Planet Swans ArchivesSpeaking in his column in the Evening Post,the former Welsh international said he found it incresible that people were still giving stick to the man who has scored 32 goals in little over 12 months at the Liberty Stadium.
James wrote: “Jason Scotland showed against Wolves that he is getting back to his best — but I wish some Swansea City fans would get off his back.
It seems no matter what he does, he always gets some stick from a section of the crowd.
The guy cost £25,000 — that’s peanuts in today’s game, it’s virtually a free transfer.
He scored 29 goals last season and has scored three this term, and they won two games.
Scotland missed a large chunk of the pre-season regime and that period is very important to a player.
I know that from experience and when you throw in what has happened with Trinidad & Tobago, you can understand why he has been a little behind everyone else in terms of fitness.
Roberto Martinez left him out at Preston and then brought him back in for Wolves — the reply, two goals.
I hear some people groaning about his workrate, that he doesn’t chase the keeper down etcetera.
But Scotland is a goalscorer and a very good one at that.
If I was Swansea manager I would buy him an armchair, a cigar and a bottle of Guinness and say: ‘Go on, son, sit in that box and score goals.’
That is what he does best and I can’t believe that some fans — not all of them — are criticising him.
For me, Scotland is the icing and candles on the cake and people should appreciate what he does for this team.”
