We got Adam for 8M while we could have had Parker for 5M
We got Downing for 20M while we could have had Mata for 22M
We got Carroll for 35M while we could have had Ba for free
We got Henderson for 16M while we could have had Cabaye for 4M
Basically, we spent 79M and we could have been done for 31M and we'd have four way better players and 48M.
With that 48M we could have Hoilett for 5M, Sow for 10M and God knows what more.
I don't know who has been in charge of our transfers but he should have done much, much better.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but still even before all of those players were bought a lot of players knew they weren't the best of signings.