Have Swindon missed a trick after Preston signed Lee Holmes?
The WashbagPreston North End have taken Town’s loaned left winger but would he really fit Paolo Di Canio’s new attacking plan or is Luke Rooney the solution? By Alex Cooke. Paolo Di Canio was keen. Whatever is said now, Swindon’s manager clearly once saw Southampton’s winger Lee Holmes as a very useful signing: “In terms of my opinion on the way they [Jay McEverley] play and the quality they have got, obviously I would like to keep them.” And during the three months in which Holmes was on loan, he played in every game he was available for. Not only did he become the first choice left winger, but as was proven when Matt Ritchie was injured, he was also second choice right winger ahead of the naturally right-footed Luke Rooney and Raffa De Vita. But Holmes didn’t fit the current Di Canio model for inverted wingers perhaps playing him opened Di Canio’s eyes to doing something different next season, particularly considering what Holmes brought to the team – and what he didn’t. The simple truth









