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DAVID McGoldrick says Coventry City have resurrected his career.
The in-form striker admits he was flagging at Nottingham Forest where he struggled to string more than three starts together in the three years since he signed for £1million from Southampton.
But after wading in with six goals in ten starts for the Sky Blues (seven if you include his second at York which has officially been given as an own goal but which the player is justifiably claiming), he said: "This is the best form I have had since I was at Southampton.
"I never played this many games in a row at Forest, where the best I got was three consecutive starts, so this is great for me to be playing so many games.
"I always knew I would come good and I just want to keep it going and keep scoring goals.
"I haven’t played regular football in three years and I am just grateful to get this chance at Coventry.
"I am going into each game thinking I am going to score more goals."
Fans are desperate for City to sign the loan player up in January when the club could become a victim of the forward’s success.
Out of contract at the City Ground next summer, Forest are likely to listen to offers for his services in the New Year transfer window.
Alternately, manager Sean O’Driscoll could welcome him back to the fold if he continues in the same vein, particularly considering his current crop of strikers are struggling to get going.
Billy Sharp is yet to open his account seven games in to his loan spell from Southampton, while £2m summer signing from West Brom, Simon Cox, has managed just three in ten and Dexter Blackstock three in nine, with Forest chalking up just 11 goals from their first ten Championship matches.
Asked about his future beyond his initial Ricoh loan spell, which runs out on January 2, McGoldrick said: "I promise you I haven’t looked that far ahead."
But he’s clearly enjoying his spell in the limelight, adding: "It was great to get another couple of goals at Swindon, especially before half-time. I was thinking in the dressing room at the break that I would go out and get some more.
"A few of the boys said to me to go on and get a hat-trick but I wasn’t thinking about it during the game. I was just concentrating on trying to get chances and unfortunately I only had one chance in the second half and it wasn’t to be.
"The team is growing with confidence. A month ago we would probably have lost that game 3-2 but we’re really starting to believe in ourselves now."
The in-form striker admits he was flagging at Nottingham Forest where he struggled to string more than three starts together in the three years since he signed for £1million from Southampton.
But after wading in with six goals in ten starts for the Sky Blues (seven if you include his second at York which has officially been given as an own goal but which the player is justifiably claiming), he said: "This is the best form I have had since I was at Southampton.
"I never played this many games in a row at Forest, where the best I got was three consecutive starts, so this is great for me to be playing so many games.
"I always knew I would come good and I just want to keep it going and keep scoring goals.
"I haven’t played regular football in three years and I am just grateful to get this chance at Coventry.
"I am going into each game thinking I am going to score more goals."
Fans are desperate for City to sign the loan player up in January when the club could become a victim of the forward’s success.
Out of contract at the City Ground next summer, Forest are likely to listen to offers for his services in the New Year transfer window.
Alternately, manager Sean O’Driscoll could welcome him back to the fold if he continues in the same vein, particularly considering his current crop of strikers are struggling to get going.
Billy Sharp is yet to open his account seven games in to his loan spell from Southampton, while £2m summer signing from West Brom, Simon Cox, has managed just three in ten and Dexter Blackstock three in nine, with Forest chalking up just 11 goals from their first ten Championship matches.
Asked about his future beyond his initial Ricoh loan spell, which runs out on January 2, McGoldrick said: "I promise you I haven’t looked that far ahead."
But he’s clearly enjoying his spell in the limelight, adding: "It was great to get another couple of goals at Swindon, especially before half-time. I was thinking in the dressing room at the break that I would go out and get some more.
"A few of the boys said to me to go on and get a hat-trick but I wasn’t thinking about it during the game. I was just concentrating on trying to get chances and unfortunately I only had one chance in the second half and it wasn’t to be.
"The team is growing with confidence. A month ago we would probably have lost that game 3-2 but we’re really starting to believe in ourselves now."
