West Brom Sack Manager Irvine
West Brom have sacked head coach Alan Irvine less than seven months after he was given the
job.
Saturday's defeat at Stoke left Albion just a point
clear of the bottom three halfway through the
Premier League season having won just four
games.
And Irvine, a shock appointment when he
succeeded Pepe Mel in the summer, has paid the
price for a run of seven defeats in nine matches.
Coaches Rob Kelly and Keith Downing will take
charge for the trip to West Ham on New Year's
Day.
Irvine had been without a boss' job for three-and-
a-half years when Albion chose him to work
alongside director of football Richard Garlick and
technical director Terry Burton.
An Albion statement said Irvine had been placed
on gardening leave, and Burton said:
“We appointed Alan in the summer convinced that we had taken on one of the foremost coaches in the
UK and nothing that has happened since then has altered our view.
The individual progress of our
players such as Craig Dawson and Saido Berahino are testament to that."
But sadly that simply has not translated into results and they remain the ultimate currency of Alan’s position.
Securing a sixth season in the
Premier League is the overriding target and sometimes unpleasant decisions have to be taken
to serve that imperative.
"Alan has impressed everyone with his manner, dedication and diligence but he knows that results have simply not been good enough.
We place on record our gratitude for his efforts and hold nothing but good wishes for his future
endeavours. This was a decision taken with regret
but sadly driven by necessity.”
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