Albion Outlook: West Brom fans have their say

Conrad Chircop

It’s hard to think if another managerial departure in the last 25 years that elicited so much relief.

It can be said that Pardew lost the plot after the FA Cup win at Anfield and looked as lost as Brian Little in his final weeks at the helm.

With a return to the Championship looking inevitable, global backing by our cohort for Darren Moore in his brief stay at the helm will send the right signals in same spirit as the mass walkout I had suggested in social media before Pardew left.

This is a club historically steeped in Black Country tradition, with a strong regional fan base. It is vital that any future football management team will comprehend the club’s traditions, the region, and its people.

Up to six contenders fit the bill – Michael Appleton, Derek McInnes, Craig Shakespeare, Nigel Pearson, Dean Smith, and Graham Potter. The first three starred for our club, while Pearson, Shakespeare and Appleton featured heavily on the training ground during their coaching eras with us.

Smith and his deputy Richard O’Kelly (himself a former Albion youth coach) were both born in West Bromwich. It would be great if the club could use Shakespeare’s experience. He has previously worked with Appleton and Pearson, and knows McInnes and O’Kelly.

Shaun Harrison

Pardew’s departure and the lacklustre disloyal players just about sums up our season.

Pulis made our club stale, Pardew was unable to motivate and paid the price, and let’s face it, a large number of players have been shown up as below Premier League standard.

That means that when the club begins its root-and-branch clean sweep this summer, recruitment and scouting has to take the brunt of the criticism.

When you watch the type of performances in recent weeks and know the manager continued to select players devoid of loyalty and desire ahead of the youth players eager to play on the fringes, it’s no surprise he left swiftly.

So what now? At the moment big Darren Moore takes the helm charged with finding some pride and ability among this gang of overpaid money-grabbers.

Let him continue until the summer and then bring in a manager, not a modern head coach who calls the players nicknames, chews gum and struts around in trackies and trainers.

We need a manager, a strict stern leader, one who will command respect and run the club top to bottom. Who that man may be is arguable but my idea of a good boss would be Claudio Ranieri or Martin O’Neill.

Sarah Rudge

So the nightmare is finally over. Well for Alan Pardew at least.

The supporters still have to endure another six games in which has to be one of the worst seasons in our recent history.

Monday’s announcement that Pardew had left was hardly met with any real surprise considering his torrid record of one league win in 18 games.

This time last season we were worried about not getting European football.

How quickly things can change in a year.

With fans favourite ‘Big Dave’ now in the hotseat, he will certainly bring us passion and commitment.

If he can’t get 100 per cent effort out of our current crop of players then nobody can.

Many times throughout the season, the supporters have been called upon to stick by the team and Moore has reiterated that we once again need to ‘unite as a family’.

Whichever division we’re in that is one thing we’ll always be – a family.