My concern with Brown as recruitment manager is that he's just a high profile appointment without looking at his previous recruitment strategies. For example, his recruitment at Newcastle when they had so much cash to spend was pretty poor. He got Ponga which was a tick, especially at the time. Pearce was never going to deliver them much, but was okay. Aside from that, Brown just bought anyone and everyone rather than being patient and Newcastle have gone no where. So is he really the best recruitment candidate? Maybe. But we do need to be cautious there and not just jump onto his appointment as head of recruitment without seeing what his vision is in that space.
