West Brom will offer James Shan chance to add two new faces to coaching staff

The Baggies have won three games in a row under Shan, equalling their best winning run of the season, and he is now likely to remain in the hot-seat.

Chief executive Mark Jenkins and technical director Luke Dowling are due to meet with Shan early in the week to discuss making additions to his team.

The board are planning to offer Shan a chance to bring in two coaches on a temporary basis until the end of the season in order to supplement what’s already in place.

Michael Appleton, Craig Shakespeare, Steven Reid and Kevin Phillips are all under consideration.

Shan is currently working with loans manager Deon Burton, under-23s boss Jamie Smith, and academy manager Mark Harrison.

But when Darren Moore was sacked, his two assistants, Graeme Jones and Wayne Jacobs, left with him.

Shan is already thinking about the next game, and went to Elland Road on Saturday to watch Millwall lose 3-2 to Leeds in preparation for Albion’s trip to The Den next weekend.

He admitted he’d already spoken to the board about bringing in an experienced coach to help out, particularly ahead of the pressurised environment of the play-offs.

"There's been a couple of conversations," said Shan. "There's a number of options.

"We could bring somebody in permanently, or we bring an experienced coach in with me to work alongside, or the potential to leave me be and have an experienced coach (under me).

"The coaching staff we have around me work diligently, albeit untested at first team level, but plenty of coaching experience.

"Coaching remains the same but the pressure of the game changes, the magnitude of that.

"If we were to get to the play-offs, to have somebody of experience in and around the building who has done it before can only be an aid.

"You ask any manager, he'll always want more coaching staff and more players, it makes things easier and you can cover more bases."

Albion shaved another point off the gap to the top two over the weekend, and are now six points off the automatic spots with seven games remaining. They are 12 points clear of seventh place.

After the Baggies beat Birmingham City 3-2 on Friday night, Sheffield United lost to Bristol City by the same scoreline on Saturday.

Jake Livermore, who thundered in the winning goal against Blues, heaped praise on Shan’s composure in the dressing room after a poor first half.

“Credit to Jimmy and his coaching staff at half-time,” said Livermore. “They kept us calm, kept us positive, showed us what we are doing well and we continue to do that. Some good play from the boys has got us through.”