{"id":361761,"date":"2026-01-09T23:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/361761\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T23:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:36:07","slug":"ryan-mason-james-morrison-says-west-bromwich-albion-coaches-share-some-of-the-blame-for-sacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/361761\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Mason: James Morrison says West Bromwich Albion coaches share some of the blame for sacking"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Bromwich Albion interim head coach James Morrison says all the coaching staff at the club feel some responsibility for Ryan Mason’s sacking.<\/p>\n

The former Baggies midfielder has been put back in temporary charge following Mason’s dismissal three days ago<\/a> – a role he filled at the end of last season when Tony Mowbray was sacked.<\/p>\n

Former Tottenham coach Mason, 34, won only nine of his 27 games in charge and lost his job after a 10th away defeat in a row at Leicester City left the club seven points clear of the Championship relegation zone.<\/p>\n

“Obviously my emotions are for Ryan – we had a connection and worked together for a period of time and I thought he was a top man and top coach so, on that front, I’m disappointed,” Morrison, 39, told BBC Radio WM.<\/p>\n

“But I understand football is a results business and I look forward to representing the football club as best as I can.”<\/p>\n

Asked whether the rest of the staff feel conflicted over Mason’s exit given their role in his set-up, Morrison said: “Yes, 100%.”<\/p>\n

He added: “I’ve been connected to this club for a long time and want the best for it. <\/p>\n

“We’re always working every day to reach that goal and when it doesn’t happen you take it [a sacking] with you.<\/p>\n

“You need a bit of luck. Sometimes you get it, sometimes you don’t.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Bromwich Albion interim head coach James Morrison says all the coaching staff at the club feel some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-361761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}