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See the problem is son.............

If you are going to talk the talk, you need to be able to walk the walk !!!!

This I am afraid you failed to do, ......... ergo you look very much the cunt

That is all thanks

give the lad a chance.

Seconded. Give him 90 minutes, then jump on his back if he still fails to perform.

 :soapy tit wank:

His first 2 minutes on the pitch weren't bad and he did turn and shoot quickly once.

NMH

I agree with Fred, he'll have to improve on that by quite some margin before bitching to the manager about not starting.

he wanted too long on the ball and lost possesion needlesly

didnt help that most of the time the ball was two foot above his head....

broke through on the right,had pook inside in acres and decided to carry on running with the ball and lost it

"If I dont start I am going to knock on the managers door and demand why" Well son you just answered your own question

No. You're missing the point.

You shout you're mouth off, you make yourself a target and you're fair game.

In other words, as Fred said, walk the walk, talk the talk and all that.

Or maybe you missed his post match Brentford comments?

No

The cunt set himself up for this and he deserves it


Coxy old son...................................you aint all that !

Spooky :shock:

the comment where he basically said he came here to play football?

nothing wrong with that as far as i'm concerned.

if you want to base your opinion on him on 20 minutes in a game where we didn't play well, and lost, then that's up to you.

Don't panic Don't panic.

He was on the pitch for40 minutes-thats plenty of time to make an impression in my opinion

And 90 on Tuesday ;) Arrogance or confidence? It's a fine line.

I don't think anyone is going to get on his back while he's playing BTW, we all want him to bang 'em in.

Mr Mainwaring !

Stupid boy!

Pike! Pike!

No, not that one. The one where he said that if he was not selected for the Yeovil game he would be 'knocking on the manager's door'. Nothing wrong with that as such but you are setting yourself up for a fall.

If you say something like that, you have to back it up. If you don't, you have to be prepared to take the flack.

That said, as far as I am concerned, I have given him some flack and from the next game it's forgotten.

Unless he shouts his mouth off again that is.

Hopefully he's learnt his lesson.

I suspect he has.

Nail Head Hit OST

Never harbour a grudge, next games another game

lets hope he learns

To be fair, the way Pook was playing I don't think I would have passed it  :soapy tit wank:

your talking shit reeves.pook was decent today

You're a funny man.

I had a chuckle at that one too

tell me why he was poor then?
and its a funny comment?
the lad cant win.  after playing well today still comes in for stick

he gave the ball away so much today, so so so so much.

Pook can be a good player when he gets time on the ball, but Yeovil were on him before he'd even controlled it. The amount of times he got caight in possesion today was loads.

He made some silly mistakes early on, which evryone slated him for. But played some very good passes just before he came off, which everyone conviently forgets about  :-))(

I agree actualy. He wasnt great but wasn't shit. Well not half as bad as people made out.

You're either on a wind up or were watching a different game to me. Passing went out of play/to nobody more often than not or lost the ball. Two big no nos for a central midfielder.

The only player that did well today was Ifil and Smith who didn't do anything wrong between the sticks. Rest were average or poor.

His pass completion percentage couldn't have been any more than 50%-thats shocking for a midfielder and the ones that actually reached their target were either sideways or backwards.Creative he aint.

Agree with Arriba. Pook wasn't great but of course our other players were really all oh-so-super and never gave the ball away once.

i can assure you i'm completley serious.some passes didn't come off but he was trying to play some ambitious balls.his cross from the left was probably the best delivery of the game by any town player.he tackled,battled and worked his socks off.
his running off the ball goes unnoticed by too many people also i think.
i thought we didn't play that badly and on another day with the rub of the green would have beat yeovil comfortably.the final ball was lacking but i thought we were the better side,just.

Agree with all that, particularly the latter part. It felt like all we needed was one break, one piece of luck and we'd manage a goal.

No shit. I don't think anyone's used him as a scapegoat today?

That's what happen most games. It's always Pook's fault - you're right he's not been singled out directly but Peacock for example has been praised for his 100% effort which which Pook always puts in and Peacock is twice as shit this season, which has hardly been mentioned.

i was aghast at that.

cox has a worse touch than i do and that's saying something.

