Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Alan Pardew's West Bromwich Albion future hangs by a thread after defeat to Huddersfield at toxic Hawthorns

The Baggies are rooted to the bottom of the table and lost at home to relegation rivals Huddersfield, a result that went down very poorly with supporters

Ed Malyon,Jack Watson
Saturday 24 February 2018 19:16 GMT
Comments
Albion fans told Pardew he'd be 'sacked in the morning' as West Brom lost again
Albion fans told Pardew he'd be 'sacked in the morning' as West Brom lost again (Getty)

Alan Pardew’s future as manager of West Bromwich Albion is dangles by a thread after his side’s latest defeat, a 2-1 home reverse against Huddersfield Town that leaves his team seven points adrift of safety and rooted to the bottom of the table.

Albion’s owners have already been considering potential replacements for Pardew, as revealed by The Independent earlier this week, and would have seen little at the Hawthorns to convince them to keep on the former Newcastle and Crystal Palace boss, with fans chastising both the players and Pardew as David Wagner’s side secured a vital away win.

“You’re not fit to wear the shirt” rained down from the stands before the locals loudly, angrily predicted Pardew would be “sacked in the morning.”

And the 56-year-old coach conceded: "There's no point me defending myself or defending my players. We've got to stand up.”

"At the moment we’ve got to kind of find a way, whichever way it is, to win a game and my job is to try and get ourselves up for next week and win away from home and that’s what we will try to do."

“This was our opportunity today to try and get us rolling. Of course we've let that slip.

"Unfortunately we can't wind the clock back and as much as I can say this or make excuses about that, we've lost a game against Huddersfield today.”

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in