Psycho Quits-Forest Bound?

West Ham United have officially confirmed that Stuart Pearce has made the decision to step down from his role as First Team Coach. Pearce, or Psycho as he is more commonly known to fans said: “It is with a heavy heart that I have made this decision to leave West Ham United. It has been a pleasure and a privilege to work at the Club over the past two years, but I have decided that now is the right time to step away and pursue other opportunities and challenges. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank David Moyes, David Sullivan, David Gold and Karren Brady for giving me the opportunity to return to West Ham. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time here – the football club is united at all levels and that is very pleasing to see. It has been fantastic to work with the players and staff every day at Rush Green, a very special environment that I will miss greatly. I wish everyone at the Club all the very best for the future and will always have a special place in my heart for West Ham United.

The 60-year-old leaves the Club after two years on David Moyes’s coaching staff, during which time he has played a key role alongside Billy McKinlay, Kevin Nolan, Paul Nevin and Xavi Valero as the Hammers enjoyed sixth and seventh place finishes in the Premier League and secured European qualification in both seasons, he also played for the Irons back in the day when 'Arry was manager.

Pearce was NOT initially part of the coaching staff when David Moyes returned to the club following the sacking of Manuel Pellegrini, due to his 'too honest' appraisal of GSB during a Talksport broadcast of which he was a co-presenter, that 'overt crticism' seemed to have been forgiven but definitely NOT forgotten by the hierarchy!

The "I have decided that now is the right time to step away and pursue other opportunities and challenges" part of Psycho's leaving statement infers he already has something lined up, and our understanding is that he has been offered a role with Nottingham Forest, a club he represented with great honour from 1985-1997 and who are due to face Huddersfl in this Sunday's play off final at Wembley.

We have also heard that he has been offered a coaching job at Newcastle United, another club he played for. Where ever he ends up we wish him we, but worry about the loss of such a 'character' from the tight knit coaching staff, his 'upstairs' role was unique in that he spent the bulk of most games up in the rafters in order to give an 'aerial perspective' of what was going on in games, a technique and information that was deployed from the beginning of 'project restart', Psco WILL be missed! - LN