Typical Premier League hot shot who thinks he is better than he is. He obviously has not been taught to pass at Reading. Would have rather seen Arrieta up front or Mohamed. The cocky little shit couldn't care less about Swindon but hey, thats what you get with loan players. Paynter will come good when match fit!

He's had 30 minutes of league football with us, give the guy a break FFS!

The way he talked himself up I expected atleast 5 goals. The guy is the dogs bollocks, He said so himself.

I dont get all this"Pook,Peacock etc give 100% effort"-that's not a quality'it should be a given.And yes Peacock was shite today along with Pook.Even the Adver,those well-known Pook arse-lickers slagged him off in their report(see thisis)

Make that 40 minutes

What did you expect him to say?

"Oh, I'm actually utter dogshite and I'm only here to warm Sturrock place on the bench"

:wanker:

No-but something in between

There is confident and then there is arrogant. Thats all I'm saying. You don't talk yourself up to being the second coming of god and then expect sympathy when you are complete and utter shite. Would have preferred Arrieta or Mohamed out there.

He's never going to perform miracles when the ball's constantly being pumped 5 foot over his head.

Wait till he's had a full 90 minutes with decent service from the wing and balls into feet, then make a judgement.

It may also help if he shuts the fuck up in future. It's quite simple. Don't shout you're mouth off = you're less likely to get slated :roll:

What OST said.......................which was exactly why I started this thread


IT'S LIKE.............................YOU AINT ALL THAT MATE !!!!!!

he was shit.bigged himself up then played like that.
he has alot to prove as far as i'm concerned.

 8)

This thread is a bit like Groundhog Day :?

i can't be arsed trawlin thru the 4 pages of this thread so sorry if I'm repeating what someone else has already said, but he only came on as a sub ffs. He looked lively on tuesday night and yesterday he looked more threatening in the first 5 minutes he came on, than Balir had done the whole game. He'll be a good acquisition for us and he will score goals (well, more goals than peacs&blair anyway)

Vincent throwing the ball to Pook and then Pook volleying it back out of play attempting to play it back to Vincent summed up his passing ability i'm afraid. Made a few decent passes but far too many went astray i'm afraid.

I reckon he'll score goals!

I just do, one thing we've lacked is a pacey striker who will run at players.

Cox will do this, and he'll score some goals.

On the subject of pook i was unsure but i summed it up like this.Craig easton played average and pook played no where near as well as easton so on that basis he played shit

Luggy will have pointed that out to him, probably in two or three words, his next assignment might be a reserve game.

I think this is the closest to spot on that anyones got it.  Sturrock is a massive Pook fan but he said in yesterdays adver that Pook looked well off the pace and wasted too many passes.  I'm by no means a Pook fan and I think with the competition for places finally heating up it wont be long before he is no longer a starter.

See the problem is grandad............

If you are going to judge a player and get on his back, you need to first give him time to prove himself.

This I am afraid you failed to do, ............ergo you look very much the cunt

That is all thanks

Not at all. The boy spoke out of turn following a mediocre performance. If he'd said it after todays game nobody would have batted an eyelid.

See the problem is, he's had one very good game and you're singing his praises (and rightly).

If he plays shit for the remaining time here, you'll look like a complete cunt too.

He had a very good game at Hartlepool by all acounts too.

Whatever, point still stands.

Bandwagons.

The sooner he fucks off back to Reading the better. His attitude stinks.

Yeah.

Cos we don't want a player that can hold the ball up, link play, tackle and know where the goal is, do we?

We have one. His name is Barry Corr.

ok we'll get him playing our next game?

Yeah I know he's injured. blah blah..

shit he's injured? is that why we've got someone in temporarily?  :D

When he's fit.....

Cox is striking up a good partnership with Paynter and until Corr is fully fit, is the best option.

Or we could fuck him off back to Reading now and partner Billy boy with..........

Blair Sturrock? Arrieta? Mohammed?

Think I prefer Cox. I don't really care if he's a gobshite as long as he plays like he did yesterday.

let's all gang up on redgewell, let's all gang up on redgewell la la la laaaaa...hey

etc

:soapy tit wank: Right ok I set myself for that one. I'm going back to bed.

8)

Did you notice the whoosh when it went right over your head herthab?

Happens all the time......................

