Jason Scotland has scored 51 goals in 101 Swansea games
Roberto Martinez has praised Swansea City star striker Jason Scotland for surpassing the achievements of one-time fans favourite Lee Trundle.
Scotland and Swans midfielder Jordi Gomez were honoured by their fellow professionals and named in the PFA Championship Team of the Year.
Scotland's 24 goals this season helped inspire the Swans to the verge of the Championship play-offs.
"Jason's achievement is a different level to Lee Trundle's," said Martinez.
Scotland was the front-line replacement for Swansea cult figure Trundle after the man Swans fans hailed as 'Magic Daps' joined Bristol City for £1m in the summer of 2007.
Swansea manager Martinez snapped up the Trinidad and Tobago international from Scottish side St Johnstone for a cut-price £25,000 fee.
But some sections of the Liberty Stadium faithful bemoaned Trundle's departure and struggled to accept Scotland's arrival.
Yet the 30-year-old has been a hit. His 24 league goals last term fired the Swans to the League One title and has scored 51 goals in 101 Swansea games.
I'm glad Jason is getting the recognition he deserves but I'm more delighted that the fans love Jason and Jason loves being at Swansea City
Swansea City manager Roberto Martinez
Scotland, who scored against Premier League teams Portsmouth and Fulham in this year's FA Cup, has caught the eye of Premier League managers.
"Sometimes goal-scorers arrive at a club and have an easy path but Jason did not, he had to build his own path," said Martinez.
"Now he has a great relationship with the fans but at the beginning it wasn't that easy.
"No-one tried to replace Lee Trundle because that was impossible but we've changed things to become a strong side, now we are relying on 24 players rather than one to win football games.
"Jason has scored goals at a different level to Lee as he helped us to win the League One championship and consolidate our place in the Championship.
"The responsibility he takes is impressive and I believe he has another level in his play. Jason blows you away with way he plays his football and the way he has adapted his football in this division.
"I'm glad Jason is getting the recognition he deserves but I'm more delighted that the fans love Jason and Jason loves being at Swansea City.
Trundle was a talismanic figure for Swansea - scoring 85 times in 160 games - and his showboating skills and stunning goals earned him widespread attention.
Now Scotland, the player replaced on the cheap, has been linked with a summer switch to Middlesbrough.
"It was impossible for anyone to step into Lee's shoes," said Martinez.
"You cannot replace characters like Lee, his achievement is for everyone to remember and he is a Swansea City legend.
"But when you lose a player you have to work hard to replace him and find a different way to play.
"Sometimes spending lots of money doesn't always buy success and signing Jason is proof of that - but sometimes money helps."
PFA Championship team of the year: Keiren Westwood (Coventry), Kyle Naughton (Sheff Utd), Roger Johnson (Cardiff), Richard Stearman (Wolves), Daniel Fox (Coventry), Michael Kightly (Wolves), Stephen Hunt (Reading), Joe Ledley (Cardiff), Jordi Gomez (Swansea, on loan from RCD Espanyol), Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolves), Jason Scotland (Swansea).
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