UPDATED: Hollands completes loan deal (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)
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UPDATED: Hollands completes loan deal
10:10am Thursday 15th November 2012 in Sport
Hollands (right) tackles Jeff Hendrik of Derby County
PAOLO Di Canio has another midfield option at his disposal after Swindon Town completed the loan signing of Charlton’s Danny Hollands this morning.
The 27-year-old all-but finalised a deal that will see him remain at the County Ground until January 5 last night, with the formalities completed today.
Hollands is a former Chelsea youth and reserve team captain but never featured for the first team.
Instead he spent a brief spell on loan at Torquay and helped them secure their League Two survival in 2005/06, before completing a move to Bournemouth.
He stayed with the Cherries for five years during which he made more than 200 appearances, until switching to Charlton on a three-year contract in May 2011.
Hollands was instrumental in the Addicks’ League One title success last season and despite having made 14 appearances in the Championship this term, he has fallen out of favour of late.
Should the deal be completed today, Hollands is expected to go straight into the Town squad for Saturday’s home game against Yeovil.
Meanwhile, in Division One South & West last night, Cirencester lost 3-2 to Clevedon.
Comments(3)
joner100
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1:07pm Thu 15 Nov 12
"Danny Hollands is a fairly decent player and did really well for us last season. He's solid and a good creative short passer. He works hard and closes other players down. Nothing spectacular, but steady and effective. never seems to get injured either. I think we all thought he'd do ok in the Championship but what's been exposed is a lack of pace. It's not that he's slow, it's just that at this level he's getting much less time on the ball and is getting the run-around from quicker players. He's not the only Charlton player of whom that could be said, but I think it's knocked his confidence."
London Red
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1:47pm Thu 15 Nov 12
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Hollands the same in L1 and the Championship
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Could be what we need right now
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Would still have him on the bench this week with Ferry and Bostock starting
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Would bring Martin in though probably for Collins as Williams clearly is first choice
mallorca says...
10:45am Thu 15 Nov 12
Anyways wellcome and do wish him well with the Town