Yes he did sign some bad ones, Dobbie and Harley come to mind, but he had a much higher success rate than the signings since he left. Bridcutt, Buckley, Barnes, Noone and Ulloa all signed during his reign and have brought a large amount of money to the club in transfer fees. Who has been...
Agent and signing on fee possibly?
If you take last January window when a fee was agreed for Grabban and the deal fell through for Grabban due to his wages, we then signed Rodriques and Lingard, would not their combine wages gone a long way to have paid for Grabban, who would also have been an...
Less signings, means buy one more expensive instead of the two cheap options = same outlay.
For instance how much wages is it costing us for Augustein and Toko for how much game time?
Don't hold your breath waiting an answer to that question. One many would like the true answer to, all this very large management team at the club (just added another to sell tickets) who really does what?
Yes we can't afford to waste money you are correct, but just look at how much we have wasted on poor signings and loan deals. Fewer numbers in and more quality could be the answer. We have signed sum rubbish who don't even play.