[Tom_Wba]

Seen a lot of him, have you, Tom?  The Wigan supporters have and they seemed to like him.  I think I'll wait to see him play for us, providing he signs, before I write him off.

Seen him enough over the years to have an opinion on him always happy to be proved wrong but i would agree with Slick
If people aren't a bit underwhelmed by this signing then you are far too happy with mediocrity, nothing wrong with wanting to see ambition is there?

What sort of realistic signing, in our terms, would please you, Tom?  What are your expectations?

I know we can't go out and spend absolute fortunes but this is yet another cheap and nasty signing like the majority of our signings over the last couple of seasons who surprise surprise have failed to work, I'd take Phillips from QPR who we may well sign but i'd like to see 2 players of that calibre brought in instead of one good signing and one to make up the numbers

You call Anichebe, Sessignon and Ideye cheap?  Poor they might be but cheap, no.  Strangely enough,  prior to the scouting team that bought those three (and Anelka), we had bought exceptionally well.  Some of the bargains are still with us or just departing.

Yep very happy with a lot of the signings during the Ashworth era but the last couple of seasons we've been way off the mark in terms of signings that deadline day when we signed Anichebe and Sessegnon was a strange one panic buys i thought, in terms of transfer fees for Anichebe & Ideye i don't think they actually cost that much i believe a lot of it was add ons which by looking at them we won't be spending another penny on them.
Like i say i am happy to be proved wrong on this one and will be a bit more happier if/when we bring in other wingers before making a real judgement on the role McClean will play but for now i will remain uninspired by this signing