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Goal for Cox
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Anything Maynor Figueroa can do, Simon Cox can do better (arguably). The Forest striker chests a long ball down before setting himself and blasting a shot into the top corner of the Wigan net from 30 yards. Forest have a glimmer of hope with a very timely screamer.
Had been singing the praise of Forest but the went 2-0 down, Cox came on 60 mins and they got the second on 66 mins.
Then Cox got one back, lobbed the keeper I think, the commentator is singing his praises "what a difference he has made"
So Forest 2-1 down and got it all to do.
"Cox#s was a world class goal"
Can't understand why they didn't starts Cox.
I mean sub at Forest is not the pinnacle of ones career, perhaps he was injured, I think someone picked up
a knock in the Oman game, or was that someone else?
off the bench to score against Birmingham
He was injured on Tuesday, remember? I'd imagine O'Driscoll would have preferred not to have had to use him at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
2-2 Come on your reds, 2 mins to go.
Keith Fahey is on the pitch fro Birmingham came on in 79th min.
They are really raving about the Cox goal I must try and find it.
Just saw it on Sky. Really good goal, Bergkamp-esque, although controlling the cross with his right rather than his left cost him a couple of style marks in my book.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GbLVMVWNr8
His goal but a poor video quality, it's a very long ball played into him I think perhaps 40+ yards but can't tell from video.
See it better here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9wD2yaWcOU
That's a stunning goal.
I like the little GAA pick up after too. :)
Nice. :D
Candidate for Irish goal of the season, unreal control.
That's a brilliant goal.
Trap was spot on with his prognosis ('only a flesh wound') of the Cox injury, after he looked to have shipped a season ending injury.
Super goal. Fair dues Coxy.
Just seen it on the Football League Show. Special goal without doubt. Superb.
Lovely little GAA pick-up afterwards as well.
Galway might give him a call up for next year's Connacht championships.
They did it with Mick Byrne
Check out this goal from him a while back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy0Yu...eature=related
I was sat in the stand behind the goal where Cox scored. I would have to say it is the second best goal I have seen in the flesh (behind McGugan's insane free kick against Ipswich the other season).
Cox was on the bench due to the knock he picked up against Oman, as has been mentioned. He's pretty much already established as first choice striker but will be rotated with Dexter Blackstock and Billy Sharp to an extent.
He's looked the business so far, his work rate is very impressive and the way he brings other players into the game.
dont care what level its at that is a class goal, pure classQuote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
Cox strikes me as one of these players that if he had been nurtured at his original club instead of dropping down divisions on loan and the permanently to Swindon he may have developed even better. He clearly has raw talent, awareness and quality finishing. Reading was his hometown club. I wouldn't be surprised to see him back there. He's certainly better than Noel Hunt, Simon Church and Adam Le Fondre.
Wow that's amazing, even better than his recent one basically a carbon copy but on a larger scale.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
I always saw Cox as a rather unspectacular player, maybe I will have to change that view.
He may well be the next Lee Trundle ;)
I saw the one against Birmingham on Sky Sports after the Monday night football game between Everton and Newcastle. Rio Ferdinand had tweeted about it saying that it must be goal of the season or something and the presenter and Gary Neville showed it as a result.
That one for Swindon makes the one at the weekend look ordinary though! Far more difficult to control as the ball was coming over his head as opposed to the side, obviously the finish was more difficult too. It's actually one of the best goals I've seen!
Yes I noticed that, but I am not familiar with GAA so I didn't know it came from there,Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I was going to comment on the pick up as I though it looked pretty neat but you got there first!
Must be a Carlow man TrickyQuote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
When I saw Cox play against Scotland last year the player he reminded me most of in terms of style was Teddy Sheringham. I'd say outside of Robbie, he probably has the sharpest footballing brain in the squad IMO
I really like what I have seen too, inventive, clever player with a goal threat and that bit of confidence. Why has he ultimately failed to get in a so so West Brom side and had to step down a level to another provincial club who have been outside the top flight a good long while now. Not what you expect when you see what he can do. So where is the hole in his game that we are missing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grafter
Cox gets a bit of implied stick simply because he isn't Shane Long. But he is a really, really good player from what I've seen.
