URZZZZHound Actually made a bit of a profit on Bacuna which certainly improves that signing a bit
But yes a pretty dreadful set of signings that
Clement’s weren’t great either - what was it - Yiadom - yes very good, Meyler, Baldock. Anyone else? Last two prob cost a pretty big whack as well
Walker - pointless, wasn't awful and couldn't have been on high wages but just an unnecessary waste
Yiadom - decent signing, especially on a free
O'Shea - weird one - again, he wasn't awful on the pitch but wasn't needed - unless it was just a pathway to get him into coaching the next season
Meyler - could see the intention here actually - just didn't work
Eza - signed when it was clear Meyler wasn't up to it, looked fairly decent but then got injured
Sims - again, pointless, offered nothing
Baldock - read Meyler although offered more than he did
McNulty - bit of a gamble, didn't pay off - never really given the opportunities
Recruitment was, as you say, not great under Clement - although you could at least see the intention behind some of them, a bit of steel and experience added to the team in Meyler, Baldock and Yiadom. Negated to an extent by the signings of Walker and Sims - but most of these were either on a free or on lower wages (other than Baldock)
Clement's signings weren't good, but compared to previous ones they looked like they were actually part of a sensible plan.
Baldock was actually a good signing under Clement, too injury prone and signed for too long on too much money, but he had an impact under him. It was only after he didn't really contribute at all. Meyler looked like a perfect signing for one game then became absolute horseshit so you can see what he was trying to do, and acted quickly to sign Ezatolahi - who would have been good but for injury. Think McNulty was a victim of a big miss and then endless managerial change having been 'one for the future'.
But yeah, Yiadom stands out as an excellent signing amongst, in hindsight, almost exclusively poor ones thanks to injury, wages, contract length or pure shitness.