Breaking down where they've spent (purely IMO)
Wasted Money
Jo £18,000,000
Roque Santa Cruz £17,500,000
Gareth Barry £12,000,000
James Milner £26,000,000
Joleon Lescott £22,000,000
Robinho* £32,500,000
Wayne Bridge £12,000,000
Tal Ben-Haim £5,000,000
Aleksandar Kolarov £17,000,000
Kolo Toure £16,000,000
Craig Bellamy* £14,000,000
Shaun Wright Phillips £9,000,000
Emmanuel Adebayor* £25,000,000
Total = £237 Million
*None of these are 'bad' players, but the return from them was far too small for the money they cost.
Jury still out
Edin Dzeko £27,000,000 (Not been great so far, but waiting till the end of next season)
Mario Balotelli £24,500,000 (Not been great so far, but waiting till the end of next season)
Adam Johnson £7,000,000 (Great young English talent, but blows hot and cold a lot for them)
Pablo Zabaleta £6,500,000 (Not shite, but seen him have both great and very poor games)
Jerome Boateng £11,000,000 (Don't rate him, but giving him the benefit of the doubt)
Good signings
Yaya Toure £24,000,000
David Silva £25,000,000
Carlos Tevez £25,500,000
Nigel De Jong £16,000,000 (Ridiculous fee for someone with 6 months left on their contract though)
Vincent Kompany £6,700,000
Proof that taking the FM approach and throwing money at the problem doesn't guarantee success.
Going to be interesting to see if they stick with their other strikers when Tevez leaves.
For the price their other strikers have cost them (Dzeko £27 Million, Balotelli £24.5 Million, Jo £18 Million) they've all been ridiculously shite so far.