Paddy Reilly, Director of Recruitment

[Jarpie]

I wonder if it was him, Tom Fox or Lerner who decided to hire Tactics Tim. He might be the worst manager we've had...I can't believe I say this but probably even worse than TSM 1 or 2, god forbid.

[Dave]

I wonder if it was him, Tom Fox or Lerner who decided to hire Tactics Tim. He might be the worst manager we've had...I can't believe I say this but probably even worse than TSM 1 or 2, god forbid.

Fox would be my guess. He was the one boasting about the "shortlist of one" after all.

[Richard E]

Fox seems to have been a big part of the problem- the new Lambert contract, Tim, Remi Garde, contracts with really low release clauses in them...

[curiousorange]

The only positive from Sherwood was reaching the FA Cup Final again. But given that was one of the lowest experiences of my life, maybe it's not a positive at all.

[Duncan Shaw]

The only positive from Sherwood was reaching the FA Cup Final again. But given that was one of the lowest experiences of my life, maybe it's not a positive at all.

Sigh...it was awful wasn't it.  A lot of people say at least we got there, and the semi was magnificent, but I'd rather have not got there than what we did that day.

[saunders_heroes]

The only positive from Sherwood was reaching the FA Cup Final again. But given that was one of the lowest experiences of my life, maybe it's not a positive at all.

He kept us up that season, let's not forget that.

[Tayls_7]

The only positive from Sherwood was reaching the FA Cup Final again. But given that was one of the lowest experiences of my life, maybe it's not a positive at all.

He kept us up that season, let's not forget that.

Defending Agbonlahor and Sherwood in a brace of posts. Way to go.

[saunders_heroes]

The only positive from Sherwood was reaching the FA Cup Final again. But given that was one of the lowest experiences of my life, maybe it's not a positive at all.

He kept us up that season, let's not forget that.

Defending Agbonlahor and Sherwood in a brace of posts. Way to go.

I was just gonna start an Eric Black tribute thread as well.   

[kippaxvilla2]

The only positive from Sherwood was reaching the FA Cup Final again. But given that was one of the lowest experiences of my life, maybe it's not a positive at all.

He kept us up that season, let's not forget that.

Defending Agbonlahor and Sherwood in a brace of posts. Way to go.

I was just gonna start an Eric Black tribute thread as well.   

To be fair, there were positives, four of them spring to mind.

1. The West Brom league win.
2. The West Brom FA Cup Quarter Final win.
3. The Semi Final Win Against Liverpool at 'The Anfield of the South' as quoted by the magnificent tactician Rodgers at the time.
4. Keeping us up.

[kippaxvilla2]

As for Eric Black, anyone questioning him hasn't had 25 years knowhow in football like he has.

[Tony Erdington]

I wonder if it was him, Tom Fox or Lerner who decided to hire Tactics Tim. He might be the worst manager we've had...I can't believe I say this but probably even worse than TSM 1 or 2, god forbid.

Fox would be my guess. He was the one boasting about the "shortlist of one" after all.

I thought Graham Turner and Billy Mcneil were quite special. come to think of it martin o'neil could join this group as well.

[Villafirst]

I wonder if it was him, Tom Fox or Lerner who decided to hire Tactics Tim. He might be the worst manager we've had...I can't believe I say this but probably even worse than TSM 1 or 2, god forbid.

Sherwood saved the club from relegation in 2015. That period from when he joined in February we played some entertaining attacking football, and got to the FA Cup final which nobody expected, so he deserves credit for that. What happened after was unfortunate. Losing Benteke, Delph, Vlaar and Cleverley didn't help coupled with player recruitment that he appeared to have little say in.

[N'ZMAV]

I think the club should have replaced Sherwood straight after the FA Cup final, that showing, and the one at Southampton showed me he was out of his depth when it came to changing a game.

[brian green]

The choice was Sherwood's.  He could have buckled down to the post cup final trauma and worked to rebuild player and fan morale.  Instead he chose to cover his own arse at every opportunity, using his mates in the media and in so doing gave free rein to the dressing room trouble makers while destabilising and resenting the new players coming to the club. Sherwood more than any other individual sowed the seeds of the humiliation that came after him.

[SheffieldVillain]

I wonder if it was him, Tom Fox or Lerner who decided to hire Tactics Tim. He might be the worst manager we've had...I can't believe I say this but probably even worse than TSM 1 or 2, god forbid.

Sherwood saved the club from relegation in 2015. That period from when he joined in February we played some entertaining attacking football, and got to the FA Cup final which nobody expected, so he deserves credit for that. What happened after was unfortunate. Losing Benteke, Delph, Vlaar and Cleverley didn't help coupled with player recruitment that he appeared to have little say in.

It's also unfortunate that when he did get a say, he said 'Richards', 'Lescott' and 'Gestede'.