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da betway： Whether or not Jimmy Shan gets the permanent reins at the Hawthorns next season, there is no denying the tremendous job he’s done at West Brom.
Thrusted into a situation where the adored Darren Moore was sacked, he helped stabilise the club and nearly oversaw their instant promotion back to the Premier League.
Shan is guaranteed a role at the club next season and rightly so. His commitment and dedication to Albion cannot be questioned.
Given the players at his disposal and the red cards the Baggies received in the last couple of games, he didn’t have much to work with. However, one of the key parts of his philosophy backfired massively last Tuesday evening.
On the chalkboard
West Brom’s caretaker boss spent four years as the club’s U23 manager between 2014 and 2018, a role which enabled Albion to produce some fine youth players.
Their academy has been heralded for a while now, even if a number of their stars continue to depart. Shan’s strength therefore clearly lies with younger players and his philosophy of bringing through talented individuals is something the Baggies need to carry on implementing in the years to come.
However, it was this policy that came back to bite Shan and the team in their semi-final play-off defeat to Aston Villa.
The 40-year-old hasn’t got his team selections wrong on too many occasions but on Tuesday provided evidence that he can get things wrong.
The young players he chose to field in his squad simply didn’t cut it and when West Brom needed commitment and dedication late on, the likes of Jonathan Leko and Rekeem Harper didn’t provide that.
West Brom’s manager is often a brilliant decision maker when it comes to young players but on this occasion that was far from the case.
Harper’s attitude has been questionable for a while now as the 19-year-old is still yet to sign a new deal and this was all the evidence needed that he shouldn’t actually be given new terms.
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Rather than opting for Harper and Leko, Sam Field and Kyle Edwards would have been far better bets. Field has shown evidence of fight this season whilst the latter has been impressive during the rare first-team opportunities he’s been afforded.
On this occasion, Shan got it wrong. But if one consolation can be taken from the defeat, it’s that they now know they can afford to get rid of Harper.