Hopp previously tried to fuse FC Astoria Walldorf, Hoffenheim and Sandhausen to some Village People Heidelberg FC monstrosity, they are aiming for a big reach, maybe even as far North as Wald-Michelbach.
But where else is Hlozek supposed to play? The center seems kind of locked with Schick/Azmoun and later Wirtz. Adli is supposed to return after the international break, so that's "only" another five games he will be missing.
I guess you can't say many bad things about getting a pacey dribbler for "free" with this loan, but it seems like he will play at the expense of their own talents and then leave for free at the end of the season. Maybe a bit of a panic reaction to their bad start.
Hlozek is pretty variable, he can play left wing, attacking midfielder, second striker and lone striker. He's also pretty tall which goes along well with the hoof ball tactics Seoane occasionally relies upon. I wouldn't be too worried about him once he's settled in a bit. Could imagine that Hudson Odoi will start on the right once in a while to rest Diaby, too, since Seoane sometimes plays wingers with their strong foot outside.
But I also think that we have lots of attacking players now. I suspect Azmoun and Adli to be the victims of this. But to be honest, I think Adli is very overrated anyway and Azmoun is still far too wasteful, both in front of goal as well as at retaining possession. So I'm okay with Hudson Odoi possibly robbing them game time. Who I'm more concerned of is definitely Sertdemir. In our current line ups, there's more or less only one position for him (CAM) and it seems like Wirtz, Hlozek, Azmoun and possibly even Adli, Palacios and Demirbay are in front of him.
So yeah, a bit bloated by now but I don't think it is Hudson Odoi who shouldn't be here.
