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Forest Swoop for Preston Hitman

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By The Daily Red March 7 2008
As the Will Hoskins injury mystery rumbles on, Forest have signed Preston North End’s Brett Ormerod on a loan deal until the end of the season. The injury-prone forward has been out of favour with the Championship strugglers all season, but he will be aiming to form a vital part of the Reds’ attack.

Ormerod, 31, has netted once in nine starts for Preston this season and has made a further eleven appearances as a substitute.

The club’s new number 18 made his mark at Blackpool, where he buried 62 goals in 124 appearances before clinching a £1.75m move to Southampton.

After appearing in an FA Cup final for the then-Premiership Saints Ormerod fell out of favour and had loan spells with Wigan and Leeds before joining Preston.

He is expected to go straight into the side to face Crewe Alexandra, as Will Hoskins spends more time on the sidelines.

Hoskins was said to be nearing full fitness last week, but boss Calderwood now expects him to be on the treatment table for longer.

Forest are also without Nathan Tyson, whose injury is also said to be less of a problem than first feared.

The Reds had been linked to out-of-favour Wolves forward Freddy Eastwood, whilst Ormerod himself was reportedly considering a move to League Two’s Morecombe.

 

Is Ormerod the man to fire Forest to promotion? Leave your comments below.

 
After a few quick phone calls it’s clear that the verdict from Preston fans is generally positive. We can expect a player with commendable work rate, and plenty of talent.

North End fan Anthony Brockbank said: “You will love him. He grafts his balls off and he does know where the onion bag is.

“I’m not sure how he hasn’t featured for us this season. He was a regular last season when we were chasing promotion, but there you go.”

Sometimes a skilled playmaker, always a hard worker, but in recent years not much of a goalscorer.

Will this be enough as Forest cling to the fading dream of automatic promotion?

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Re: Forest Swoop for Preston Hitman
Posted by: Colin Calderwood (IP Logged)
Date: 07/03/2008 15:25

I've been scouting Brett all season, he's a real talent.

I only went to watch him play once and I didn't notice him, but that's because I was enjoying the game so much. It was a really exciting game.

I think Brett will make a cracking left-hand sided midfielder, but if that doesn't work I might try him as a right-hand sided midfielder.

I'm glad we're fourth in the table and 17 points off the top actually because it makes things really exciting. I'm really excited now.

I'm pretty sure that Swansea are going to drop at least 30 points next week, and we've got to be there to breath down their necks.

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Re: Forest Swoop for Preston Hitman
Posted by: Nottm Uni Red (IP Logged)
Date: 07/03/2008 19:04

Not a terrible signing but why didn't we just keep Jack Lester (they're basically the same thing from what I can see).

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