Quote Captain Hook="Captain Hook"Not “genius recruitment “ but praised for trying something different. It was an experiment, everyone knew that but was seen as low risk. It hasn’t paid off, move on.'"
It raised the profile of the club, and got us a tiny bit of recognition in the mainstream media. Positive, at the time.
Not exactly "burned it up", but leaves the club (eventually) with no ill feeling. Not every signing can be a success. We live and learn.