'A big decision for Albion': West Brom fans on Corberan's departure and what next

11 months ago

Jonny Drury caught up with West Brom fans to discuss Carlos Corberan's departure and who they want to succeed the Spaniard at The Hawthorns.

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00:00I'm here at Pride Park catching up with some Albion fans about their panic last few days

00:13as Carlos Corberan departs, Albion and the search is on for a new manager. Guys, first

00:18of all, a bit of a bad early Christmas present. What have you made of the departure of Corberan?

00:24Just sum up how you've been feeling over the last few days.

00:26Like he says, the timing's a bit off. Welcome Christmas day. I thought, oh, Merry Christmas.

00:33It's sad. He's done really well. Sad to see him go, but, you know, these things happen.

00:40Going back to his home town, I hear. So, you know, good luck to him. We just need to move

00:46on now and get the right person in to take forward what he's carried on. Just carry on

00:51now, really. I don't know. I'm really thought about it. What do you reckon?

00:55No, well, Merry Christmas, first of all. But what I'd say is, personally, I'm not surprised

00:59by Carlos Corberan going. He did really, really good for us. But the chance of Valencia comes

01:04up, it's not a surprise that he's going to go. And I think for me, I was saying to you

01:07just a minute ago, I think Isabela's still here at the moment. And it wouldn't be a surprise,

01:11because I've seen on the sidelines quite a lot of giving instructions to players, if

01:14he's given them many games. And if he does well, he could maybe even get to the job.

01:17That's what my opinion is. But I hope he doesn't go for the enormous mark while being

01:21I don't mind those managers, but rather Albin going on different...

01:24I mean, I'd test where Malgre is on his situation.

01:27I was going to say that. I was going to say that at that moment.

01:29If he's fit, I'd definitely get Malgre back down here.

01:32A little bit gutted, to be honest with you. Really disappointed that he's gone. But, you

01:37know, onwards and upwards, really. We've just got to see who we get in charge and see what

01:41can happen.

01:42Yeah, we've just been talking about the squad, because his players are starting to come in

01:45now. And now he's left us. He's going to have to be a different manager with someone else's

01:49squad. So hopefully January can be a big one. It'll be very important.

01:53Yeah, so I believe we can do well. But without Corbyn, I think it's going to be a bit of

01:59a drag show. I think I'm going to miss him, definitely. Definitely going to miss him.

02:05Well, I find he's caught in a marshal day, to be perfectly honest with you. Because he's

02:10probably the first manager in my 40 years, and I tweeted this, that I've probably had

02:14as my hero. I've had many players as my hero.

02:16So, of all the managers we've had, Gavin Megson, Scottie Mowbray, he's done fantastic

02:20jobs and created fantastic memories. Carlos is probably the first one, I think because

02:25of what he did with the club and the position it was. You know, we'd get to bed at night

02:30wondering if we had a football club. And Carlos Cromwell, I can't get my words out, Carlos

02:34Cromwell was the comfort blanket. And he led this club through some very worrying times

02:40indeed. And while we was a mess off the pitch, he still made us a success on the pitch, given

02:45when he came in he got us out of the bottom three, obviously nearly achieved the playoffs

02:49in his first season, second season we achieved the playoffs. And here we are today, where

02:53are we? 7th of June, 6th, in a playoffs position. I think that speaks volumes on the back of

03:00all the financial problems, didn't have a lot of money to spend. So I think he's done

03:06an unbelievable job and I'm absolutely gutted, wounded, whatever words you want to use, that

03:10he's departed from the football club.

03:11What's going to be my next question? You know, there's been a lot of speculation and there

03:14will be. We don't know how long it's going to take. Obviously there's the three-pronged

03:17management team in charge at the moment. You know, who stands out for you from the names

03:22kind of circulated at the moment? Who would you kind of like to see?

03:26I would say Bovri. I don't think I'd go with Milic just because he's been here before and

03:33he's sort of dropped off at the end.

03:36Mark Robbins?

03:38I think it might be Mark Robbins or Steve Pippers, but I think it's going to be different

03:41maybe, but probably Bovri, I'd say. I've done some of the reds, some of the blues, but I

03:45don't know.

03:46Or an assistant or something?

03:48Oh, I don't know how much truth is in that. My war one is a different manager. Someone

03:52completely out of the blue that you feel has taken a bit of a gamble on him for some reason.

03:55It's a bit different.

03:56Yeah, who do you reckon?

03:57I mean, Corin's worked once, so he might as well try it again, you know. Maybe, what,

04:01a Croatian bloke?

04:03Oh, I'd say one of those.

04:05Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, like I say, he's gone and we just need to put it right now and just

04:12keep the good work going, what he's done, just keep it going then and not, you know,

04:17have no confidence, keep going forwards.

04:19Well, there's a few, but I think a few are out of our range with wages, like Graham Potter,

04:25David Moyes, etc. I think anyone who wants to come in needs to just be good and strong

04:30and just give their best, really.

04:32It just needs to be someone ready to take a challenge, like Corbyn did when he first

04:36came in, someone who's just ready to knuckle down and get on with what he's got.

04:40Well, really, some of the two or so things are going on now. Some of the two, well, maybe

04:45Graham Potter. You never know. So, fingers crossed. Let's hope things go well anyway.

04:52Brilliant.

04:54Do you know something? I've been that gutted. I haven't had time to think about it. On top

04:57of my head, I know people say, oh, you've got no chance, no chance. I think it'd be

05:01a miss if I was in charge of Football Club, but not least, to pick up the phone to Graham

05:05Potter, even if it's just to say, you know, I think. So, that wouldn't be for me.

05:10On the candidates, obviously, I'm not privy to abroad and all the rest of it. Steve Cooper

05:14seems a real good candidate for me. A proper coach, pretty much like Carlos, done a great

05:18job with him in the 21s. Obviously, the job he did at Forest speaks volumes. I don't think

05:23Leicester are any better for his departure. So, as he speaks, I'll probably be Steve Cooper.

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