 Fallon is still awaiting his first goal in a Swans shirt after three games |
Striker Rory Fallon feels he is settling in well at Swansea, although he is still awaiting his first goal for the club after three games. The 23-year-old recently joined the Swans for �300,000 from Swindon.
"I think I've adjusted well. I'm still living in a hotel, so once I move into my own place I'll be more settled," Fallon told BBC Sport.
"I know I can score goals, but it's all about the team, it's all about getting wins and creeping up that table."
Fallon helped his new club to a 1-0 win against Bournemouth at the Liberty Stadium on Friday - less than a fortnight after he had scored against the Cherries in his final game for Swindon.
 |  You need four good strikers at a strong club - it shows we want to go up |
But the New Zealander pointed to the importance of Andy Robinson's first-half strike which ended an unwanted run of five games without a victory. "We came here with two losses on the bounce, but it was third time lucky and it's great to get a win as losing can become a habit," he said.
"I was a bit disappointed I didn't score, as I had a header come off the crossbar, and I had a one-on-one with the keeper, but it happens.
"I'm just happy to get the chances. I'm not fazed by not scoring, as you have to have the chances to miss them. "Life's a bit topsy-turvy at the moment after moving, but the lads and the gaffer have treated me well."
Fallon, whose father Kevin coached New Zealand at the 1982 World Cup while his son was an infant, had been the subject of intense transfer speculation during the January transfer window.
He had scored 14 goals for a Swindon side struggling at the wrong end of League One before his move.
| FALLON'S UK CAREER 2000-2003: Barnsley
(58 games, 11 goals) 2001-2002: Shrewsbury (loan)
(11 games, 0 goals) 2003-2006: Swindon
(89 games, 25 goals) 2005: Yeovil (loan)
(6 games, 1 goal) 2006- : Swansea
(3 games, 0 goals) |
With his contract up in the summer, there would have been no shortage of takers, but he is pleased to have signed for the Swans until 2008 - and is now looking to move up a division. "We want to go up automatically, as everyone wants to beat us now," Fallon explained.
Swansea's become a club where everyone plays their best against us - we've got to grind out wins like we did against Bournemouth."
The Kiwi is also not concerned by the battery of striking talent available to boss Kenny Jackett.
Top scorer Lee Trundle is currently nursing a hamstring strain, leaving Fallon to compete for a place with fellow new arrival Leon Knight and the powerful Adebayo Akinfenwa - while Robinson's goal against Bournemouth took him to 13 for the season from an attacking midfield role.
But Fallon relishes the competition for places, and insisted: "You need four good strikers at a strong club.
"It shows we're a club that wants to go up. Hopefully we can go on a run now."
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