Cox will play in the Premiership and may play for England, it would be good if he was here all season.

Eh? is Cox that good? Like on the level of former loanees Carrick and Milner? Or are you just being silly.

I don't know I haven't seen him play. But he doesn't sound like anything special.

he's insane.

Not convinced about the whole playing for England thing :D

He's not as good as he thinks he is, although in some ways its a good thing as he will try things that more mentally fragile young strikers might not. Showing signs of a good partnership with Billy, long may it continue

I think Cox is a very good player with a lot of potential.  

I'm pretty sure we will see him playing 1st team for Reading - not in the Prem though as they're going down this year of course  :D

suck my balls....

soapy tit wank his movement off the ball is first class

:mrgreen:

his confidence is justified, in my opinion.

his contract at reading expires at the end of this season too...

I'm going to put £100 quid on him being the top scorer in the Championship next season  8)

I take back my initial opinion of him. Impressed me no end today.

shame hes only on loan, cox paynter and corr. what a strikeforce that would be. hopefully by christmas the board room shambles will be sorted and we will be able to sign cox permanently. hes one hell of a prospect.

doubt we could afford him

how much u reckon he'd cost?

Anything more than a quid and we cant afford him

at a totally random guess....it would depend on whether they offered him a new contract or not....if they didnt probably about 500k as he could go for a nominal fee or a free in the summer.

If Reading offering him a new 2 year contract then it would have to be about 2 million for them  to listen to an offer.

not even with a new board in place?

he's under 24 so there would be compensation (assuming reading offered him an improved contract and he refused).

as a comparitor, leon best ended up costing coventry £650k by tribunal when his southampton contract ran out.

Instalments?  10p per month?

He was excellent today, although on first impressions, i thought Paynter was the more outstanding of the two

but he hasnt, this thread still makes me chuckle a bit....

8)

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

 :oops:

:D

this one looks quite good though James

That goal earlier, he really celebrated like he couldnt care less about Swindon.....

 :D

:shock:

oh  :o

ffs stop doing that James!

great minds and all that!

his celebration today reminded me of parkin.

Just what I was thinking!

Wow, isn't that simply amazing?

I like the Paynter bit 'cause as it happened, the more match-fit he became the worse he got

I'd like to see if we have a bit of money to spend if we can sign Cox on a permanent contract....depends though as I suspect that Reading may want more than £150,000 for him.

I have heard asking price is £100,000 as he is out of contract at the end of the season so at that price he would be a snip and we should at least test the waters to see if he would join us.

...but...are we still in am embargo.

Does that mean even if we wanted to, we couldnt even extend his loan spell?

Until the embargo is lifted.

But then again Fitton sounds like he wants to move quickly once the deal is complete.

Chatting to a couple of mates who are Reading fans, apparently word is that Plymouth want Cox now that his loan is pretty much up here.

He will be going back to Reading after the Swansea match :|

But out on loan again i'd imagine.......................

i reckon he'd be out of our league to purchase.he's deffo championship quality imo, and the fee will be around the lucas, tozer fees  i'd think.also i wouldn't be surprised if reading didn't want to part with him anyway

6 months left on his contract though.

Nice little bid for 400k, could be done....

Slightly off topic but Jesus Christ, I didn't realise Cox was only 20!!!!!! Born in 1987!

No wonder why Reading keep giving him 1 year contracts and sending him out on loan as opposed to selling him straight up.  Big potential.

20 years old born in 1987, makes me feel old!

He will go far as long as he keeps working, wont be with us, were league 1 people

I still don't rate Cox  :wink:

 :mrgreen:

reading are signing a nigerian centre forward in the transfer window so he will be droppiing further down the pecking order.

And I don't like you Gary, so there  :cry:

It's alright your one of many!  :soapy tit wank:

On a serious note. I am happy Cox proved me wrong. The guy is quality and I hope we can get him back on loan!

Fitton is in negotiaitions with reading apparantly

On RS yesterday Fitton did say he had spoke about Cox but as far as he is concerned he will be going back to Reading on 2nd January as described in the deal.

I dont think he will come back to us on loan but I would love to be proved wrong the guy is class at this level.

WDP and Adver say we are trying to sign him permanently. Also says that Reading only want 100K if I read it right.

