An honest assesment of all of the Mackems buys:
Nick Colgan- Don't know anything about him, but someone who was released by Ipswich can't exactly be shithot, can he? Anyway, makes them look silly with five senior keepers (Gordon, Ward, Fulop and T. Carson being the other 4).
Pascal Chimbonda - If the figures of £5m that are being banded around are correct then Ramos and Levy must be laughing. Chimbonda is an absolute mercenary who is an excellent physical player, but he's very poor with the ball at his feet and he is lacking in the technical department.
Steed Malbranque - Assuming he signs of course, then Malbranque for £5m could be a very shrewd piece of business - here you have a very nippy winger who is excellent with the ball at his feet and scores quite a few goals too.
El Hadji Diouf - £2.5m is a good price if maybe a little expensive, Diouf is a decent enough winger without anything that special in his locker. Although he doesn't score even nearly enough goals for an attacking winger or occasional striker.
Teemu Tainio - One of those players who never seems to do much, Tainio is a waste of £3m really. If he was a free transfer or for a nominal fee then it wouldn't be as bad, but Tainio never actually seemed to contribute anything whatsoever to the Spurs line-up. Again, good business by Spurs if anything.
David Meyler - Brought in to give Keane light sexual favours, yet another crap Irish youngster is bought to fill a place in the reserves.