As a player I don't think he was the worst, though he certainly wasn't good for us. Funnily enough if he were to play in the current team I think he would do a lot better for the simple reason that our midfield is functioning much better. When he played it felt like it wasn't, and he kept trying to counter it by dropping too deep, which is not his game - his passing is not special/not up to it. But we don't need him now.
The wages were silly, but the deal didn't seem too crazy at the time at all.