Whatever, the media decided Veron was a flop, just because they can't appreciate his game, they couldn't understand why as a CM he wouldn't run about much. Playing Veron in a centre midfield 2 in the Premiership is not going to be beneficial for the team but that's not Verons fault, Veron excelled at Inter, I liked him at Chelsea and I understand why Mancini went for him now.
What you have to realise is that when you look at Chelsea signing the likes of Crespo, Veron, Makelele etc... these older players brought more of a big team attitude to our squad, we wasn't trying to punch above our weight because we had players who played and won things at the highest level, and though these players are valuable you don't want to go shelling out huge fees for these players because inevitably they are not going to stay for long at the club.
Having Veron and Vieira as an option in your midfield is not a bad thing dumb-nuts especially if you are getting them for nothing or lets say under £5m combined.
You'd rather shell out £25m for Lescott, makes sense? Can't you see that these signings are short term solutions, and YES that's a good thing. You don't want to make a host of long term decisions difficult to over-turn at the beginning.
