Big Ern OK Ian, how many of those 5 players were "young hungry players with room for improvement" when we signed them?
None of them. Four of them, however, were significantly younger than Roberts and therefore aren't comparable. The one that is of a similar age was making a step back up with something therefore still to prove and was obviously intended to bring in short-term experience in a position we desperately needed it. He's not what we need upfront, or what we should be looking for.
Feel free to rip me apart IF we sign him and IF he's a success. But I can't see you getting the chance.