Athe~ Ah you are hilarious. And, it was £12m with £2m add-ons. TBF, Sunderland did overpay a tad, but I don't think he'll be a flop.. Especially when you consider he already has 3 years PL experience.
Wasn't taking a swing at Liverpool (well, maybe a little...), if this had happened last year I would have probably mentioned City but they've done well in the market recently (although when you buy every decent available player one of them is bound to work...). Back to Fletcher... the more you pay, the higher the expectations, thus for that price you will of course have quite high expectations, which I seriously doubt Fletcher can meet. He's not a bad player, but he's definitely not worth that much either.