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"Megson quits the Brom"

Well, not yet, but come end of season Gary Megson has said he will leave West Brom as his contract expires. This news comes after "bad relations" being rumoured between Megson and the WBA chairman.

Personally I think he's a top manager, and someone is sure to snap him up in Div 1 or above. Southampton? I think it'd work.

Pro Evo wrote:
> Possible Southhamptom target now?

As I indicated in my original post, it think it's gunna happen.

everybody is linked to southampton... except me.

actually, who has martin o'neill been linked to this season. and also gordon strachan, they are always "up" for premeirship jobs, even though celtic dont want martin to leave. 'gers do though

From what I understand Megson has done a lot for the club up until this season... who would they replace him with? I agree that Bobby Robson wouldn't take the position. Bryan Robson should just get out of football, maybe manage an under 10's local team and see how he gets on...and work back from there.

Terry Venables maybe? Last I heard he wasn't managing anyone, and he saved Middlesbrough from an extremely large crisis.

Whatever happened to Phil Thompson (the #2 at Liverpool)? He did well while Houllier was in hospital...

Tis a shame, he did wonders with little resources to hand, WBA will be worse off without him and i think this will probably be a factor in sending them down again this year

Well, the truth is, you can't expect any manager to maintain a positive mental attitude amongst his team when he announces he will not be renewing his time in-charge at the end of the current campaign, whether he even gains the offer of a new contract in-time or not.

For many players - especially the youngsters - it can really hit their morale and ambition for the season, very hard.

If the manager himself is showing a great lack in commitment to his job and this club, what are his players supposed to make of it all?


I still believe this is what hit Newcastle early in the season. When we heard publicly he would be joining Alan Shearer in bidding farewell to the club he truly loves, everyone's heads sunk, including his own.

And I believe a similar thing has gone on with Sir Alex Ferguson at Man United with his on-off retirement. Though, after a few rough years, things haven't quite turned out as bad as they could for someone like West Brom... Then again, it must be rock-hard to knock a Treble-winning team down! ;)

(Off the subject here, I'm quite surprised he hasn't been tipped recently as one of the possible candidates to replace Berti Vogts when he's sacked very soon, given that it's all so different at Old Trafford nowadays...)