Yeah, I largely agree. I don't think his talent was all hype. He did have something at an early stage - something which made our purchase of him at that price less than crazy. But he obviously hasn't lived up to it. The latter fact may easily distort people's overall perception of him, though. He wasn't a shite/overhyped player we never should've gone for - that's revisionism in my book. He was a genuine talent -at the time rated very highly - whom we took a legitimate punt at, even at that price.
But it didn't pay off, as we all acknowledge now.
The verdict in hindsight should be a) that Ando didn't do enough to fulfill his own potential, b) that the idea of converting him wasn't the right one and c) that he was probably injury prone beyond anything anyone could've predicted and/or done very much about.
