Antony is a failed outcome; Mount was a failed transfer from Jump Street, which is much worse.
I can forgive Ten Hag for Antony, because at least it was a case of, we needed a winger so we bought a winger, he had displayed some major potential, and the player is regularly available and seems to have a good attitude and work ethic. It's just a case of bad luck that it turns out he sucks.
Nothing about the Mount transfer was a good idea, though. This player was entering the final year of his contract, no other clubs appeared interested, Chelsea seemed happy to let him go...this should all point to a situation in which we pay 25 million for this player. But what do we do, we pay more than double that for some insane reason. And this isn't a player we desperately need, either, but a player whose best position is the same position that our best player and captain plays. And all along we put this money towards him when we had a gaping hole in the middle of the park that desperately needed to be filled instead.
And THEN you add in the absolute lack of availability, to top it all off. It's the stupidest transfer business in the post-Ferguson era.
I know it's not your fault, but now I'm all worked up.