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Can't see him coming back here, but he is just what we need.
Like Fitton's comments near the end of the article.

http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/headlines/4695517.Door_always_open_for_Cox__says_Fitton/

get it done fitton!!!

I imagine the "We might teach him bad habits - like goal-scoring.” comment won't help our chances very much :)

The problem with the idea of a return to the club  is it would be seen as a failure by West Brom and by Cox...a very public admission that, even though it's very early days, things are not panning out as they had hoped.

I feel sorry for him.  He is suffering the consequences of having joined a very good club.  Maybe a club somewhat lower down the Championship pecking order would have suited him better.  Reading, for example - a move back there could have worked really well for him, for a lot of reasons.  At the back of his mind, I'm sure he's also now considering the implications of what may happen if West Brom are promoted at the end of this season.  If they are - and it's looking a distinct possibility - it becomes even harder to see any sort of future for him there.

I think that the fact he might be going to Watford on loan is what might be angering Fitton. Fitton said on Tuesday night that it would be a very long time before they deal with Watford after what happened with Theo Robinson over the summer.

It would be good to see how Cox's impact on a team which is doing well

Completely irrelevant. We sold Cox, we have no say in his future. Watford aren't in our league.

If Fitton can't stand the sight of the people at Watford he would need to deal with (purely speculation, of course) then I think it makes it very relevant.

Maybe I'm missing something here, but if West Brom are proposing to loan Cox to Watford, then any contact is between West Brom and Watford. If we want to propose him coming back here as an alternative, surely we do that by talking to West Brom, not Watford? So why would Fitton need to deal with Watford at all?

I think he's just saying he would prefer he went somewhere other than watford, im sure he i aware theres nothing he can do about it.

I think he has done what he can by talking to Cox direct. Coxy will know he can come back & if he wants too will no doubt get on to his Manager about it

I was responding to Ardiles, not Fitton. I don't think Fitton's suggested anything of the sort.

I think it's important to remember that Cox wasn't really signed by Roberto Di Matteo but by their chairman.

It's all well and good Di Matteo saying "yeah whatever sign him" but he cannot be too keen on him because he tends to pick the other sub striker over him, unless Cox has been sulking behind the scenes.

Pah, I'd rather start Charlie Austin than Cox.

I tend to agree with what Fitton is saying regarding his playing position, in that it seems strange that if he's to go out on loan, they want the loan club to play him in a position that's not upfront,  seems very odd to me unless they don't see him as having a future as a striker.  

Considering the amount of goals he scores, that seems very strange, also seems a bit odd his parent club insisting where he plays. (that's the way i read it anyway)

Maybe this is common unsure, if this is the case, maybe Bolton are saying play Tope on the wing, I see no other reason for it cos he's crap there.

Are you on strike?

But Cox played in midfield in Readings Reserves before he joined us?

Any club that plays Cox in a position other than a striker has about as much tactical nous as Maurice Malpas.

I woud be great if Coxy came back to us even if it was on a short loan deal because he would bring such a lift the current team including Billy Paynter.  Of course if you read the comments page on the Adver forum the players all hated him.

I can't see it happening somehow, you would imagine that for the moment Cox will be wanting to fight for his place, if he comes back here he has nothing to prove as he has done it, if he goes on loan to a L1 club then yes it may be us, but I would imagine that Cox would prefer going on loan to a championship team to prove to WBA and himself that he can cut it at that level.

And that assumes that we can afford what WBA pay him

If we are asked to pay his wages then there is 0 chance of him coming back.

Otherwise, we should move heaven and earth to make it happen.

Yes, you're right.  Having re-read my post, I'm not too sure what my point was either.

Fuck it we should just bid for him in Jan.

Meh, happens to me all the time (the "not sure what my point was" thing, the "being right" thing is like rocking horse shit)

I fear that Simon Cox will be the next Sam Parkin, as everyone wants to resign him because he did so well here. Lets move on, he has.

We all know he has the ability to 'do it' in the championship, so he'd never step back down.

It would be great for us if it happened, but like others have said i think that if he was going to go on loan somewhere then it would be in the championship, but still we should do anything in our power to make it happen

Completely different, Cox hasn't had 9 million injuries since leaving us.

Yet - the curse hasn't kicked in yet

Did he not have one that made him miss most of pre-season at West Brom?

Nope.

Bloody postmen, too lazy even to go on strike when they're supposed to :)

Cox is the difference between play-offs and no play-offs, simple as that.  I would land a huge shot of my man juice on Fitton face from France if he got him in on loan.

So, now when we dont get him on loan we know why. Because Fitton didnt want Kinky Toms man juice on his face.

No Play Offs for us, thanks Tom.