By Steve Hermon, West Brom commentator for BBC Radio WM
It has been a dramatic 2026 for West Bromwich Albion and there’s a becoming sense of narrative that Eric Ramsay takes the reins simply hours after the Baggies have lastly ended their away woes on the soccer membership the place he earned his first skilled teaching function within the recreation.
His route into teaching started at Swansea after he stopped taking part in within the Welsh Premier League for Welshpool, close to to the place he grew up.
That call implies that whereas he is likely to be the identical age as predecessor Ryan Mason, he has racked up some helpful expertise at Swansea, Shrewsbury, Manchester United and Chelsea, which is the place he turned the youngest individual to attain their Uefa Professional License.
Regardless of curiosity from English golf equipment, he took the daring step of turning into a head coach within the MLS in 2024. He was tasked with teaching a Minnesota United squad that didn’t have the most important finances, and he bought them into the play-offs in his two seasons there.
He can be hoping to do precisely identical at Albion, maybe not this season, however definitely there would be the expectation to make a push for the highest six within the subsequent marketing campaign.
Some followers could have reservations that the membership has gone for one more younger head coach, however the cliché is that age is only a quantity and house owners Bilkul have praised his “important expertise” and “deep understanding” of English soccer.
They’ve additionally picked out his “depth, organisation, and flexibility”, and he’ll want all these expertise to assist make a direct influence and transfer this underperforming squad again in a constructive route.
