West Brom hero John Wile believes the fans want a manager whose football is entertaining.
The Baggies are seeking a new coach after the dismissal of Tony Pulis on Monday.
Wile told the Express & Star: “It is an entertainment business.
“Yes everybody knows the implications of going out of the Premier League but you have to have some enjoyment, you're paying money to be entertained.
“I'll be honest, not one of the performances this season has entertained me to say I must go back there next week.
"You have got to at least show some desire to entertain. For whatever reason, Tony never got off base one.
“Like the majority of the supporters I would like to see a manager with a bit of an attacking philosophy.
“They've had three years of watching a team set up with more defensive players than attacking players; and I think that balance is wrong.
“Supporters want to see a bit more forward momentum, more pace, and the willingness to try and score goals.
“It used to be when I played the team that scored the most goals won."
Meanwhile, interim manager Gary Megson believes the players were growing tired of Pulis' message.
Megson insists players and their manager usually last a period of three years together.
"I was talking to Tony the week before last," started Megson. "I was a player with Jack Charlton, I got on great with him.
"He said to me at Newcastle, if ever you go into management it's three years. The first year, you say jump, everybody jumps. The second year you say jump, they say how high? The third year you say jump, they say we've been doing that for two years.
"It becomes the norm and you become the victim of your own success and it becomes more and more difficult. Once you've been at any football club for a while it does get harder and harder.
"I think Alex Ferguson said you need to keep refreshing and changing the players. People like (Arsene) Wenger and Ferguson deserve enormous amounts of credit because staying at football clubs for that long is unbelievable."