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Jamaican Fuller ready to prove critics wrong
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
by Gary Smith
Caribbean Net News Sports Correspondent
Email: gary@caribbeannetnews.com
LONDON, England: Reggae Boy Ricardo Fuller, who scored two goals on the weekend to help Southampton to an exciting 3-2 victory over Cardiff in the Coca-Cola Championship match, has vowed to prove his status as a Saints striker.
The Jamaican forward, who has been singled out for criticism by sections of the Saints fans not only for his Portsmouth connections but also, unfairly, for being the only player bought for a fee during a summer, said he has been working hard at his game and ready to prove the St Mary's crowd wrong.
"I have never had justice here so I had nothing to lose," Fuller told his team's official website. "I just worked hard and proved yet again the Big Man Upstairs is not sleeping.
"I have nothing to say but everything to play for and all I want to do is play and work hard. I have endured a lot of stick and low confidence here but I am working hard to get fitter.
Since signing with the club by manager Harry Redknapp, who departed the club shortly after, the Jamaican struggled to find the net and found himself farmed out on loan to Ipswich.
However, upon his return, manager George Burley surprisingly included the tricky striker in the starting line-up and his gamble paid off. Fuller scored back-to-back goals in the 70th and 75th minutes to seal all the points for Southampton and help ease his team away from the relegation zone.
"I went away to Ipswich and worked really hard in the gym, twice a day. It went well for me there although I did not have much luck with officials.
"There was a lot of satisfaction from this game and it is a shame there are only five games left now. I still have a job to do here, to work hard and help the team stay up.
"As a professional you have got to do what you have got to do and I have to blend in with the team and score some goals.
"If I am on the pitch I have a chance of scoring. If I am not on the pitch then I won't score. The more I play, the better I get."
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