West Brom: Parker can unlock Gardner-Hickman

West Bromwich Albion have been seen loads of names swirl across the hearsay mill since final week’s dismissal of Steve Bruce, with there being so many that each model of supervisor has been linked.

Nevertheless, the overwhelming theme of nearly all of candidates is each their age and philosophy, which largely appear to align.

Would you be blissful if WBA appointed Scott Parker?

Excluding the 2 apparent anomalies in Chris Wilder and Sean Dyche, who had been all the time going to be linked to this place, names reminiscent of Russell Martin, Carlos Corberan, Rob Edwards and Steven Schumacher all boast wildly completely different profiles from the aforementioned two.

They’re tactically adept, take pleasure in enjoying a fluid model of soccer, have youth on their facet and have far much less expertise than Dyche and Wilder.

One man who manages to mix extra of a mix of the 2 is Scott Parker, who regardless of nonetheless solely being within the embryonic phases of his managerial profession has already overseen the promotion of two Championship golf equipment.

His first success got here with Fulham, the place the 42-year-old took them up however then struggled to keep up their top-flight standing.

Then simply final season he did the same with AFC Bournemouth however was not given a correct likelihood to maintain them up.

For a facet that’s solely purpose is to make sure promotion, to nominate somebody like Parker who has a monitor file but does so with type could possibly be a masterstroke.

Particularly with among the expertise they’ve at their disposal, most notably Taylor Gardner-Hickman.

Simply final weekend he proved what he may do when handed a begin in his favoured midfield place, following months of being compelled to plug gaps by Bruce.

A goal and an assist in a 2-0 win over Studying marked their first victory in eight matches, as he outlined his inventive qualities.

With the best way Parker usually likes to play, with a single-pivoted 4-3-3, the 20-year-old may excel in both of the extra superior central midfield roles resulting from his obvious versatility.

It was a waste to place a participant who Richard Beale claims “brings energy” within the again 4, and already the tweak is seeing everybody reap the rewards.

If Parker is to take the job, his first motion should be handy the teenager a spot in his midfield. Ought to he begin to actually unlock his potential, it could possibly be a dream for West Brom as an academy graduate doubtlessly fires them again to the Premier League.