You are obsessed with points. This is all very well if you don't actually pay to go to games. However, if you're a professional football business then you need paying punters either through the turnstiles or through the gogglebox.
So what? It was the worst game I have ever had to sit through and 'winning' with a penalty was never going to change that. You are confusing gaining points with entertainment.
Yes an no. If he was only signed on a short term contract as cover then his total wage bill would have been fixed at the outset. pity, I would have liked to have seen him play.