Why was his goal disallowed against Bournemouth? I think we've been mugged there!

Pretty sure it was a foul but from what I saw, was 50/50 and ref gave it their way.  (Nothing new there)

Can we offer Blair Sturrock in exchange?  :D

Just seen the offence in question on the highlights.

Looked like very poor defending in my opinion, a very soft free-kick for the ref to give.

Couldn't agree more, nothing in it whatsoever.

thirded.

If Cox could develop serious piss taking skills and have bugger all regard for the offside law then he could be another Chalkie. He gives 100% and runs the channels really well. He knows where the net is. He really has the potenntial to be something special. I thought he was going to be a big time Charlie but how wrong I was. Against Brighton, you'd never have known he was loan player.
I'd love us to sign him up and watch him develop into another Chalkie - about time we had one.

gave the muff defence a nightmare of a time, best game i have seen him play, would be a miracle if we could sign him up.

From the adver:

TOWN have launched an audacious bid to make Simon Cox's stay at the County Ground permanent, while insisting it would be "crazy" to let Peter Brezovan quit Wiltshire any time in the near future.

Joint caretaker boss Ady Williams has revealed negotiations have started with Reading to sign striker Cox full-time and, with the January sales set to start, is keen to keep hold of their only fit senior goalkeeper.

A move for Cox would involve a transfer fee but, with Andrew Fitton's consortium at the helm, Town believe their chances of snaring the young striker for more than just a loan spell are good.

Brezovan, who has been the subject of interest from Leeds United, starred in Saturday's battling 2-2 draw at Bournemouth and Williams believes the giant Slovak is back at the top of his game after almost a year out with a serious arm injury.

He expects more interest from Championship clubs in the next few weeks, with Cardiff City also rumoured to be tracking Brezovan, but with Phil Smith still recovering from a hernia, Williams insists he does expect any imminent move.

Reading loanee Cox is another who is attracting Championship outfit, with former Town boss Paul Sturrock keen to bring him to Plymouth, but Town believe if the price is right they can land their man.

advertisementWilliams said: "Simon has been outstanding for us since he has arrived and we would love to keep him permanently, if not until the end of the season at least.

"Enquiries have been made and the two clubs are speaking. Simon, Reading and ourselves would like to come to an agreement sooner rather than later, but unfortunately these things take longer than anticipated.

"In an ideal world we would like to know what is happening before the Swansea game on Tuesday but it does not always work like that. The Christmas period is difficult to sort these things out."

Fellow caretaker boss Dave Byrne echoed Williams' sentiments about the impact Cox has had on Town's season since arriving from the Royals at the end of August.

He is top scorer with eight goals and with his loan spell coming to an end after tomorrow's home game with Swansea, Byrne is desperate to extend his stay.

He said: "Mr Fitton has said he will get the transfer embargo lifted and it has to be done.

"I have been in contact with two or three clubs about signing players and we are also in negotiations to keep Coxy here permanently.

"I believe our chances are very good provided we can come up with the right package."

Cox says he would be a fool to turn down a deal at Swindon

http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10341~1203221,00.html

sounds promising

ideal opportunity for fitton to endear himself to the fans...

i expect cox might get loan offers from championship clubs, can't see any parting with 100k on the strength of half a season with swindon town. depends whether he wants to try to prove himself for 6 months at a higher level and risk not having a contract at the end of the season.

May not mean anything but I hope Sturrock doesn't come sniffing around for him, as Hayles maybe on his way to Leicester

He'd have to sharpen those elbows up a bit if he wanted to really emulate the man. Chalkie was a great one for the sly little dig in the defenders ribs, or up into the solar plexus, just before he received the ball with his back to goal.

However, from what I've seen of Cox he looks a more complete striker than White. A bit more pace, and with a few more options in front of goal. White has admitted that his striking technique was pretty basic, and drilled into him by Macari, "hit it hard, hit it low, hit it early" (or alternatively run between two defenders in the box and go down like you've been hit by a sniper, leaving one arm trailing behind you in a fairly unconvincing manner).

I can't remember many, or indeed any, spectacular volleys, bicycle kicks, or 35 yard rockets from Chalkie. Every time I think of him scoring I either see him harassing defenders into mistakes, robbing the ball, running in on the keeper and scuffing it into the bottom corner, or poking one in from about 3 yards at a corner.

