Even the exceptions aren't really that bad, mostly gambles on younger players that didn't pay off, but in the scheme of things didn't cost a huge amount of money.
Poveda is a decent championship level player at least, when fit. But he was never fit for us. If the stories are true he was only on a low basic wage with the rest made up on appearance money and bonuses. So he was worth a gamble on even though it didn't work.
Hemir had all the attributes to be a good centre forward but seems to lack the mental side to be one. £900k wasn't all that much when you look at it, only slightly more than Mayenda. When you see how Mayenda has developed if Hemir had come along half as well we'd have been laughing.
For me the only really disappointing ones were Dack (a supposed top level, established Championship level player) and Rusyn who looks like he couldn't adapt to being here instead of Ukraine. Those are the only two you can really call flops because of what they cost in fees and wages, the rest were gambles on younger players that didn't work out for whatever reason but didn't really cost us much. And when you consider what was going on behind the scenes to rebuild the club from the previous mess, the success rate we've had is really exceptional.