Ok, going byGoogle these are ETH's signings at Utd….
Casemiro, Anthony, Eriksen, Martinez, Dubravka, Malacia, Sabitzer, Hojlund, Onana, Mount, Amrabat, Weghorst, Bayinder, Butland, Evans and Regulion.
I'll ignore loan signings as by definition they were only there for a year or six months. So out go Dubravka, Sabitzer, Amrabat, Weghorst, Butland and Regulion.
That leaves ten, taking them in order,
Casemiro. He cost big money (60m plus 10m in add ons, no idea if the 10m was paid) and has been there coming up for two years/seasons. Fair ****s, credit where it is due, he was very good in the first season. This season is a very different matter though, he's been very poor. For me I would want more than one good season for SIXTY MILLION quid. "You could argue he has paid his transfer fee back last year (in getting Utd in to the CL)". Not sure I can agree there, 60m plus a rumoured 300kpw just to get you in to the CL, where City only made £68.4m for winning it last year. Nah, sorry.
Anthony. He cost almost £90m making him one of the most expensive players in football history. That's global football, since the game was invented. That may not be on ETH, but I would assume the Board came back to him and said 'Ajax want 95m yoyos, that's X% of our budget are you happy to pay that?' Regardless you have to consider a players price when you asses how well his transfer has gone and frankly Anthony has been dog **** this season. He wasn't great for chunks of last season either, from memory he started well and faded badly (happy to be corrected if that is wrong). I don't know a single Utd fan who would call his transfer anything other than a disaster. He's up there with Pogba in terms of appalling value for money. And he gloats over beating a Championship side on penalties when his side were winning 3-0 when he came on lol.
Eriksen. Free, second season. Fair ****s, this one has been ok. Though I hear he wants out in the summer cos he wants to play more. That I respect in a player, not sitting on a bench collecting a wage but wanting to play. Maybe not done a lot this year but I'll give you his move as a success.
Martinez. £57m first season. A tad injury prone but a solid CB, so far so good. Happy to call him a success, so far.
Malacia. £15m second season. Has he even played a game yet? On the one hand I don't remember him playing so I can't really judge him, on the other two years and he's been injured for most of it. At best he's a very injury prone/unfortunate player, a worst, a waste of space. Delete as appropriate there. He can't be considered a success if he hasn't played though.
Hojlund, 70m first season. It's actually hard to pass judgement on him cos Utd just refuse point blank to give him any service. He is young and, in theory, should improve (like Darwin Nunez, please hit the ****ing target you squinty south American muppet) but so far I can't really judge him as he probably got more chances in a single training session at Atalanta last year than Utd have given him in a season.
Onana, 47m and first season. This one has to be a failure, so far. Nearly 50m on an area of Utd's team that wasn't the most urgently in need of upgrading and well, has he been an upgrade on DDG? DDG was no world beater but I don't remember him making as many mistakes as Onana has. He may come good, but as it stands now, his move has been a failure.
Mount. 60m first season. He's been injured for most of it, he's managed 12 games and 1 goal. I guess he will be a 'glass half full/glass half empty' player. If you are prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt and accept the injuries wrecked his season then he gets a 'jury still out'. If you look at his fee and his wages and compare that to 12 games and 1 goal, you say he's been a failure (so far).
Bayindir. 3m first season. Not sure he's played, back up keeper so should probably be treated along side the loan signings and ignored.
Evans. Free(?) first season back. If we ignore the optics of signing relegated Leicester's back up CB from last season (Liverpool signed Robertson and Winjandum from relegated teams so the fact their team went down doesn't make them bad players) i think this one is probably a success. He was bought as fourth or fifth choice CB, depending on how you rank the Utd CB options, and judging him against that….he hasn't let anyone down. No world beater, but solid and dependable. What you want from a back up CB really.
So that's, 3 successes in Martinez, Eriksen and Evans (two of whom were free) and being kind, 'jury still out' on Malacia, Hojlund and Mount, and three failures in Casemiro, Anthony and Onana. if we ignore the back up keeper.
In terms of spending since ETH has been there, Utd's net spend is roughly £300m. For context, Chelsea's net wasting of money is £630m (though no sane person would judge their club against that lot). Arsenal's is £290m. Spurs is £250m. Newcastle's is £240m. City's is £105m. Villa's £105m. WH's £207m. Liverpool's £145m and Forest's £200m (info care of football 365)
So, you have spent less than Chelsea although that's not hard. I'll also admit you have spent better than Chelsea, but again, that's not hard. Spending on par, broadly speaking, with Arsenal, Spurs and Newcastle. And twice the level of Pool.
As for last night's game. **** me Chelsea are a shower of shite. That was gutless. Those players should all be fined for bending over like that. Arsenal were good, and deserved to win, but **** me Chelsea didn't even try. How Nicolas Jackson gets a job as a professional footballer I will never know. He is one of the worst players I have ever seen. He's Jason Lee levels of ****. He's also a lazy bastard. I lost track of how often the Arsenal CB's just stepped infront of him cos he was on the back foot. EVERY SINGLE TIME he just watched them walk off with the ball. He didnt try and hold them off or chase them down. He just watched as they went on the attack. Waduwake and Mudryk were little better. That has to be the worst front three in the PL. Luton and Sheff Utd's front lines aren't great but at least they TRY.
Ohh and did he put in a leg breaker early in the game? I missed the first 20mins.
And Poch should be getting a lot more flack than he is. Yes, Chelsea are a shambles, so are Utd, but a managers basic job is motivation and that was a disgrace. Poch deserves to be getting dogs abuse for that.