Can anyone remember him scoring a peach at any time in his time with us?

Personally, the two he scored against the Gills in the Play-off final were two peaches.  :D

I know they were important goals, but from what I remember both were from long balls over the top that Chalkie ran on to and finished from inside the box. One a bit of a scuffer into the bottom corner when one on one with the keeper, and the other a more difficult chance from a fairly tight angle. I'm not sure in which order?

Whichever, it fits with what I was trying to say, I don't remember him scoring any really spectacular goals. Not that that's a criticism, a team needs a player like that. I don't remember Gary Lineker scoring much from outside the six yard box either but it didn't seem to do him much harm.

Away to Millwall he scored a scorcher. I also think he got another scorcher at Watford - but i take your point Lumps. I'm not sure he's pacier than Chalkie. Cox has a lot more to his game but a lot more yet to prove. Hopefully he will and in a Town shirt as well. if we could get him for £100k it would be a steal.

I agree that it's an excellent opportunity for Fitton to show he really means business - that and turning down all offers for Brez. That would really get the fans buzzing I think.

As a side note, I just saw the Bournemouth goals on STFC World and I cannot see for the life of me why Cox's goal was ruled out.

Big Bad Barry's goal was the best Town goal since Rory's overhead effort against the Slave Traders - FACT!

not FACT! Royce Brownlies was a little bit special against Barnet....

Meh! Fair enough. I'd forgotten that one :shrug: I would put it on a par with Brownlie's goal.

Apart from that though........FACT!

evans 30yrd freekick at wrexham was a good tap in.

I would still put it just behind the afore mentioned efforts though.

Anywho, that's not the point. The point is that if we can sign Cox permanently and hold on to Brez it will show everyone that Fitton has big cahunas (sp?) and seriously means business.

got sidetracked,living in the past when i should have been looking forward. :beers:

any idea if where i can find highlights of this goal?

http://www.football.virginmedia.com/page/leagueonevideo

BUt be quick or they'll put the Swansea highlights on there instead.

Try this for size:

http://www.football.virginmedia.com/page/leagueonevideo

I take it you mean Bazza's goal against Bournemouth as opposed to Rory's against the Slave Traders.

Cox on RS

"I'd be over the moon to come back"

He was quoted on the OS yesterday as saying that if Reading failed to offer him a new deal with a guarantee that he would be involved more and we came in with a permanent offer, that he would sign for us.

What a stark contrast to his first "knocking on he managers door" interview :)


Good luck to him, I'd love to have him back. At 20 years old he is still learning too.

I wish the lad well, id love to have him back as he wants it so much

I hope we buy the little fucker. Had a good game today.

I think you can almost honestly say he is starting to like this club a bit!  :D

mainly cos he gets a game.

i'd love it if he stays - he runs everywhere and goes for everything - we need more like that.

Exactly! Add the fact he scores goals and there's no way we should ignore the possibility of getting him back here

I like the fact he tries to fuck with keepers heads standing next to them when their kicking and stuff. If doing something like that gets one goal a season by making them uneasy then it's worth it.

I just like the attitude....and the goal celebrations....part of me thinks the lad is a Town fan!!

Indeed. He just gives 100% no matter what the situation is. How a pro footballer should be. He wears the shirt with pride too even though he isn't actually our player. Shame to see him go but maybe we'll get him back.

never noticed that.

football needs more sledging. it can be very effective.

"minds the windows tino"

He looked to be wiping tears away when he clapped everyone, also he went and picked up a Swindon scarf to wear. Lets hope Fitton can seal the deal!

yeah i like that in him.the lad is very confident and that pen today showed it.i'd love us to sign him

Everytime an opposition keeper takes a drop kick he stands next to them. With kicking often being a keepers weak point if you put their kicking under pressure you can reap the rewards if they start feeling uncomfortable or under pressure. There was one game this season where he made the keeper almost a nervous wreck by the end of the game............actually it was Rovers at home, he completely fucked with Phillips head that game, awesome  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

he absolutely clattered phillips too, and for that alone he gets a big green tick from me.

