Brands was urged by the scouting department to sign Brainthwaite due to the reports and him being available for 750k - 1 mil and at the time it was chump change to us
His work in bringing Brainthwaite to the club was absolutely minimal.
I didn't mind Brands but the decision to give Keane a 5 years contract on 100 bags a week was criminal which was also my original point before foghorn started piping up abar friggin PSV and all crap ha
Thing is with brands mate, I'm looking at his entire career, everywhere he's done well, here by and large was crap.
What's the difference, here he had constant interference from above, no real say on managers, and often had players forced on him.
Not sure any dof in the world would have succeeded during that period.
But I'll credit where it's due, he signed Braithwaithe, also Richy, Digne, Doucoure and Gray, Kean also which at the time was considered by everyone a coup.
Four others where Gomes, Gbamin, Delph and Mina - all three broke down after coming here. None had a history of injuries to alarm.
Allan just got old - again a good signing 'on paper '
Both Bernard and Iwobi were signings pushed in from above.
London and Townsend both managerial forced signings
Think Rodriguez was him too but likely that was Carlos influence on me hundred percent.
If you wanna look at the real causes of our problems it wasnt brands it was Walsh mate