Kuqi: No Swan Dive Against Town
Sunday, 21st Mar 2010 21:05

Former Blue Shefki Kuqi says he won’t celebrate with his trademark dive if he scores against Town for Swansea at the Liberty Stadium next Saturday. The Finnish international, who was with the Blues between 2003 and 2005 and then briefly again on loan in 2008, joined the Swans from German side Koblenz in January.

Kuqi said: “Ipswich are very close to my heart it's a special club for me. I loved every minute of my time there. I had a close relationship with the fans and they appreciated the way I played.

"If I score against them I definitely won't celebrate. I will never celebrate if I score against Ipswich.

"People want to see me do the dive when I score but it won't happen on Saturday. That's my way of showing respect.

"Whenever I go back to Ipswich I feel really good and relaxed. The place feels like home. I got on so well with the people who worked at the club.

"My one regret is that I didn't win promotion there. We came close twice - both times we lost in the play-offs.”

So far Kuqi has netted three times in eight starts and four sub appearances for the Swans.

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Plums added 21:12 - Mar 21 Good lad
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squiz added 21:15 - Mar 21 yeah top bloke. Miss the good old days of him and bent pinging them in.
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wiggymcbigalow added 21:22 - Mar 21 bloody love shefki. Proper nice bloke. I ate kangaroo burger and drank adnams with him once. Legend.
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tom_the_blue added 21:22 - Mar 21 I wish he would. Oh how I miss it, and oh how I miss him. He's still my fave player :D
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tractormarch10 added 21:24 - Mar 21 Fair play, him and bent probably last decent strikers we've had lol
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MarkITFC added 21:27 - Mar 21 he wont score anyway .. but we miss him up top ! imagine how many him n bent would score now !
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FootballsMyLife added 21:31 - Mar 21 Much Respect For Shefki Put In More Effort Than Any Of Our Players Now!
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TractorBoy added 21:34 - Mar 21 One of my favourite Town players, always gave his all and had the best work ethic whilst he was with us. Would have liked him back, show some players how to commit to this club, but he's getting on now.
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BlueinBrum added 21:49 - Mar 21 Much respect for Shefki.
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Tractorboi4eva added 21:50 - Mar 21 Proper decent guy. He was a real work horse, didn't stop running until the final whistle. Also certainly knew where the back of the net was, unlike some players at the moment. I wouldn't celebrate if he scored, but would certainly give him some respect back for not celebrating.
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Mungo added 22:20 - Mar 21 ahh Shefki. Now there was a player with the attitude you wanted. Made up for his shortcomings by working much much harder. A proper professional. Oh how we've all missed you...
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Crock added 22:28 - Mar 21 Good lad. I hope for his sake that he doesn't have to score against Town either.
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cphtractor added 22:30 - Mar 21 Top bloke
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bournemouthblue added 22:38 - Mar 21 LegEnd!!! A real cult hero no doubts about it, we love you Shefki!!!
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parkinshair added 22:51 - Mar 21 Good for you Shefki. Shame Alan Lee could'nt manage to muster the same respect when talking to the press.
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Johnny_Boy added 23:21 - Mar 21 Kuqi Monster!
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cobbold_fanatic added 00:07 - Mar 22 Shefki definately my favourite player ever absolute legend
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ChambersM added 00:18 - Mar 22 Kuqi Monster = love that! What a legend.
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ThatMuhrenCross added 00:31 - Mar 22

Those comments almost brought a tear to my eye. As did watching a video of his best Ipswich goals on YouTube - not having him hear is almost like someone dying. Shefki Kuqi is an Ipswich legend. Full-stop. We love him even more than he loves us.

Shefki, can I ask one thing. If you score in the warm-up, could you run to the Ipswich fans and give us one last viewing of that swan-dive?