Ah yes was worth the booking to see Phillips go off on one, I think he just generally made Phillips life a nightmare that game

i think cox got a yellow for that. worth it, though as far as i'm concerned, if a goalkeeper comes rushing 20 yards out of his area then he's fair game for getting challenged in the same way any other player would.

but on the bright side, after getting hit once he didnt come off his line again, did he?

He did go up for a corner later on in the game if I remember correctly..........anyway back on subject Cox is a cheeky shit and is very good at giving keepers uncomfortable games which is a big asset to any team.

cox plays like he's still in the under 12s, constant pressure on a ball carryer, will try and get the ball wherever it is in the final third, has his shirt untucked and is only about 4 foot 1, refreshing to see someone of that ilk playing professionally, let alone in our team.

Played for Reading last year and hints from Hammond he may travel to Spurs for the 3rd round tie for them.

If Reading sell Lita (Another January window rumour mill), they'd need him as 4th striker would they not or am I just way off the mark?

you are way off the mark.  3rd round is on saturday love :mrgreen:

Reading would go out and buy another striker if they sold Lita, can't see them relying on a player like Cox in the premiership.

Yes I meant 3rd round as opposed to 4th as he played for them last year did he not?  :oops:

Already agreed a deal for some Nigerian dude, looks like lita's going pompey or sunderland

Unused sub today.

We have no chance of signing him then..... or they were usning him to up the price?

unless they offer him a new contract he's practically worthless to them.

Cox said he wants to be offered a permanent deal by Reading with a guarantee that he will be more involved with the first team. I know he was on the bench today but I don't see that happening in a million years (certainly not the guarantee bit any way).

He has said he doesn't want to go out on loan again.

He has also said that if not offered a permanent deal with Reading with the afore mentioned guarantee and that Swindon offered him a permanent deal, that he would sign.

These factors lead me to conclude that we will sign him before the month is out.

and the good news is that he isn't cup tied.

 :D

unless he plays in the replay.

 :(

and we might not get through anyway.

 :cry:

So as an unused sub he is not cuptied?

Be great if everything is sorted for completion/embargo next Friday (a.m. please) so we could sign him in time for Walsall and the replay. Is that asking for too much?  :P

Yes but I like your optimism!  :D

Off to kiss an icon and light another candle then.

I've just realised that I've got no idea what cox's first name is. Is that bad?

It's Stuart.

I reckon we should offer him a take it or leave it deal, as i believe we are entitled to, then when he agrees let the fee be decided by tribunal at the end of the season when he would become ours. Or am i confusing football manager and reality again?

Simon, like your lover (si pi)

I haven't slept with Ben for over a month I'll have you know

watch out.

My ginger phase has passed, you're safe....for now.

if reading offer him a better contract he either accepts it and stays there, or he declines it and we would become a free agent at the end of the season. we can either agree a fee with reading that would cover his development costs, or if a fee can't be agreed then it goes to tribunal.

given that o'hanlon's valuation after tribunal was £125k, then we can probably consider that as the minimum.

We've made an official bid now for Cox.

Yup, good news. I don't hold any hope,  but all we can do is try without bidding silly money. Nice one Mr Fitton.

I have a strange feeling he is going to sign permanently for us despite interest from championship clubs, he will have 2 fantastic seasons for us scoring 20+ goals and then we will sell him on for couple of million  8)

Has the embargo been lifted then?  I must have missed that.

Was on the radio this morning a bid has been made, I think like everything with the club at the moment tho its a deal in principle.  So if we agree everything now it will be finalise once the embargo is lifted.

Dosnt need to be. Theres nothing to stop us making bids with a view to signing players when the umbongo is lifted

I'm a bit disappointed. If we've got these new super rich millionaire investers then shouldn't we be looking at players which are of a higher class than cox? If we really want to climb up the leagues then we should be getting at least the level of used sub in the prem IMO.

Shut up fatbury

:soapy tit wank:

hope we get Cox as hes a class act .. but I cant help but feel its a token bid and he will end up at Plymouth who will undoubtedly bid more ...

on this occasion i hope my gut feeling is wrong

because your gut feeling is normaly right isnt it fatbury   :wink:

Plymouth are not interested hence why they have signed lukas

We can only try our best to sign him, we'll  see what Reading say.

I'd imagine at least one higher league club will take a risk and offer a loan deal.

