If they were looking at him a couple of seasons ago it would have been as a gamble that they could have improved him, a bit like Rodwell really and he had more going for himself as that age than Holgate, don’t get me wrong he still is a young man and has the potential but he’s not anywhere near Keane’s level of ability whether that be good average or poor, he’s made a couple of standout howlers recently that have really hurt the team at a crucial time of the season, I know mistakes happen but when they are so obviously avoidable you have to question his ability, which I believe at this moment in time makes him our worst CB out of the 4 in the squad.
But it is interesting that you see him quite differently and it won’t just be because City might have been interested him, you obviously have a host of other reasons why you rate him over the others, strange how in somethings we have the same opinions and in others completely different.