Yes, a horrible mismanagement.
The good thing is it didnt cost us short term. Remains to be seen if it does long term but I remain hopeful as we did get some good players out of last window. Generally speaking a third of your signings end up being good in any window and I would say we got about that hit rate.
It's also clear the club has learnt from it as well. Be it because they've had to or because they've wanted to also remains to be seen