He is sympathetic with the board's plight in finding the right man but says as long as something is done in time for pre-season, which is still a month away, the matter will be resolved to everyone's satisfaction.
"If you are wanted then all well and good, and if not you have to look to other pastures.
"It's a case for every player of waiting to see who it is, which is what I will do.
"Then, when I know what next season holds for me, I will take it from there and see what happens."
But his response as to whether he is worried about his future is typically disarming: "It's not a worry to me at the age of 37!"
He understands the board taking their time to get the right man and adds: "The talk at the moment is about who is going to be the new manager and nobody seems to know right now, but when that is sorted out I think everything will start moving in the right direction again.
"We need to get someone in place really for the start of pre-season, because when you go into that not knowing who is going to be the manager you can have a few difficulties.
"You need to work on a game plan; you can't just throw everything together and hope it works.
"It's going to be interesting to see because I'm not sure what direction they are looking at at the moment, whether it's going to be for a new young manager or to a more experienced manager; I'm as mystified as the fans are."
But Nigel himself favours a more youthful manager and says: "A new younger manager with new ideas can lighten up the club again.
"But let's not forget that Harry took the club a long way and it just needs taking on a little bit further.
"Maybe they thought that a young manager could do that but new managers are in demand these days - there aren't many about."
Nigel says that Harry's style was unique and adds: "Harry was probably similar to Dave Bassett in a way but Arsene Wenger and George Graham were completely different managers to Harry.
"But everyone has got their own ideas about what they should do and there is not really a right or wrong for anybody.
"But football is moving on to a different direction; there are new ideas in the game and they will keep appearing and people will follow them if they see success is coming from it.
"Obviously Glenn Roeder knows the set up so he is going to fancy the job if he is offered it; but I'm waiting to see who it is and then going in to pre-season."
He agrees with Glenn's assertion that even senior players can improve and adds: "I've always said that if I've got nothing to learn in football then that is the time to pack in.
"None of us are perfect and I'm sure I can learn from the new manager."
Of his response to Harry's departure, he says: "I was shocked; it came completely out of the blue, it was a difficult time for everybody and I think Harry just decided that he couldn't work probably under the conditions he was given.
"It is still a big shock because of the time it has taken to get a new manager.
"I'm guessing that West Ham are looking at everybody that is available and are trying to sort out a new manager as soon as possible."
Although his former boss George Graham was mentioned by the bookies he was never really a contender and Nigel comments: "I think George Graham's record over the years proves itself but obviously he might not be the right manager for West Ham otherwise I'm sure they would have appointed him by now."
And he knows that there are no easy options when it comes to finding someone with a West Ham pedigree now that Alan Curbishley has signed an extended deal, as predicted, at Charlton. "I think they would have hoped to have got someone like that," he says, "but I think those possibilities are dwindling away."
The notion that Harry may have acted in haste has been raise by the man himself, who admitted that he may have been 'stubborn' but Nigel counters: "At the end of the day you have to stand by the decisions you make even if you regret them; Harry may have acted a little bit hastily, but we don't really know what did go on in that meeting.
"But he has made that decision, and it's not just Harry but the chairman that has got to stand by it as well and now the fans are looking to the chairman and the board to move things more forward.
"He was a character and he did his management in his own way; he's probably a dying breed and it will be interesting to see what happens next season.
"I was stimulated at Arsenal under Arsene Wenger and enjoyed my first year at West Ham."
He concludes that the new man will have plenty of transfer activity to contend with, saying: "We've lost the players we had on loan and Frank is leaving as well.
"So there is a lot of uncertainty at the moment - but it will be cleared up."