Spur of the moment
Frederic Kanoute
About right I'd say. Don't think there's ever been a time when at least some of our signings haven't flopped - unless it was in the era of the Double when each and every big signing turned out to be a humdinger: Dave Mackay, Cliff Jones, John White, Bill Brown and Les Allen (now there was a surprise). They were drafted into a squad that already included Danny Blanchflower, Maurice Norman and Bobby Smith and coincided with the emergence almost from nowhere of our own Ron Henry and Terry Dyson. Then after we'd won the Double we went out and bought Jimmy Greaves!Fazio, Stambouli and N'Jie are the definite flops, sadly. The jury's out on Sissoko, Janssen and N'kodou, and it should stay that way (ideally) until the start of next season. Davies, Trippier and Wimmer have been reasonably solid backups - Wimmer has been a good backup on the whole, although that's been a bit marred by his recent struggles. Son's been a good signing on the whole, alternating between starter and sub but growing into his role as the past two seasons have progressed. Vorm, Dele, Dier and Toby have been excellent signings, made for considerably excellent fees (that whole lot only cost about 25m on the whole).
Wow. Hard to imagine we can ever hope to be that successful in the transfer market again.
Sigh.