http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/Simon+Cox IrishCentral Simon Cox en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/sports-central/ireland-v-armenia-inexplicably-simon-cox-replaces-robbie-keane-ahead-of-shane-long-131489928.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/sports-central/ireland-v-armenia-inexplicably-simon-cox-replaces-robbie-keane-ahead-of-shane-long-131489928.html Mon, 10 Oct 2011 06:15:15 PDT
 Shane Long has scored three goals in seven Premier League appearances for West Brom this seasonSimon Cox has scored zero goals in two substitute appearances for West Brom this seasonSimon Cox will start for the Republic of Ireland ahead of the nation's crucial final qualifier against Armenia on Tuesday nightThe logic there is clearly flawed READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/sports-central/shane-long-and-simon-cox-make-robbie-keanes-injury-little-to-worry-about-for-irish-fans-123024538.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/sports-central/shane-long-and-simon-cox-make-robbie-keanes-injury-little-to-worry-about-for-irish-fans-123024538.html Thu, 02 Jun 2011 08:25:12 PDT The news that Robbie Keane has suffered an injury in training just hours before the Irish team were set to depart for Macedonia today shouldn't be too big a worry for Irish boss Giovanni TrappatoniKeane's status for the european qualifier against Macedonia on Saturday night remains unclear In recent times the idea of heading into a crucial match like this without the nation's leading goal scorer and his regular strike partner who is arguably the team's best player, Kevin Doyle, would have decimated fan's optimismHowever this is not the case on this occasion READ MORE ]]>