Peacock leaves West Ham

It has been reported that Keith Peacock has left West Ham 'to spend more time with his family'. This ends a long working association with Alan Curbishley that I once saw as the subject of a feature item on Chinese television. I am sure that he would be very welcome at The Valley as a matchday host.

Charlton have been linked with Birmingham midfielder Neil Danns who played under Parkinson at Colchester. He scored lots of goals from midfield for Colchester but never really done made the grade at St.Andrews mainly due to a long injury. That sounds like a Charlton player.