Yep. Skalak was both a hit and a miss probably. Right up to about the Norwich 5-0 which was his peak. But didn't push on after that. Agree re: Wolfswinkel.
Yep. Its partly Blooms ££, Winstanley's scouting, Barber's negotiation, and Hughton identifying where to strengthen. Gotcha.
But in the Hughton era (ie: since Jan 2014 - then they've had quite a hit rate.
That's quite a hit rate so far . Lets see for 18/19. He's lucky he arrived and has managed to keep and develop further Stephens, Bruno, March and Dunk.
Major Signings Hughton era (loans - more than handful of games)
Hits: Kayal, Hemed, Rosenior, Bong, Maenpaa, Zamora, Uwe, Murphy, Goldson...