Former England defender Danny Mills has hit out at Nottingham Forest manager Stuart Pearce, claiming that he is "not a great coach, not a great tactician and not a great motivator".

Pearce took charge of Forest in July but the club continues to slip down the Championship table, despite having had a positive start.

Mills criticised the former Manchester City coach and believes that players "work him out" after a couple of games.

"Pearce always starts well but goes off the boil. He is very predictable. After 10 games people work him out," Mills told BBC Sport.

"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."

Pearce's future has repeatedly come into question as of late, but the former England international is hoping for more time at Forest.