How about saying nothing then? Or at least how about not repeating jokes that weren't funny a hundred tellings ago.

[mr woo]

One of the (many) things we've lacked this season, is someone who can hold the ball up and let the whole side move collectively up the field, hence we tend to get trapped in our own half a fair bit.


I doubt he'll score more than 3 goals before he leaves, but Holt could do that ball retention job with his eyes shut. Benteke could well benefit from a bruiser taking some of the attention away from him too.

Although if we do have any more funds left, I just wish we'd sign a 'proper man' for the middle of the park where we need it more.

[Mr Speedy H]

Legion - was the shirt number comment on the FB page your doing?  If so, bravo!

Yes. Nicked from a previous post.

You're welcome.

[IAmTheOneIanOlney]

Yes, welcome, Grant. As long as you play for Villa, you have my support.

Just as an aside, I notice Gary Penrice always gets listed in the crappest players we've had. I was only 12 when he signed, so don't remember that much, but did he not spend most of his time with us out with a broken leg?

[damon loves JT]

Penrice wasn't bad, from what I recall. He was just very limited. A sort of poor man's Andy Sinton

[saunders_heroes]

sorry but imo there is no possible positive spin that can be put on holt's loan signing

How about giving him a chance to show what he can contribute?

There's loads of us that aren't impressed with his signing. Doesn't mean we're not gonna give him a chance.

[pauliewalnuts]

Penrice scored gazillions of goals in the lower divisions. I remember the same disappointment with Guy Wittingham, who scored 634 goals for Portsmouth in his last season with them, came to us, and proved himself to have a distinct barn door allergy.

[saunders_heroes]

When was the last player to be signed from a lower league club who turned out to be a top quality PL striker?
Ian Wright? There's got to be others since? Kevin Phillips is another...