I agree with the first part and I would agree with the second if you removed "really, really".Quote:
Originally Posted by SwanVsDalton
It will be a make or break season for him at Forest this season and for him to demonstrate that he is a good player, which they obviously didn't think he was at WBA.
Cox is a very good forward. well worth a place in a prem team. He is not however a winger
Undergoing scans to see if he sustained ligament damage at the weekend from former Ireland teammate Kevin Foley. Makes Brian Kerr's comments after Greece all the more derisible.
http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/soc...327135622.html
What comments were these?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
OK, it seems I'm being unfair on Kerr - it was somebody else who, following the Greece match, intimated Cox had feigned injury during the game so he could keep his club manager happy.Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
Whether it was to keep his club manager happy is debatable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
I thought that it was you who said Kerr had cast aspersions on the extent of Cox's injury in the Greece game?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Anyway, this injury happened in a club game.
Yeah, but I'm taking it back because it was somebody else, not Kerr, who said it. Cox was struggling with a well-publicised ankle injury before and after the game, and now he's sustained what could be a nasty injury that hasn't been helped by his willingness to keep playing for club and country.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Kerr said it during the game on radio commentary, Cox went down injured and signalled he had to come off. Kerr commented "oh, here we go, Forest need me at the weekend"Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
out for two months with ankle ligament damage: https://twitter.com/Scoxy31Real/stat...25295004119040
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Morning yes I'm out for around 2 months but it feels better and better each day. I wanna be back ASAP to help the lads achieve our goal.
"'We are very much behind him' - Nottingham Forest striker backs Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni": http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/...-striker-backs
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Nottingham Forest striker Simon Cox believes that the Republic of Ireland squad is 'very much behind' manager Giovanni Trapattoni, in spite of speculation.
The Boys in Green coach came under intense scrutiny when he oversaw Ireland's 6-1 defeat against Germany in October 2012, the team's worst ever home defeat. However, Cox is adamant that Trapattoni's overall record 'speaks for itself'.
"He has come in and his record speaks for itself. He’s only lost two qualifying campaign games," Cox told the Irish Examiner.
"If you take away the handball by Thierry Henry (in the 2010 World Cup play off) then he has only lost to Russia and Germany. You can’t begrudge him (another chance) as we know what his record is like."
And the Forest striker believes that critics of the team have been 'short-sighted' by disregarding the fact that the Italian tactician guided the Irish team to their first major tournament in 10 years.
He said: "We, as a set of players, are very much behind him because we feel his tactics are spot on. I think some people are a little bit short-sighted. They forgot his record is very good and he’s taken us to a major tournament.
"Obviously it was a disappointing campaign but we got there and I think that was the main objective. Also, if it wasn’t for a handball he would have got us to a World Cup as well. That is a very good record for any manager, so we are very much behind him," added the 25-year-old.
"If you take away the handball by Thierry Henry (in the 2010 World Cup play off) then he has only lost to Russia and Germany. You can’t begrudge him (another chance) as we know what his record is like."Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
I don't remember Henry handling the ball in Croker.....?
[QUOTE=Kingdom;1647840]"If you take away the handball by Thierry Henry (in the 2010 World Cup play off) then he has only lost to Russia and Germany."
Emmm, and France (1st leg), and Croatia, Spain and Italy. Six competitive defeats, not two...
It's easy to bang on about results and (another favorite of Trap's supporters) the "system" if you can just ignore bad results and don't question what the system is at the moment.
Trap may have a great record, but his last significant achievements are close to a decade ago at this stage.
And for the zillionth time, the handball didn't keep us out of the World Cup. Without it, we were probably heading for penalties at best, and we were fading badly in extra time in the 2nd leg anyway.