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So IF we do not manage to sign Simon Cox do we have the players that can score enough goals to reach the play-off's ?

I think we do need another proven striker, while I think Corr will get goals at some stage a decision is going to be made on his back injury and he may be out of action for a while and I don't think we can rely on the others to consistently hit the back of the net.

I think we need to let Reading know we need an answer as we only have next week until the window for long term loans or perm deals closes and if we can't get Cox Malpas will need a couple of days to get someone else that is proven at this level...permanently hopefully

We still have Moses, Paynter, Blair and Corr and even Mohamed.

I'm not too worried about that to be honest.

Im more concerned about CM should we lose Peacock or Easton.

Mr Fitton said something about Cox last night, basically we'd love to have him but Reading asking stupid money.

I've got a feeling Ashikodi will come good for us.

I'd be more worried, because only 1 of those strikers is a genuine goal threat as far as I'm concerned - Barry Corr - and he has a bad back. (I'll discount Moses from that as I've not seen much of him)

Blair & paynter have had their moments, but they've also had some really dire games as well. Neither has a good goals to games ratio for us. 3 of Paynters came against the worst team performance I have ever seen

if we fail to land cox,i'd like to see the funds spent on another target that malpas has hopefully lined up as a second choice.maybe someone from north of the border?

wot arriba sed

if we don't get cox, it would be foolish not to look elsewhere. in fact i'd be a little concerned if we weren't already looking elsewhere!

If we can't get Cox, i don't want nobody baby, If we can't get Cox ohhh woah oh!

word.

corr's fitness is unproven, paynter's shit and sturrock's hardly prolific.

In a word a yes.

Corr and Paynter are good enough to get the goals.

also, I reckon if we dont sign Cox we'll go in for Fleetwood....

Fleetwood is waiting until his contract expires in the Summer.

If we don't get Cox during the transfer window there's no panic as we can still get a loan signing in if required.

I'd rather we didn't panic buy someone in on a long term deal (e.g. 2 years for Arrieta) and then find out they were crap.

I think if cox doesn't sign we need to try an attract someone else before the window closes without cox i fear the goals will be hard to come by.

It was obvious to anyone at  Barnet that we need some srikers,ime sure Cox wouldve won us the game with the chances we created.

It was obvious to anyone at  Barnet that we need some srikers,ime sure Cox wouldve won us the game with the chances we created.

 :mrgreen:

when paynter finally settles and gets his confidence back, he'll be prolific.
i agree with lady, CM is more worrying.

But we can only get short term loans (3 months at most) and of course IF we made it to the play-off's said striker may not be eligeble, so we need to be looking long term.

I suspect Reading will wait until 11.59pm on Friday to decide, I think it is wrong if a club makes an offer to make them wait a month for a response.....at least give a reply of perhaps yes we will accept unless in between times a better offer comes in but we will be waiting until x time to make a final decision.

Really hope we get Cox. Cant the plastics even come back and say yes/no/we are waiting till end Jan. Smacks of arrogance to me.

Good business sense more like Bart, you can't blame them for holding out.

I agree with Stroood, I reckon Paynter will get goals once he's given a run and gets his confidence back.  

No need to rush ny signings just because the transfer window's closing...

The only problem I have with Peacock is during our last League 1 play off season I wouldn't have had him (or Roberts) anywhere near our team, as he wasn't good enough.

We're supposed to be building a play off chasing squad and I'm not sure if having a player like Peacock in the first team really adds that much.

Having said that I think he'll make a decent squad man, but not week in week out first teamer, so can see why MM wants to offer him an extended deal.

Even though him and Roberts played regularly in a team who finished 2 places above us and in all honesty should have won the final?

Hmmm OK then.

Expertly put sir.

not in midfield though was it?

Peacock rather than Hewlett? Yes please.

Roberts rather than Igoe? Difficult, but I prefer Roberts.

In Cox you have a striker who is good enough for The Championship and a side looking to go to the next stage, for us to have any chance of finishing in the play-offs we need Cox or a player of his calibre upfront.
Paynter has had plenty of chances and scored only about 7 this season, 3 in one match, dont know how some of you can come close to comparing them in quality and finishing.
Paynter has been around the houses and will not improve any further than his standard at present.
Cox is hungry for success, young and sticks the ball in the back of the net.

Fitton show some ambition and go out and get Cox

Bid already made  :roll:

Agreed. Paynter had a woeful second half at Barnet and I'd have taken him off for Corr rather than Sturrock personally. We'd be playing Rovers tomorrow if we'd had Cox on the pitch on Tuesday.

I think if you ask city fans why they didn't go up that year they'd blame a couple of weak links.

I can honestly say that season Roberts and Peacock would not have been a welcome addition to our squad.

How some can criticise Igoe's input that year is beyond me.  Howard and Igoe ran certain sides ragged that year, Sheff Wed, Hull to name a couple.

The next season wasn;t so good, but our play off year some of our players were superb.  Roberts and Peacock have never come close to that kind of form.

If we'd had Peacock in midfield instead of Matty Hewlett we probably would have finished bloody second!!!

Our play off side had a very weak links itself.....

Would that have been the case with Corr and  Ashikodi up front and an on form Christian Roberts on the wing? I doubt it to be honest

Just goes to show that when you have a half decent midfield creating chances and a couple of fella's up front who know how to finish you have every chance of doing well in a loeague like this.

no way, are you sure?

scoring goals wins games. I've heard it all now.

Oh do fuck off DV.

igoe was better druing that play off season than roberts has been full stop.

more consistent as well. on his day igoe would rip the opposition to shreds, great player to watch - that side with migs, igoe and howard in the midfield and parkin up front was guaranteed fun.

zaaboub reminds me a little of howard in some respects, frustratingly inconsistent, simular build and a tendency to vanish during games

I'd say Howard was better on his day though

definitely, scored goals too which zaaboub doesn't!

i think spencer has said it many times before but king handled howard wrongly. he's excelled at barnsley but king couldn't get the best out of him here

Howard was miles better than Zaaboub.

Igoe was good, but no better than Roberts. He was just as inconsistent. I just don't get the slating of Roberts as he's been excellent this season.

King would have never got the best out of Howard, because being at Swindon meant he still lived in Southampton.

Moving up north saved his career!