Let's agree to disagree on Hughes. I don't think he was "great" in 2016. Solid defender maybe but was always prone to losing the ball or failing the play the ball correctly. As for 2017 he was abysmal and was one of the worst players but he was undroppable.

And I never said "we only sign flops". I actually wrote

"With the occasional gem, we will always be in a position of weakness when we rely on signing young players that are rejected by their own club for not being good enough"

I know you didn't. I didn't quote you, I just paraphrased it shorter to how I understood it.
Yes ok.