It was a weird period when we signed Poulsen...as our focus had been on Alonso. Who is obviously a very different kind of player, but interestingly, he would have been worth what we are paying Poulsen. In fact, he would have massively enhanced our position...A deep lying playmaker of true class...OR...a solid hatchetman. Its a little similar, but not the same, as the D'agostino chase, which led us to Melo, very swiftly and abruptly. We seem to find a player we need, then suddenly turn away from them, when negogiations seem tricky, and instead, spend the same money, or even more, on someone we can get, with the only requirement been that they play in the same area of the field, not with the same characteristics...at best, Strange, at worst, absolutely clueless transfer decisions.