New West Ham United assistant coach Stuart Pearce says silverware should be a target for next season.

Pearce returned to the Irons last week.

He told the club's website: "I think silverware should always be in your eye-line. I'm old enough to remember West Ham's runs in the FA Cup. I played against West Ham in semi-finals. We need to get to the latter stages of the cup competitions for a start, and we need to make sure that we maximise our ability and level of consistency to get a good Premier League finish.

"It would be folly for anybody to turn around and say 'good is this and bad is that' – the Premier League's very unforgiving - but what you've got to do is finish as high as you possibly can and not be content with that.

"I think that's vital for any football club; whatever you post in any given season, you can't be content with it. You've got to build on it and you've got to keep looking forward and get stronger year on year."