As the person who started the thread and initially ‘scored’ our signings I was trying to be as objective as possible.
The job of new signings is to improve the squad and we can come up with any amount of excuses for them failing to do that, but ultimately the players that make a difference...the likes of Igor Stimac, Ian Taylor and perhaps most spectacularly, Leon Osman, are the ones who come into struggling sides and bring players up to their level rather than allowing themselves to be dragged down to the existing one.