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CLAYTON Donaldson knows his goal return will be under intense scrutiny when he pulls on a Wanderers shirt this season.
The experienced striker has found the net nearly 150 times in a career spanning 445 games in England and Scotland but accepts he has got it all to prove once again after landing at the Macron Stadium on a free transfer.
Donaldson found the net only five times last season, albeit the majority of his 29 appearances for Sheffield United were off the bench.
But the 34-year-old is comfortable he can show why Phil Parkinson brought him in at the second time of asking in the Championship.
“It comes with the territory being a striker,” he told The Bolton News. “Everyone is looking to be a source of goals and I have done that in the past for teams. I’ll be looking to get as many as I can for Bolton now that I’m here.
“I’m older and wiser. The pressure doesn’t worry me.
“I know that’s how you get judged but it’s important you make a contribution if you are not scoring. Three points is all that matters, and I want to see the team winning games.”
Parkinson had initially tried to sign Donaldson on deadline day last season but the striker opted to stay closer to his Hull base and move to Bramall Lane.
Had the Blades’ ownership problems not emerged before the close of last season, the Jamaica international feels he was in line for a longer stay.
“They were talking about renewing when the stuff started with the club’s owners and it meant the manager didn’t know what his situation was either,” he said. “It would have been nice to stay and settle there for a bit - but the whole thing didn’t get sorted until after the season had finished. By that time there was talk about the manager going to Sunderland and we just thought it was best for all parties if I looked for another club.
“The manager (Parkinson) had been interested in me when I signed at Sheffield and that was always in the back of my mind. I always felt like I’d come to Bolton.
“We’d kept in touch and I’m really glad to be here.”
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wanderers/16319601.Donaldson_ready_to_accept_Wanderers__39__goal_pressures/
The experienced striker has found the net nearly 150 times in a career spanning 445 games in England and Scotland but accepts he has got it all to prove once again after landing at the Macron Stadium on a free transfer.
Donaldson found the net only five times last season, albeit the majority of his 29 appearances for Sheffield United were off the bench.
But the 34-year-old is comfortable he can show why Phil Parkinson brought him in at the second time of asking in the Championship.
“It comes with the territory being a striker,” he told The Bolton News. “Everyone is looking to be a source of goals and I have done that in the past for teams. I’ll be looking to get as many as I can for Bolton now that I’m here.
“I’m older and wiser. The pressure doesn’t worry me.
“I know that’s how you get judged but it’s important you make a contribution if you are not scoring. Three points is all that matters, and I want to see the team winning games.”
Parkinson had initially tried to sign Donaldson on deadline day last season but the striker opted to stay closer to his Hull base and move to Bramall Lane.
Had the Blades’ ownership problems not emerged before the close of last season, the Jamaica international feels he was in line for a longer stay.
“They were talking about renewing when the stuff started with the club’s owners and it meant the manager didn’t know what his situation was either,” he said. “It would have been nice to stay and settle there for a bit - but the whole thing didn’t get sorted until after the season had finished. By that time there was talk about the manager going to Sunderland and we just thought it was best for all parties if I looked for another club.
“The manager (Parkinson) had been interested in me when I signed at Sheffield and that was always in the back of my mind. I always felt like I’d come to Bolton.
“We’d kept in touch and I’m really glad to be here.”
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wanderers/16319601.Donaldson_ready_to_accept_Wanderers__39__goal_pressures/
