West Brom must have ex-Everton boss on radar if Eric Ramsay is sacked | OneFootball

While it may be tricky to pull off, Sean Dyche must be on West Brom’s radar to replace Eric Ramsay.

This upcoming week could be pivotal in the context of West Bromwich Albion’s season, with the club desperately needing points on the board to battle their way out of the relegation mire.

The Baggies’ 2-0 defeat at the hands of league leaders Coventry City last weekend meant boss Eric Ramsay is now winless from his opening eight matches in charge, with his future plunged into doubt.

TalkSPORT’s Alex Crook revealed that the Albion hierarchy are considering the Welshman's future, but he looks set to be given Tuesday evening’s home clash against Charlton Athletic to turn the tide.

A midweek meeting with the Addicks is followed by a trip to the Kassam Stadium to face off against relegation rivals Oxford United, with Albion’s Championship safety potentially hinging on the outcome of these two clashes.

But you also feel that if West Brom don’t secure three points in midweek, then they will be visiting Oxford on the search for a new boss, with Albion facing a massive stick or twist decision as the games begin to dwindle.

With 13 matches remaining of the Championship season, West Brom need to roll their sleeves up and show they’re up for the battle, but if they can’t, then a rather ambitious appointment could be all that is left to pursue in order to see them rise up the table.

West Brom should go all out to appoint Sean Dyche

Controlling shareholder Shilen Patel has badly dropped the ball with his management of the club this season, effectively throwing the Baggies towards the League One trapdoor through a series of baffling decisions.

Amidst the backdrop of continued financial difficulty, the West Brom hierarchy elected to go for two completely novice managers at this level, starting with Ryan Mason, who entered his first-ever managerial job having to deal with the sales of their two biggest talents in Torbjorn Heggem and Tom Fellows, to comply with P&S rules.

The particular sale of Fellows has scarred Albion all season, with the team suffering a startling lack of creativity, while Mason’s questionable team selections, poor in-game management and bizarre post-match comments saw him sacked after just six months in charge.

And now, Albion have Eric Ramsay, who, despite having a lot more coaching experience than his predecessor, is still completely inexperienced of managing at this level and has never been involved in the professional game outside a coaching position.

Meanwhile, his decision to enforce a back three on the players upon his arrival left confidence levels on the floor, which could be a reason as to why they don’t look like they want to break down walls for him.

And for the good of the club, he must go too, but provided Albion bring in an experienced set of hands, just to even give themselves a chance of retaining their Championship tag.

Now it’s fair to say, once again, at this stage of the season, options are very limited.

An appealing one would have been Gary Rowett. While it is unknown whether he would have been attracted to The Hawthorns, he was interested enough to jump back into management on the East side of the Midlands at Leicester City, with him now looking to leapfrog the Baggies and secure the Foxes their safety instead.

Calls have been made to take on the likes of Neil Warnock and Slaven Bilic in recent days, but the former may be too old to want to get back involved in the rough and tumble of the Championship, while his association with the ‘Battle of Bramall Lane’ would get that relationship with the supporters off to a rocky start.

With Bilic, he was a past boss who managed a completely different group of players at a completely different time, and could end up tarnishing his past legacy at The Hawthorns, much like Tony Mowbray did last season.

But one boss who could make his mark, should Albion be able to lure him to The Hawthorns, is Sean Dyche.

The 54-year-old is coming off the back of a dismissal by Premier League outfit Nottingham Forest, where he won six out of his 18 top-flight matches in charge and left the Reds three points above the relegation zone at the time of his departure.

But despite an underwhelming performance at the City Ground, the Baggies could use the opportunity of him being available to help get some grit back into what is a rudderless squad at the moment.

Crucially, Dyche has the experience of managing at Championship level. He has not worked in the second-tier of English football since 2016 with Burnley, but he has a track record of delivering success in the division after leading them to the title in that year.

Paired with then keeping the Clarets in the Premier League for five successive seasons, alongside his roles at Everton and Forest, all of that experience would make him a very appealing appointment and see West Brom land a real coup in their quest for survival.

While Dyche’s brand of football would be similar to Ramsay in terms of having less of the ball and not playing in the most glamorous style, he would find a way of getting the Baggies hard to beat, play players in their proper positions and give them a great chance of getting as many points on the board through sheer hard work and togetherness.

While Sean Dyche would be a brilliant appointment for West Brom to pull off, it will be tricky to persuade him to come to The Hawthorns.

For one, it could be far too soon for Dyche to even contemplate after just losing his job at Nottingham Forest.

After a turbulent time dealing with controversial owner Evangelos Marinakis, Dyche is most likely wanting to put his feet up and assess his options heading into next season, with the right opportunity likely to not arrive with just a few months remaining until the close of the 2025-26 campaign.

Meanwhile, would Dyche be prepared to risk losing his reputation completely? If he failed to keep West Brom in the Championship, he would be seen as a laughing stock and deemed not even fit to manage at that level, so it doesn’t seem to be a gamble worth taking on from his perspective, particularly when this Albion squad has consistently thrown many managers under the bus through abject performances and results.

This was echoed by FLW’s West Brom fan pundit, Callum Burgess too, who labelled the links to Dyche as “totally unrealistic”.

While some might say it’s ambitious, others will say it’s lunacy. Either way, West Brom are unlikely to hold the option of breaking the bank and going all out for Dyche.

But, right now, it seems like the only scenario that could save the Baggies, who are currently sprinting towards relegation through a number of diabolical decisions from upstairs.