West Brom: Fresh claim emerges on Steve Bruce's Hawthorns future

Steve Bruce losing his job as West Brom manager before the end of the season can’t be completely ruled out, according to former Baggies midfielder Carlton Palmer.

Despite a recent upturn in results, Bruce has endured a difficult start to life in the Hawthorns hotseat.

Until recently, the 61-year-old had been having a torrid time of things since he replaced Valerien Ismael in the dugout.

In his first five Championship fixtures in charge, the Baggies collected just one point from a possible 15 available and had only one goal to show for their efforts.

As a result, the pressure increased on Bruce, whose side were quickly playing themselves out of top six contention having previously been challenging for automatic promotion.

However, any concerns over his short-term future have eased following some impressive recent results.

Firstly, Bruce guided West Brom to their first victory of his reign against Hull last month, before they collected four points from home games against Huddersfield and Fulham. The latter was a 1-0 win and arguably their finest result of the campaign courtesy of Callum Robinson’s late strike.

But West Brom are only an outside bet to gain a ticket to the play-offs, and Palmer has therefore not ruled out Bruce being sacked before the campaign finishes.

When asked whether Bruce could be sacked before the end of this season, Palmer told GIVEMESPORT: “You never know, in football, you never know.”

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Results and performances against Huddersfield and Fulham will give West Brom belief that they can go on a winning run and sneak into the play-offs.

If the Baggies replicate those type of displays more often than not,