Buckley was very unlucky with his constant hamstring problems. It reminded me of Michael Owen, who had devastating pace when he was young, everyone remembers that goal against Argentina. He also seemed half the player he was at about age 26 through losing a half yard in pace.
Gus Poyet brought some great players to this club in his time here, but CMS was one of his few mistakes in terms of recruitment.
Buckley and Bridcutt were not successful at Sunderland though, and probably helped in losing his job their.
So we probably had the last laugh, as those deals were...