Old Man AndrewsWestwood52 TBF I have only seen Holmes play once;from memory the occasion was a total left field selection on debut by Stam.His plus points were yes he is good in the air and despite being a fairly young lad on debut he stood his ground;however he was caught out of position (as you would expect) on a couple of occasions.With Gibson’s arrival it seems likely either he ,McIntyre or both will go out on loan.
He wasn't good at anything on his debut, he was a disaster and should never have been selected by Stam, it wasn't fair on Holmes to just be chucked in like that. Adam Le Fondre tore him a new arsehole all game long.
Holmes had a perfectly decent debut for a kid although having to mark Le Fondre was about as tricky a start as you might find. We've had senior pros have much worse games than Holmes had.
Not sure what other way of making your debut there is other than to be 'chucked in'. A debut is a debut. And he had been due to play the previous game so it wasn't like he had no preparation time
As for his height, he's way bigger than any of our other centre backs, I would think he is 6'4'' whereas the others are a pretty uniform 6'1''