Obviously he'd be better coming here and banging a load in while continuing his football education, walk before you run if you like. If he's as good as his promise shows he'll play at a higher level soon enough. You know it makes sense Coxy!

I still think Plymouth will be interested in Cox. Lukas has only signed on loan not as a permanent signing perhaps in case their bid for Cox should fail?

Cox is playing for Reading Resrves against Birmingham at Aldershot tonight.

I believe Plymouth have signed Jermaine Easter as well so I don't think they will be sniffing around Cox as they have enough strikers there.  I know Cox wouldn't go there unless he was guarenteed to be starting every week.

You going to go along? thats a stone throw from Wokingham.  Perhaps you could have a few words with Cox and tell him if he signs for anyone else apart from Swindon his career will be destined to doom.

and you're going to kick the shit out of him  :thumbs:

Yes that should do the trick  :mrgreen:

And he will get rude words painted on his driveway :mrgreen:

Its the swindon way :mrgreen:

i don't think any champ clubs will pay a fee for cox on the back of half a season at swindon. they're far more likely to want him on loan and with cox's contract up this summer, will he want to gamble on being a free agent at the end of the season?

at least with us he knows he'll have a long-term(ish) future, the support of the fans and he'll know the players and some of the staff.

Won't matter to him I don't think, it's the most money him and Reading can make.

Unless Reading decide to see if they can loan him off at a higher level to see if he's worth a new contract. Depends how much they think of him and if they're willing to risk the minimal transfer fee on him proving himself on loan in the championship.

cox has said himself he doesnt want a load deal, i think we are in a pretty good spot to sign him.

you're probably right chuck :(

Yes but Cox has stated he doesn't want to stay at Reading unless he is playing first time football so I think Reading have no choice but to sell him now, play him or lose him on a free end of season.  I don't think loan is an alternative, hes not keen and I cant see why Reading would see it as a good move.

lets keep our fingers crossed that we make this crucial signing - and also that we dont start selling off our biggest assets such as Brez and Jerel

Maybe. To be honest, I normally ignore what players say as it tends to be what people want to here.

Also to an extent the next 6months are pretty much down to Reading not Cox. I can't see him telling Reading that he refuses to go on loan somewhere because he wants to sign for us now.

Ben's got a point.

Cox said the same to Northampton after he left there.

As long as they offer him a contract equal to what he's on now wouldn't Reading get compensation decided by a tribunal? I'd imagine that would be more if he's had a good few months at a Championship side.

To be honest, I'm not really saying that he won't join us, just that there's a few things to take into consideration. I'm not even sure if a Championship side would want him on loan. Not sure where that rumour has come from.

Sounds like Cox had a stormer for Reading reserves tonight...

‘Two minutes before the break, Cox missed an absolute sitter, somehow putting over the bar from inside the six yard box,  the goal gaping following Henry’s cross’

(he did score a tap-in later though - they won 5-1)

Maybe his mind is somewhere else?

Maybe. I don't care tbh if he plays shite for their reserves it only increases our chances of signing him.

Yes, I'm bored and unable to sleep and for some reason I suddenly remembered this thread was good for a laugh....

Im also fully aware of the fact I need some serious help!!!

And he has improved by some margin. His comments after his first game were unwarranted. If he said them now he would get universal support.

So your point is what exactly. That we were right?

interesting thread though.

He and the rest of the team were fucking rubbish today. Woop!

Yes Cox Out!

Cox may well be going OUT

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11719_4481728,00.html

I like Cox (Snigger) but if he wasn't good enough for a struggling premiership side last season, why is he good enough now?

There's a huge gulf in class between the premier and league 1.

fair point hertha, although it puzzles me slightly that he was never given a chance at all in the Reading 1st team. 

Still, their loss is our gain.

I heard the Fulham rumour weeks ago.

Spurs - well thats just laughable!

I agree it is Laughable but Sky do not usually get involved in these stupid story's

no no, report first validate after. They are the anti-BBC.

If he goes to a premiership team, he'll be in the stiffs, or farmed out on loan.

I'm more worried about Sheffield Utd to be honest. Cox has already stated he wants to be playing regular first team football and he'd probably get that in The Championship.

But all this is rubbish! I mean, he's come out in the press and said he fucking loves us! I'll be there in 2017 for his testimonial..................

