Not every signing works out is a fair defence of something like Moyes' signing of Bilyaletdinov. It didn't work out, but there was more than enough evidence to say that it wasn't a reflection of Moyes' ability to identify the right players. You could see what had made us buy him, and Moyes had a good record of signing players, but that particular one fell flat. This is a slightly different situation, because quite a few of Brands' signings haven't worked out, he's probably not even 50/50 in terms of successes. I also think it was really clear within 2/3 viewings of Kean that he just wasn't what we needed. He didn't fit into the team at all, he didn't have any of the characteristics that we needed from a striker in our set up. That worries me.