You're foolish to think that bad press and publicity isn't going to affect our recruitment drive.
You see, no-one's ever offered any evidence of that apart from their own presuppositions.
And you seem to be the only person here who saw Mehmet in action and was impressed.
(Rest of post deleted because angry ranting is not actually improving the positivity levels around here. Sorry.)
Mehmet clearly has more pedigree than Sanchez and I'd definitely say he's a better player. He might've not been great in the short time he was here, but how many minutes was he actually given? 45 minutes against Brisbane stuck up front on his own and he had a single half chance. Otherwise the ball was punted in his general direction and he was expected to work miracles (funnily enough the same tactics we employ week in, week out with Ifill and whoever else is up front).
So Mehmet gets about 90 minutes or so overall, but how many does Sanchez get?
As for the evidence you asked for about us not signing 'superstars' because of the financial situation - erm, how about the fact we haven't signed anybody that could be considered even close to a 'superstar'??
Citing a 37 year old goalkeeper who has been sitting on the bench for most of his career, and a trialist who hasn't even signed yet is your evidence that things are ok?