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When it comes to word association Football Daily immediately links West Bromwich Albion with Adrian Chiles, due in no small part to the avuncular broadcaster and star Big Website columnist being one of the Baggies’ more famous high priests of pessimism. Upon hearing that his struggling club had dispensed with the services of yet another head coach, we checked in to make sure the man we don’t know well enough to call “Chilesey” hadn’t taken it upon himself to sally forth to the Hawthorns and run amok with the new yellow power tool he recently bought in order to “address lifelong self-esteem issues” through the medium of DIY. We’re happy to report that, at the time of writing, the famous old ground’s Smethwick End is still standing and bears no resemblance to a colander.
“West Bromwich Albion have parted company with men’s first team head coach Eric Ramsay,” boing-boinged a club statement in the wake of Tuesday’s turgid draw with Charlton that leaves the Baggies in all sorts of relegation bother. “Assistant head coach Dennis Lawrence has also departed the Hawthorns.” Ramsay, a Systems Guy who had previously worked at Manchester United, arrived from Minnesota United with a CV choc-full of modern methodology and MLS buzzwords. He lasted just 44 days and won none of his nine games in charge. “The question around my job and the future is never one I can ever answer or attempt to answer,” he told the BBC, minutes before before the club hierarchy provided a definitive response via the medium of a P45, a cardboard box and a security escort off the premises.
