O'Driscoll confirms Forest approach for striker Cox
NOTTINGHAM Forest are hoping to discover if they have been successful in their bid to land Premier League striker Simon Cox over the next 48 hours.
Manager Sean O'Driscoll confirmed the Reds have held talks with West Brom and with the player's representatives over signing the former Swindon man.
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Sean O'Driscoll
Forest are so far the only club to have matched the Baggies' asking price for the 25-year-old, but they may still face competition from as many as five other clubs, including Scottish giants Celtic.
The Reds are understood to have offered the Republic of Ireland international a three-year contract and are hopeful that they can make a statement of their intent, following the takeover of the club by the Al Hasawi family, by persuading him to move to the City Ground.
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"He is somebody that we have asked about. We are waiting for answers on one or two things," said O'Driscoll.
"It is just talks at the minute. That is going off with one or two players. You make contact with their clubs, you make contact with their agents.
"Then you wait for developments, to see what happens. We are waiting see what happens with him."
O'Driscoll also says he would love to bring his former Doncaster player Billy Sharp – now at Southampton – to Forest. But he admits it is highly unlikely to happen.
"I had Billy at Doncaster and he was fantastic. If you could get him to a club like Forest, that would be great. But he scored on Saturday against Wolves and he is dead keen to play in the Premier Division," said O'Driscoll.
"That would be a long shot, to be honest. We have been linked with a lot of strikers. But being linked with them and actually getting them is different."
Comments
by NFFC1898
Friday, August 10 2012, 10:30PM
“If he's too expensive for Blackpool then he's too expensive for us, let him and his grubby agent starve!!!”
by guttedred
Friday, August 10 2012, 6:37PM
“first post for a while fed up with all the non forest lot who infest this site.
I see D J Campbell is available as Holloway reckons they(Blackpool) cannot afford him i for one would prefer him to Simon Cox, more than likely he would'nt command a 2.8 million pound transfer fee and would definatley score more- in my humble opinion.
What do my fellow forest fans think on this one?
Good luck tonight boys c'mon you redddddddddddsssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
by jrust
Friday, August 10 2012, 10:25AM
“No problem with Cox he is a canny Irishman and is just waiting to catch the bus, not a bendi one Craig-wigan, over for the friendly tonight so he can sign on, you all know it's true”
by foxeerod
Friday, August 10 2012, 9:00AM
“gone a bit quiet on cox now ....i always thought the 3 million fee would be a problem for your owners”
by VenkysMk2
Friday, August 10 2012, 4:12AM
“M15t3rT:
That is way too much information for mickeytossus to take in at one time. And there were some long words in there. He won't understand them. Best to stick to words of one syllable when addressing him in future (not that there is any reason to do that).
He is an ignoramus you know. Just because he's been to Aberdeen and Cornwall doesn't make it otherwise (Sophistication? Sophistication? Don't talk to me about sophistication, I've lived in Skegness!).”
by M15t3rT
Thursday, August 09 2012, 12:11PM
“Having just explained to mickycolosus myself regarding his comment on ND, parvared pops up and makes the exact same comment...micky=parvared? I think so”
by sluggerred
Thursday, August 09 2012, 11:24AM
“Micky col this is sluggerred here. I have watched the reds for 54 years and have seen some good managers and a lot of dross. If Billy Davies had taken us up with the team he had it would have needed a complete overhaul. There was probably 2 players that were good enough.
I did not say he tried to close the academy, what he did do was prevent them from training there when the first team were training. There is a difference.
Suggest you look at the good of the club before throwing insults”
by Parvared
Thursday, August 09 2012, 11:14AM
“M15t3rT:
It wasn't that long ago that you were saying that Forest were finished without Nigel Doughty!!!”
by M15t3rT
Thursday, August 09 2012, 10:59AM
“micky, you keep bringing this subject up and I have made you look like a fool on many occasions. I will clear this up for you just one more time because I think you need to be told over and over again before your brain will process it.
When ND invested bought us 12 years, we were a shambles and we were not attractive to investors. 12 years later and 12 years of investments without asking for any money back, we are now attractive to investors.
How is it hard to understand that? 2012 is now and 2000 was back then. Do you get it now? If so, let it go.
BD had no time for reserves or the academy. The first thing Cotterill said when he came in was he was shocked that the likes of Bamford had not been around the first team and had he been there a couple years ago, he would have. Bamford never stood a chance of developing under BD. Also BD's greatest achievement was keeping us up, having spent a significant amount when he became manager. Well Cotterill also kept us up on a shoestring budget which puts things into perspective. Infact, why is he still out of a job if he was so great? Why isn't he managing in the Prem? Once again, this is fact so let it go.
You refer to my comments made about Nathan Tyson last year and it's obvious to me that you really cant tell the difference between past and present. You however are constantly trolling NEP and DET sites and trying to provoke reactions. This is why you get red arrows, it's nothing to do with trolls. It's just simply because you're stupid.”
by mickycolosus
Thursday, August 09 2012, 10:32AM
“M15t3rT or is it Sluggered did you or did you not say that we are an average Championship club and are not that attractive to prospective buyers? Just answer the question.YES or NO
You are also a complete div. Yesterday you said that Billy Davies closed the Academy! Utter tosh (Wednesday, August 8 2012, 5:16PM this thread)
You say I troll the Derby site. My entire contribution to the Derby site is 4 posts. You have posted 3 times on there! So the one extra post makes me a troll? What a div
You 'and' Sluggered always post at similar times, maybe it's not me that's the troll. Slugger has managed about 15 green arrows and I have about 15 Red ones. I said I hope we do better than Billy Davies, as Billy got us to the play-offs that means SO'D will deliver Auto! Very strange.”