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By George Ankers<\/h3>\n

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West Brom<\/a> striker Simon Cox<\/a> says that he is raring to go and push on from his successful finish to last season, having made an impact for both club and country.<\/p>\n

The Irish forward, who came increasingly into the first-team reckoning as the season drew to a close, has started pre-season training early, with the Baggies not scheduled to be back to work until Monday.<\/p>\n

Cox scored twice in his first four internationals at the end of last season, but told the club\u2019s official website: \u201cI’ve got to establish myself as a Premier League player first and foremost.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a good end to the season and I want to try and build on that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a good start to my international career and I want to build on that as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis season will be about trying to establish myself and get as many games as I can in the domestic league as well as internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cox admitted that such a quick rise to prominence can make players vulnerable to complacency.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce you start to believe you’re good enough to play in the Premier League and on the international stage you start to get a bit complacent so for me it’s about taking it step by step and saying I haven’t proved anything to anyone yet,” he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m still trying to learn how the Premier League is played and get used to how fast the game is played in the Premier League.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut what happened with Ireland was a massive boost for me because if I can score goals internationally there is no reason I can’t score goals at Premier League level.”<\/p>\n

The former Swindon striker made his Ireland debut in the Carling Nations Cup in May against Northern Ireland, and scored the fifth goal in a comprehensive 5-0 victory.<\/p>\n

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