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  • "Someone mentioned that Holmes hadnt improved since he was with us last time at 17 and i think thats right. There is no doubting he is a good player but not worth breaking the bank for and the club were right not to pay his signing on fee and wages.

    as for other players who never seem to improve Walcott to me hasnt improved in the last 5 years and i always get the impression that he never knows what he is going to do next when he has the ball. Always runs into the corner and crossing is poor.

    Walcott to me is like a dog - if you put a ball behind the fullback where he has 25-30 yards to get to it he will beat the full back for pace and then once he's there he doesnt know what to do with the ball. A one trick pony who doesnt get involved in games, never breaks into a sweat.
    How he gets in the England team is beyond me.
    Chamberlain will leave Walcott standing in his progress and is already doing it.

    As for Holmes he wont enjoy Westley hoof ball tactics and thats not sour grapes on my part as he has gone to PNE. Holmes should be in a team thats plays football not hoofball and i dont think he will enjoy playing at PNE."
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Holmes fee too much for Swindon

Holmes fee too much for Swindon Holmes fee too much for Swindon

SWINDON Town were interested in bringing Lee Holmes to the County Ground before the winger agreed to join Preston, but the Robins were unwilling to match the offer tabled by their League One rivals.

Holmes, who scored once in 11 appearances during his loan spell in Wiltshire last season, will officially become a North End player on July 1 following his release from Southampton this month.

The Advertiser has learnt that the salary Holmes will be commanding at Deepdale would have made him the highest earner in the Town squad, while he is also believed to be collecting a six-figure signing-on fee when he links up with Graham Westley’s free-spending side.

Swindon interim chairman Jeremy Wray confirmed he would have liked to have seen Holmes become a permanent fixture in the Robins squad, but said there are plenty of other irons in the fire as Town look to reinforce their playing staff over the summer.

He told the Advertiser: “We were keen to have him but Preston were prepared to offer him a package that we would not.

“We wish him well for the future and we will continue to look at other targets.”

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