Personally don’t find it strange or ridiculous at all. Just a case of signing somebody who then it transpires is nowhere near good enough. Show me a club that has never done that ?
99% of people on here have agreed in various other threads that he isn’t anywhere near good enough, so why play him just because we can ? Chuck Jarvis into that bracket aswell. Both as useless as each other.
Not good enough, never will be, keep them as far away from the first team as possible !
To do anything other would be strange and ridiculous in my opinion.