SIMON Cox is looking forward to a prolific 2008 but admits with the new year fast closing in he has no idea where he will be calling home for the second half of the season.

Town's Reading loanee ended his four-game goal drought with the opener in Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Southend, and insists he is not even thinking beyond his loan spell in Wiltshire.

But he accepts decisions will have to be made, with his Premier League employers yet to reveal whether they want him to return and other suitors potentially ready to steal him from the County Ground.

Former Town boss Paul Sturrock, now at Plymouth, is one of those rumoured to be keeping an eye on the young striker with Cox admitting a chance of Championship football would provide him with another dilemma.

He said: "First of all I have not heard from anyone about what is happening in January and so I am just keeping my focus on playing for Swindon and scoring as many goals as I can while I am here.

"Whatever happens I want to keep playing regular football, whether it is here or somewhere else. I have really enjoyed my time at Swindon because it has been my chance to play week in and week out.

"I have heard people say that Paul Sturrock may come back in for me and give me a go in the Championship but I don't know about that. If he does it is just another decision that has to be made.

"Reading will have to make a decision, so will Swindon and so will some other teams. I expect I will be the last to know so I will do my best to help Swindon get as many points as possible while I am still here."

Cox's seventh goal of the campaign at Roots Hall on Saturday looked to have earned Town a vital League One point, until Mark Gower's 93rd-minute winner broke the visitors' hearts.

The defeat followed a 3-0 drubbing at Carlisle just a few days previous and a lucky FA Cup escape against non-league Forest Green Rovers but Cox insists there is no crisis on the field.

He said: "When the throw-in was awarded we were all on the bench praying for the final whistle. It did not come and seconds later they scored the winner they did not deserve.

"Any honest Southend fan or player would admit a draw would have been the fair result. It is really hard to take as a footballer after putting in so much hard work for 90 minutes.

"The boys can be proud of their effort though. Alright we have been beaten but the performance, the doggedness, the work we put in, showed the character in this squad.

"If we keep doing that we will be okay and will quickly start climbing the table again."

While the takeover saga continues to rumble on at the County Ground, Cox insists no one is using behind-the-scenes events as an excuse to results.

"We are not really worried by what is happening in the boardroom," he said. "We just concentrate on getting results when we cross the white line.

"As soon as the takeover is completed we will of course be overjoyed because then the club can start clearing debts, and getting money together for whoever the new manager is."