Wilfried Bony: The £28m Boomerang Between SA1 and the Etihad

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Wilfried Bony: The £28m Boomerang Between SA1 and the Etihad

As Swansea City prepare to face Manchester City, we turn the spotlight on a striker who wore both shirts with distinction and whose career arc mirrored the high

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[MassiveJack]

Should have never ever been bought back, his knees were well shot..

 

[Smurph]

Always remember watching John Terry and another Chelsea bouncing off Wilf by the corner flag trying to get the ball off him.

Beast of player.

 

[Dr. Winston]

Always remember watching John Terry and another Chelsea bouncing off Wilf by the corner flag trying to get the ball off him.

Beast of player.

Still the best striker I've ever seen for us. Don't care about the second spell. First time around he was almost unplayable.

 

[Smurph]

Still the best striker I've ever seen for us. Don't care about the second spell. First time around he was almost unplayable.

One million precent agree with you. The guy was immense.

 

[Jackareme]

One million precent agree with you. The guy was immense.

Michu

 

[Smurph]

Michu

Bony for me, all day long.

 

[Dr. Winston]

Michu

Great, but for me better playing off someone. Or support striker. Bony I'd cheerfully play up top on his own.

 

[JackSomething]

Michu was a brilliant goalscorer for that one season, but wasn't the complete package as a striker.

Bony (first time) was as complete a striker as it gets. He was a PL class upgrade on Jason Scotland. He could be 30/40 yards further forward than any other Swans player, but if you got the ball to his feet with his back to the opposition goal, you knew he could hold it up until support arrived. Ridiculously strong. We never spoke about a 'gap between midfield and attack' for that season and a half.

Add to that a rocket of a shot from distance, clinical finisher in the box and a decent header also, he remains the pinnacle of a Swansea striker for me.

 

[LeonWasTheDogs]

Michu was a brilliant goalscorer for that one season, but wasn't the complete package as a striker.

Bony (first time) was as complete a striker as it gets. He was a PL class upgrade on Jason Scotland. He could be 30/40 yards further forward than any other Swans player, but if you got the ball to his feet with his back to the opposition goal, you knew he could hold it up until support arrived. Ridiculously strong. We never spoke about a 'gap between midfield and attack' for that season and a half.

Add to that a rocket of a shot from distance, clinical finisher in the box and a decent header also, he remains the pinnacle of a Swansea striker for me.

Yet Michu came as a midfielder. He was a phenomenal player (briefly). He had it all; touch, vision, technical ability, pace, finishing, passing. Bony was great for us, but he’d have made a crap midfielder whereas Michu could play the support role and the striker role. If I had to have one in my side it’d be Michu.

 

[JackSomething]

Yet Michu came as a midfielder. He was a phenomenal player (briefly). He had it all; touch, vision, technical ability, pace, finishing, passing. Bony was great for us, but he’d have made a crap midfielder whereas Michu could play the support role and the striker role. If I had to have one in my side it’d be Michu.

I see your point, but if you're signing someone to play striker, you take the player who plays best in that position and don't care about how he'd play anywhere else on the pitch. I doubt anyone's worried about how Vigs would play on the right wing for example.

 

[westside]

Didn't Scott Sinclair play for both clubs

 

[waynekerr55]

Should have never ever been bought back, his knees were well shot..

Classic Gonzo in the end.

 

[bakajack]

Still the best striker I've ever seen for us. Don't care about the second spell. First time around he was almost unplayable.

Every game that season I would check the opposition team forums.
Almost every single one was immensely jealous of Bony, Newcastle and Palace ones in particular I remember being particularly glowing in their praise