Chris Lepkowski: Tony Mowbray made a mistake leaving West Brom

Dec 8 2009 by Chris Lepkowski

Chris Lepkowski will be live online at 1pm tomorrow. Feel free to chat about anything Baggies related at www.birminghammail.net/live

NOW isn’t the greatest time to be a former West Brom boss.

Gary Megson is clinging on to dear life at Bolton. Any manager who starts to blame disharmonious influences within the dressing room is heading one way. Bryan Robson finally found a job. In Thailand.

But it’s Tony Mowbray’s position, as the most recent custodian of the Baggies’ managerial office, that intrigues me more.

Mowbray was warned about the pitfalls of joining Celtic.

There’s the obvious issue of managing an SPL club at a time when Scottish football couldn’t be at a lower ebb.

Mowbray was torn between his loyalty to Albion and the lure of managing what is a well-known ‘brand’ on a worldwide basis.

Continued...