Having decided against offering new contracts to those players whose deals ran out at the end of last season, Pearce has made three new signings to date and also decided that Rafik Djebbour is surplus to requirements.
Every other player on the books will be handed their opportunity to become part of the picture for 2014/15, Pearce telling the Nottingham Post this week: "I would like to give everyone the opportunity to impress me.
"At the end of that, we might look at one or two and say: 'I don't think there will be a lot of football here for you'."