Quote Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
And yet a young midfielder who could barely get a kick at Hamburg during the first half of last season walked straight into City's Championship side in January and was one of the team's better performers for the rest of the campaign.

Meanwhile, a 28 year-old left-back who had been playing at a mid-ranking Bundesliga 2 club for the previous four seasons looked one of the best players on the pitch when City beat Norwich a couple of weeks ago.

What does that say about the standard of the Championship by comparison to Bundesliga 2?
Do you think perhaps Glatzel was hard done-by during his time at the City?
Maybe we didn't play to his strengths (whatever they might have been)?

To me, he was one-paced, as weak as a kitten at times, had a tendency to scuff his shots, and for quite a tall player, didn't offer an aerial threat.

I felt at the time it was the right decision to let him go. He might have improved his all-round game since then, I don't know.
However, I'm convinced if the same Robert Glatzel were to return he'd still be frustrating to watch.