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Heres some more [video=youtube;GRdXt-l4c2A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRdXt-l4c2A&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/video] I am so excited, I think I have a Bony
If he gets 12 goals next season I will be very happy with that return,it may prove a lot harder for him in the prem league . Really chuffed we got some quality in though
The whole 'he hasn't been tested in a big league' thing I don't think will be a problem, Sparta Prague he had 22 goals in 59 games, Vitesse he had 46 in 65 and internationally 8 in 20 games. Yes, they are smaller leagues, but the service he will be getting will be far better than he has been getting at any of his previous clubs, the lad knows where the back of the net is, and he will find it more than 15 times next season i reckon.
Agree on this, you can't just demand twice the amount of goals that a £8 million striker would make. What I like is his physical strength and that he is using this to great affect as a ball playing attacker. This can really tie up defenders in and outside the box and from that make room for our midfielders, who should then be helped to play through the way we want to. I do think he will keep scoring though, as said above. He is getting better players around him now.
Well Suarez made the jump from their league to the Premiership easy enough, so I'm expecting 15+ goals as he is a quality finisher
Jason Scotland V2.0 To be fair he's probably closer to a cross between Jason Scotland (skills...but scoring at the higher level) & Jason Roberts (strength and work ethic) I know those two don't sound too exciting a comparison, but I reckon that will fit really well with us.
I thought this video was very apt for this thread in more ways than one [video=youtube;QtxlCsVKkvY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtxlCsVKkvY[/video]
We are now going up another level with this signing, and with the rest of the Squad strengthening, it's great to see we are taking the Europa league seriously, and clearly giving ourselves strength in depth for the challenges ahead this coming season, let the good times roll!................ please log in to view this image
as long as we score one more goal than the opposition,,,just like fergie use to tell his players.."If they score 4 we will score 5...
Can't wait for the season to start, glad we got Manu first game, good time to play them, Moyes will have his work cut out at the Liberty!............ please log in to view this image
Here is a nice piece about Bony. He sure sounds like a player about to break through on the big stage. http://backpagefootball.com/bonys-organic-development-could-pay-dividends-at-swansea-city/60132/? Predicting how a foreign player will adjust to life in the Premier League is from an exact science. Get it right and there are bargains to be had, as Swansea City found with Michu last season. However, history is also littered with many expensive mistakes â players who arrived in England with emerging reputations but departed bereft of confidence, the word âflopâ ringing in their ears. About to become the Swansâ latest acquisition, Wilfried Bony already knows how it feels to leave these shores feeling unfulfilled, having been turned down by Liverpool after an unsuccessful trial in 2007. Still just a teenager at the time it wouldâve felt like a dream being snatched away for the young Ivorian, but in reality they probably did him a favour. Not yet considered ready for one of Europeâs elite leagues, Bony took himself to the Czech Republic and Sparta Prague. It was the start of a much more organic approach to his growth as a player, one which has encouraged steady development and helped establish an impressive level of consistency. To begin with, Bonyâs move to Sparta Prague was a loan deal â but after impressing in their âBâ sideâs title win in 2008, a permanent transfer was agreed with Cote dâIvoire Premier Division club, Issia Wazi. His debut season in the first team (08/09) was far from spectacular, scoring three goals in sixteen matches, eight of those appearances from the bench. But knowing that they had a rough diamond, Sparta Prague kept faith and more first-team opportunities followed in 09/10, with Bony scoring 10 goals in 35 games, helping his club to the Gambrinus Liga title. The 2010/11 campaign began with a brace against Liepajas Metalurgs in a UEFA Champions League qualifier, and by the time of the winter-break in December, Bony had scored 17 goals in 24 matches. Vitesse had been monitoring Bonyâs progress and had a â¬4m offer accepted by Sparta Prague on 30 January 2011. Injury meant the Ivorian had to wait until 20 February to make his debut, but unperturbed by the âfalse-startâ to his Eredivisie career, Bony managed to score as a substitute in a 2-0 win against De Graafschap. Three goals followed in his first four games and the GelreDome had a new hero. That soon turned into cult status when Bony managed 18 goals in his first full season in the Netherlands (11/12). Despite inevitable interest from around Europe, Bony decided to continue his development in Arnhem and it proved to be a wise decision â ending the 12/13 campaign with 37 goals in 36 games across all club competitions. Heâs also found his feet at international level, scoring in each of his last three games for the Ivory Coast, as they look for a long-term successor to Didier Drogba. Itâs comparisons with the former Chelsea forward that have inevitably dominated conversation about Bony in England, and there are undoubted similarities between the pair, yet itâs lazy, simplistic and creates unnecessary pressure on Bony, to label him the ânew Drogbaâ. That said, a good start in England is vital if that tag isnât to prove a burden. Supporters of rivals clubs like nothing more than sneering at the ânew so-and-soâ, who turns out to be anything but, especially when theyâve cost big money. I honestly donât expect that to happen with Bony though â this is a player who is very much his own man â his physical strength mirrored by an equally strong personality. A man with a firm belief in his own ability, which is partly borne out of a patient and methodical route to the top. Aged twenty-four now, the current Dutch Footballer of the Year is surely as ready as heâll ever be for a shot at one of European footballâs âeliteâ leagues.
