‘Slaven Bilic’ – Who should replace Valerien Ismael if West Brom sack him? The verdict

This article is part of Football League World’s ‘The Verdict‘ series, which provides personal opinions from the FLW writers regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more…

Valerien Ismael’s future at West Brom is looking increasingly in doubt after picking up just five points from their last seven Championship matches. 

The Baggies currently find themselves at risk of dropping out of the play-off picture altogether at this current rate, with Ismael’s lack of ‘Plan B’ certainly contributing to the concerns amongst the support.

The Express & Star have reported that the Baggies hierarchy are pondering over the future of Ismael, with a large chunk of the season left to play.

West Brom are eight points from the automatic promotion positions but will be looking over their shoulder as a result of current form.

Three of our writers here at FLW have shared their thoughts regarding who the next Baggies manager could be, if West Brom are to part company with Ismael…

Alfie Burns

I’ve mentioned elsewhere that I feel the lack of standout candidates floating around would tempt me to stick by Ismael, but that doesn’t seem like it will be the club’s view.

The more Middlesbrough motor on under Chris Wilder, the more I think that West Brom made a serious mistake not bringing him in when they had the opportunity.

That ship has sailed and there isn’t anyone that jumps out as an obvious candidate to replace Ismael, which is obviously a bit of a worry.

West Brom might go with an internal appointment, as they did back in 2018/19 in the Championship, just to tide them through until the end of the season.

You feel the summer will present a better opportunity to land a more suited appointment.

Marcus