Former West Ham boss Alan Pardew believes he deserved more time
at the helm of the Premiership strugglers prior to his sacking last
week.
Pardew was shown the door by new Hammers chairman Eggert Magnusson
seven days ago, but the sacked manager felt the move to replace him
with Alan Curbishley was too rash.
"I think I maybe deserved a bit more than that," Pardew told Sky
Sports News.
"He offered me 'mutual consent' but I wasn't going to accept that
because I thought I could turn things around."
However, despite his sacking, Pardew believes the Hammers are in
safe hands following the appointment of Curbishley.
"There are a lot of things that are going to work for Curbs at West
Ham," he continued.
"He's going to inherit a great squad, he's got money in the
transfer window and he's got Dean Ashton coming back."