Who is to blame for West Brom's miserable season as Albion stare Championship relegation in the face
Albion's season keeps going from bad to worse - with no sign of the misery ending any time soon.
From the optimism of being top of the table after four games - Albion are now only out of the drop zone on a technicality, due to Leicester's points deduction.
And with less than a dozen games to go - many fans have little hope that they will survive the drop down to League One.
The decline has been rapid. The question of how it has got to this point has left many both in and out of the club scratching there heads.
There has been finger pointing and blaming from the outside in recent weeks - but who should shoulder the most responsibility, who is at fault for this plight?
The answer isn't a simple one.
Shilen Patel
The owner, who saved Albion back in 2024, has come in for heavy criticism in recent weeks.
As the head of the club, the owner, the chairman, it is only right that he carries the can for a lot of what has gone wrong.
The decline is under his watch. The biggest stick to beat Patel with is the fact he hasn't put experienced 'football people' in charge off the field, and it has come back to bite Albion.
He still has a little bit of credit in the bank for what he has done financially for the club, the supporters still appreciate that.
But he has to take some of the responsibility for where Albion are right now.
Andrew Nestor and Ian Pearce
The two don't fully go hand in hand, given Pearce was here long before Nestor arrived. It is also not fully known how much say Pearce has when it comes to transfer dealings.
It is understood that it was Nestor who made a lot of the footballing decisions around incomings and outgoings - and Albion's dealings in the market have come in for intense scrutiny as the club have slid further into the mud.
There have been good moves - but there has been more bad than good. The major sticking point for many was paying £3.3m for Tammer Bany, who has hardly featured due to injury, at a time when fans were being told there were restrictions due to PSR.
On the face of it last summer, Albion's business did look decent, but it hasn't turned out that way.
Then there was the failed managerial appointments - for which Nestor ultimately paid the price.
Ryan Mason
He was the man for a new era, a new 'project'. And it started so well. He seemed to have found a way to get Albion playing - but it soon fell off a cliff.
Late goals were the Achilles heel under Mason - which makes you question whether the players were fit enough.
The football was far from exciting and it didn't take long for fans to turn on the ex-Albion boss.
A lot of Mason's time can be put down to misfortune with those late goals - but the manager has to take some of the blame.
There were strange decisions, certainly defensively and then came the goalkeeping situation of dropping Josh Griffiths for Joe Wildsmith, which did cost Albion and Mason points.
There were and still are bigger problems than Mason - but he made mistakes that is for sure.
Eric Ramsay
The fact he was in charge for nine games says it all - but again, there are bigger issues at this club than Ramsay.
He tried to change it far too quickly, to put a stamp and an indentity on Albion before rightly changing it. Had Ramsay come in back in the summer, with time on his side, the story may have gone differently.
It hit rock bottom before it got any better - but by that time it was too late.
He was ever so slightly getting a tune out of Albion - but the damage was done.
He made mistakes and would no doubt hold his hands up - however, like with Mason, Albion have bigger problems.
Players
You can only control so much before they go over the white line - then it is down to the players, and they have failed so far this season, miserably.
This isn't a young, inexperienced team. This is a side with hundreds of Championship appearances, with promotions, with Premier League experience, but you wouldn't think it.
They have let the fans down and quite rightly they have faced questions about whether they are up for the fight and the battle.
In big games in recent months they have faltered and failed to handle the pressure, as Albion sides of recent years have done. Maybe it is a deeper rooted issue in the club.
They are the common denominator in the failings this season. As managers have come and gone, they are the constant but have consistently failed to step up.
They have to take the biggest slice of responsibility for this mess. And ultimately they are the only ones who can get Albion out of it.