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Stuart Pearce leaves Notts Forest

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Stuart Pearce: Nottingham Forest boss sacked, offered another role

Sunday 1st Jan 2015

Stuart Pearce has been sacked as manager of Championship side Nottingham Forest, but has been offered an alternative role at the club.
The 52-year-old took over last summer but a run of six defeats in seven games has ended his time in charge.
A former Forest captain and ex-England international, Pearce spent 12 years at the club as a player and had a brief spell as caretaker-manager in 1997.
Saturday's 1-0 home defeat by Millwall left Forest 12th in the table.
The club said in a statement that Pearce had been relieved of his role after "long discussions" with owner Fawaz Al Hasawi.
Forest added: "Mr Al Hasawi has offered Stuart an alternative role at the club, which he is currently considering."
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Danny Mills stands by criticism of Stuart Pearce
The pressure had been growing on Pearce after the club slipped from the top of the Championship to mid-table with a run of three wins in 23 matches.
A 2-0 home defeat by Sheffield Wednesday last month prompted Pearce to describe Forest's slump as the "hardest period of my management and coaching career".
The former left-back, nicknamed 'Psycho' because of his combative playing style, joined the East Midlands club from Coventry City in 1985 and went on to make 524 appearances.
Pearce, who won 78 England caps, went on to play for Newcastle, West Ham and Manchester City after leaving the club in 1997.

After a two-year spell as Manchester City manager from 2005, he took over as England Under-21 boss, a post he held until June 2013, and led Team GB at the 2012 Olympics.

His management style was recently criticised by former England defender Danny Mills, who worked under Pearce for a short time at Manchester City.


"After 10 games people work him out," said Mills. "He gets teams going but after a while, players aren't stupid, they're not naive and they start to suss him out. He doesn't have the depth of football ability to back it up.
"Actually, he is not a great coach, he's not a great tactician, he's not a great motivator and he struggles with big players who question his authority."

... Slade next please! Honestly can see us being stuck with him until at least the end of the season!

Forest just sacked Pearce according to Sky.

If Slade is not sacked next then there is something seriously wrong.

He's one of our own
He's one of our own
Stuart Pearce
He's one of our own


Remember their fans being very proud of that fact.....

Modern day football, although has done FA in his club management, groomed for England

Could Pearce do a job for us? He had a good start for Forrest. Surely he cant be worse than Uncle Fester!

Pearce isn't a very good manager.

Maybe not a decent manager but has a footballing brain, passion, and wears his heart on his sleeve something that out club and players are ckeary lacking

Replaced in a hour by dougie freedman

Replaced in a hour by dougie freedman

Laughable isn't it.

We're not feckin scared

Just saw that uncle Fester post
Priceless

Maybe not a decent manager but has a footballing brain, passion, and wears his heart on his sleeve something that out club and players are ckeary lacking

If that's all it takes why did forest sack him? Not good enough

Nottingham Forest have appointed Dougie Freedman as their new manager, just hours after announcing the departure of Stuart Pearce.

A run of just three wins in 23 matches has seen the Reds slip to just seven points from the relegation zone, and this has resulted in Pearce being sacked just six months into his tenure. The former City Ground captain, who remains a hugely popular figure at the club, has been offered an alternative role by chairman Fawaz Al Hasawi, although it is unclear if he has accepted.

Forest have wasted little time in appointing his successor, with an official club statement confirming the arrival of Freedman: “Dougie Freedman has taken over at The City Ground with immediate effect. Freedman, who played for the Reds between 1998-2000, has previous experience of managing in the Championship after spells with Crystal Palace and Bolton Wanderers.”

A former Scotland international, Freedman began his managerial career at Crystal Palace in January 2011, and led them from relegation trouble in his debut season and the semi-finals of the League Cup the following term. The 40-year-old was then poached by Bolton Wanderers, and guided them to the fringe of the playoffs before leaving by mutual consent in October last year.

His immediate job at Forest will be to lift the spirit of his new players, who suffered their latest defeat on Saturday when Millwall left the City Ground on the back of a 1-0 success. Freedman will take charge for the first time next weekend away at Brighton & Hove Albion, with his first home game coming four days later when second-bottom Wigan Athletic provide the opposition.