RoyalX Snowball,
I know that you said Premiership only; I was trying to show that this (deliberately or otherwise) doesn't show the whole picture. I believe that you have previously used cup competitions and international appearances to justify your argument, which is good and you should continue to do - despite others' belief that these aren't important. Which is why I was disappointed not to see these here.
No, actually I have said in the past that cup goals are NOT valid, esp for RFC pre-McD
because we fielded joke sides.
In Cox's case, he got 3 of his goals in a single game against Championship opposition.
Having scored only 1 Prem goal EVER, that seems to indicate that the Championship is his level.
Long, OTOH has 13 Prem goals AND has scored a few against PREM opposition in cups (once McD started fielding real teams)