West Bromwich Albion have parted firm with first-team head coach Eric Ramsay after somewhat over six weeks in control of the struggling Championship membership.
A 1-1 draw at house to Charlton Athletic on Tuesday stretched West Brom’s winless run to 9 video games in all competitions beneath Ramsay and noticed the previous Minnesota United supervisor’s tenure on the membership curtailed. Assistant head coach Dennis Lawrence has additionally departed The Hawthorns.
Ramsay was appointed in mid-January on a two-and-a-half-year contract following Ryan Mason’s dismissal with West Brom languishing 18th within the second tier. The former Manchester United coach got here extremely regarded having impressed in MLS, the place he led Minnesota United to back-to-back Conference play-off semi-finals and took the group to fourth within the Western Conference final season.
Yet his appointment didn’t have the specified impact at West Brom, who’ve slipped additional in direction of hassle within the interval since.
He noticed his facet crushed 3-2 by Middlesbrough in his first sport in cost, and capitulate 5-0 to Norwich City in his second — the membership’s heaviest house defeat exterior the highest flight. Indeed, George Campbell’s opener towards Charlton on Tuesday was the one time they even led in a sport beneath the 34-year-old.
Charlton duly equalised within the second half by way of Lyndon Dykes to depart West Brom with out a league win in 10, stretching again to December 29. They sit twenty first within the division, a degree away from Leicester City who occupy the third of the relegation locations.
“The question around my job and the future is never one I can ever answer or attempt to answer,” Ramsay instructed BBC Radio West Midlands after the sport at The Hawthorns, earlier than affirmation of his sacking had been delivered. “I can only do what I can do over the course of a day and put my head on the pillow at night feeling I’ve turned over every stone.
“I’m not saying I’m blameless — I can only feel I’ve controlled what I can control.”
First-team coach James Morrison will oversee the group on an interim foundation whereas the membership look to make their fourth everlasting appointment within the final 14 months to steer them away from hassle.