We take a look at the favourites to become new West Brom manager, with Eric Ramsay sacked after 9 winless games in charge.
A 1-1 draw with Charlton on Tuesday night also sees the Baggies’ run of 10 league games without a win stretch to 10 games.
West Brom did manage to score a goal, having gone four Championship outings without doing so, George Campbell heading in at the back post to head from Alex Mowatt’s corner just before half time.
The hosts had chances to extend their lead, then Charlton made them pay on 70 minutes with Kayne Ramsay sending Lyndon Dykes through on goal and slotted the ball through the keeper’s legs to make it 1-1.
The result leaves the Baggies just one point above the drop zone, sitting 21st in the table, Charlton meanwhile sit 17th on 41 points from 34 games.
West Bromwich Albion have parted company with men’s first team Head Coach Eric Ramsay.
— West Bromwich Albion (@WBA) February 24, 2026
The club said in a statement: “West Bromwich Albion have parted company with men’s first team Head Coach Eric Ramsay.
“Assistant Head Coach Dennis Lawrence has also departed The Hawthorns.
“The club would like to place on record its thanks to Eric and Dennis and wishes them well for the future.
“First Team Coach James Morrison will oversee first-team affairs on an interim basis.”
FAVOURITES TO BECOME NEW WEST BROM MANAGER:
BetVictor – 25th Feb:
James Morrison – 2/1
Russell Martin – 5/1
Slaven Bilic – 6/1
Sean Dyche – 6/1
Ole Gunnar Solksjaer – 8/1
Lee Carsley – 10/1
Michael Skubala – 12/1
Will Still – 12/1
Ruud van Nistelrooy – 16/1
Darren Moore – 16/1
David Wagner – 16/1
Carlos Corberen – 20/1
Ralph Hasenhuttl – 20/1
Alex Neil – 20/1
In his final words as West Brom boss, after the draw against Charlton, Ramsay said: “I’m generally pleased with the level of competitiveness. I think if you look at the past four games, that is a team that is competitive with the full range of teams in this division.
“It’s tough because you take that game in isolation, and I don’t think it’s a major problem, but we’re at the stage of the season where we have to be ruthless, we have to step up, and we have to fight more. We’ve reached the point where we have to be ruthless in front of goal.
“Nobody in the dressing room is content with the point, content with dominating games because it’ as much about results as it is performances at the moment, and we haven’t been able to get over the line.
“I would never bill a game as must-win. I’m at peace with what is being controlled at the moment from my perspective and the coaching staff’s perspective. The time will come where we have to be decisive.”
He said, on his future: “The question around my job is not one that I can ever answer or even attempt to answer. I will only do what I can do over the course of a day and put my head on my pillow at night feeling like I’ve turned over every stone.
“I’m not saying that every button I’ve pushed has been the correct one; I’m not saying every setup that we’ve rolled out has been perfect, far from it. But, I can only feel that I’ve controlled what I can control, and I think today [Charlton] was a very obvious showing of that.”
Ramsay told BBC Radio WM:
“Absolutely it’s a game that we should have won and out of the three of the four games that we’ve drawn in the league recently, that’s the one that you’re looking at and feeling like we created good chances in open play.
“We had a lot of territory at the top of the opposition’s box and where we needed to convert that into more than a goal off a set-play we didn’t, and ultimately we put ourselves in a position where when the moment came that we did lack real decisiveness from a defensive perspective, we came unstuck and we find ourselves where we are.
“We only felt positive at half-time about the direction of travel of the game and I don’t think that was a problem in the opening stages of the second half.
“You felt like we’d be the team that would go on and score again and put the game to bed and we absolutely had to do that tonight.”
Here’s how fans reacted amid the favourites to become new West Brom manager, with Eric Ramsay sacked after 9 winless games…
@talkwba: What a sad sad decline this club has taken.
@EyaWeGew: Wasted game this evening now I’m even more pissed off. Just why wait! He should of gone after Coventry. Absolute waste of a game This evening ffs.
@Adam_Splinter_: I don’t blame Ramsey, I don’t blame Mason. This mess is on those above him. Shilen needs to get real football brains into this club fast to stop this already rapid decline.
@MB_WBAFC: Up there as the worst appointment ever in my eyes at our beloved club. Massively out of his depth but the players have a lot to answer for also. Bilkul get it right, WE NEED EXPERIENCE.
@paulknight1976: So tonight was a waste really, should have sacked him at the weekend and maybe just maybe they could have had a bit more impetus tonight rather than a limp draw
@aidennwba: Correct decision. Disaster of an appointment, no faith in Bilkul to replace correctly
@JonW1995: It was a poor decision to hire him in the first place, we were in a position for short term results, not a long term gamble. We didn’t improve in a single area, no player improved under him and he just had to go. I’m not convinced the next decision will be any smarter either.
@lukestokes84: Right decision wrong time and another game gone. The lack of urgency is mystifying and alarming. Do we know we are very likely to go down?? What next then – do we have a plan? Or do we expect another rookie in mozza to win matches? Get someone in and finish the job
@DexWBA__: Should have happened before this game. We’ve just thrown 2 points away. Mistake after mistake after mistake. Amateur stuff from so called businessmen. #WBA
@ItsSamson2: Can’t say I’m surprised. Shame but honestly… what a disaster. Who next? Who is going to be insane enough to take this job now? With all that we’ve seen since Masons sacking… if I was a manager of any self respect I wouldn’t be touching this job at all.
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