Everyone's going to have duds. A good transfer record is only usually separated by 1 or 2 players working out vs not. I'd say Ten Hag have been largely good, though transfers aren't determined from a few games or even 1 season. And generally even a 50% record is pretty decent and what I'd say would be the target norm. Above that and you are on a good run.
Imo, based on what I've seen and what I'm predicting, I'm guessing something like this as a hit/mid/miss for our transfers:
- Eriksen - mid (free but super short term)
- Martinez - hit
- Malacia - mid (good squad player at low fee but unlikely ever starter)
- Casemiro - mid (age, probable decline... probably would need 3 top years for it to be hit at that price)
- Antony - miss, even if he plays again (gotta be a top player at that price)
- Sabitzer - miss (but loan so whatever)
- Weghorst - miss (but loan so whatever)
- Onana - hit
- Mount - mid (unsure long term position but he's a good player and good age profile relative to the midfield group... but why not just wait a year?)
- Hojlund - hit
- Amrabat - hit
- Reguillon - mid (loan so whatever)
- Altay - mid (backup GK who cares)
What is killing us is the Sancho and Antony level flops. Spent huge money on what should've been superstar signings, or we spent superstar money on what ended up being average players. I'm not unhappy at his transfer record since he joined, the fees can be lower but we're going after the right type of players in positions we desperately need. Mount is the only one who I guess was bought without a clear idea (and frustratingly, had 1 year left... just wait it out). I do like him and think he'll provide a lot, but no idea what the plan is in a scenario where all are fit and available. It's a lot of money for "part of the squad", amrabat fits better for balance, and he got #7 which certainly doesn't indicate just part of the squad. But he's not benching Bruno. Here's hoping he can learn to play on the right for our needs?