Have Shef Utd still got about a million strikers on thier books? 

to answere my own question,  yes they do.

Beattie
Stokes  (loan)
Webber
Henderson
Sharp

He's not going to get a regular game there

Will be to our gain these rumours...he will be wary of them amd want to impress even more....on a different note it must be frustrating for Lucas at Everton,on the bench half a dozen times and still to make his debut in the prem.

If a team pay's big money for a striker then he will be 1st choice surely, until such time that he isn't scoring then he will be benched.

I'd suggest that if he goes to the premier then he will be a bench warmer unless he get's off the mark straight away with goals.

I suppose it all depends how confident Cox is in his ability, if he beleives that he can walk into a team and score regular in the prem then I think he will leave.

But on the plus side I suspect he may want to wait until the end of the season as if he carry's on scoring goals like he is then there there will more than likely be more clubs interested os he will have a better pick of where to go.

The only mitigating factor is we do not have to sell anyone, so that means we can put a £3m fee on his head to hopefully scare teams off or they end up paying silly money, we need a decent fee though as there is a sell on clause for reading which is possibly around 25% of the profit.

cox aint good enough for the prem yet.if someone thinks they can improve him and they offer big money then he will be gone.i think a championship club buying him for the hear and now is more likely though

Bump.

Yes, just because I'm as sad a DV and also just for posterity and all that.

I'm glad to see Mr Cox obviously read the comments, took all the feedback on board and channelled it into his game.

I think we should all give Fred a big pat on the back for his words in which S.C clearly took heed of!

No one has mentioned about the new Celtic rumour, was in some paper or another today, probably got the story from here......

http://www.talkceltic.net/forum/transfer-rumours/60738-simon-cox.html

Heres another rumour(only that) Bristol City.

So basically they like him but don't think he's worth £2 million. Proper stereotypical Scotsmen.

I knew this one would come back up - and I didnt even have to bump it myself.

We like to give our players a chance before we judge!

No DV, we like our players to prove themselves before gobbing off to the press that they'd be banging the managers door down if they didn't start the next game. At the point this thread was started he'd had one average game.

If he'd waited a few games noone would have disagreed with him.

As Batch says, Fred had a point at the time. Coxy was giving it "all that" far too early, thankfully he was given a chance and proved himself

What bookies did you use DV?

Well done Coxy on beating the boo boys :)

Fred Elliot = clueless......

Pumbaa = bald with a little wiily

Cruel fucker.......eat shit and die.........

 :cry:

if you would have said

fred Elliot = Shameless


I would have let you off

 :D

Brilliant bump this one - its great to see someone proved 100% wrong.

Although i'm sure someone could dig out a thread about how good Malpas would be.....or maybe not.

And if you had said I had a bald willy, I wouldn't have been quite as upset....... :eek:

Bob you really dont know how pleased I am that he rammed my words straight down my throat

Knew you would be fella!

Guilty as charged.

i see hooper from scunny is rumoured to be a wanted man at coventry for £2m....cox HAS to be worth at least £1.5m shirley??

http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~903968,00.html

Didnt realise that Cox had broken his leg in the past...and didnt realise that he played centra midfield in his early days!..will probably end up there later in his carreer.

Apparently Reading didn't know whether he'd score enough goals as a striker.

Personally, I think he'll do okay.

Still waiting for Coral to pay out on my Cox bet.

Disgusting.

Do Coral include play off goals?

I doubt it.

Email them and ask why it hasn't been settled then Michael. I assume it still lists as an open bet in your account statement?

I have just sent them a message :)

I will let you all know how I get on.

Anyone else bet with Coral? I suggest after this episode that we boycot them.

I have put in a few emails to them and their position is that they only pay out when the placings are finalised, i.e. after the play-off final.

I shall not use Coral in future and I urge you all to do the same.

I am throwing my toys out of the pram :)

I bet with coral, spoke to them on phone and they are paying out tomorrow as they were waiting for the end of the championship before paying out all football leauge bets.

we shall see.........

hanging on to our money as long as they can methinks.

Oh. If you hadn't said that I would have assumed it was my moaning at them, and threatening to take my crap betting ability elsewhere, that made them to eventually pay out.