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Scotland has Premier League dream

Jason Scotland
Trinidad and Tobago striker Scotland has scored 16 goals this season

Jason Scotland is confident of firing Swansea City into the Premier League after scoring 11 goals in 11 games.

The Swans are now just one place and two points off the play-offs with a game in hand over their rivals.

"I would like to think I can go on an on," said Scotland, 29, whose brace in the 3-0 win over Ipswich on Saturday took his season's tally to 16.

"We are taking one game at a time, hopefully get into the play-offs and you never know what can happen then."

He added: "It's a dream for me as a player and the whole squad to play in the Premier League.

"If we get there, it will be a great achievement for us."

"The standard we played against Portsmouth (in the FA Cup), the guys are thinking we can make it in the Premier League.

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"But we don't want to get too hyper. We are not saying we can go into the Premier League and do it week in week out."

Manager Roberto Martinez paid tribute to Trinidad & Tobago international Scotland, who was also last season's top scorer in League One with 29 goals.

Scotland was signed in the summer of 2007 from St Johnstone for just £25,000 and was seen as the replacement for Lee Trundle.

Despite his goal scoring record, Scotland has struggled to win over a small section of the Swansea faithful.

But now Martinez believes he has achieved that.

"When he came to this football club, he had big boots to fill," said the Spaniard.

"But in his own way, he worked very, very hard. He is a great goal scorer, has that magic touch and is a great finisher of the ball.

"When he's in a sweet moment he is hard to stop.

"If you look at his goal scoring record, it's outstanding and he is starting to feel loved now."

But while Scotland is dreaming of promotion, he knows the Swans have to keep a cool head if they are to achieve that.

"It's our first time in the division, we're just keeping our heads down and performing as we do," he said.

"The football we are playing is great stuff."



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