ACE CAN'T BEAT A BIT OF BULLY!MAN-of-the-moment Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (born March 29, 1986 in Cambridge) is a striker for the English league club Plymouth Argyle. Biography Ebanks-Blake's first club was Fulbourn Falcons around the Cambridge area. has revealed how swapping Home Park for homework has helped him home in on success at Wolves. Ebanks-Blake will be gunning for personal and collective glory when he takes on his former club Plymouth in today's must-win clash at Molineux. He currently leads the Championship scoring charts with 23 goals and will be hoping to clinch the golden boot. But, more importantly, Ebanks-Blake is determined to fire Mick McCarthy's men into the play-offs by securing a top six place this afternoon. The former Manchester United trainee's pilgrimage from Plymouth's Home Park to Molineux for pounds 1.5m in January has taken his game to a new level. Ebanks-Blake puts it down to his decision to research Wolves' proud history, including Steve Bull Stephen George Bull, MBE, (born 28 March 1965) is a former English footballer from Tipton who had a long career in the football league with Wolverhampton Wanderers. Steve Bull was born on the Moat Farm estate (known locally as the "The Lost City") on 28 March 1965. , the old gold and black legend Black Legend Stories from the Spanish colonies in the Americas that led to the general belief, eagerly endorsed by such rivals as Britain and Holland, that Spain exceeded other nations in cruelty to its subject populations. he is already being compared to. "I think it's important when you come to a club, especially of this size, to realise the history and understand the fans, what they want and what they're looking for in players," he said. Research "That's important for me, so from day one since I came here I've really done my research to the point where I even get a DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. of every game and try and study all the things that we do. "It's not something I've always done but it's something I've taken upon myself to do because I want to be a success and I think it's important to do your research. "A few people said when I signed that I could be the next Steve Bull, but I didn't know much about him. "I've done my research and I now know what a hero he was here - I've even looked at a few YouTube clips of his goals." Ebanks-Blake has adjusted quickly to life in the Black Country with 12 goals of his impressive tally coming in a Wolves shirt. But the Cambridge-born hitman insists his prolific form is down to the extra hours he puts in on the training pitch. "A lot of footballers want stay out and do extra in the gym when things are going wrong," he said. "I think it's when things are going well, that's the time you need to keep pushing. "That way you can get on with it because no-one is there to scrutinise Verb 1. scrutinise - to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail; "he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror" scrutinize, size up, take stock you when you're doing well." CAPTION(S): GOALS: Ebanks-Blake |
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