Zan Vipotnik looks like a player who is gradually coming to terms with life in the Championship.
So far, the Slovenia forward has racked up 16 league appearances – 10 of which have been starts – since arriving at Swansea City on the eve of the season.
He has scored three goals, two simple close-range finishes and one thumping drive in the win at Derby County eight days ago.
Pride Park was a “nice moment”, Vipotnik says, but he craves many more.
“Of course,” Vipotnik says, “I am a striker.
“If I play, I like to score. I like to help the team also with good passes, with pressing and recoveries that the coach [Luke Williams] likes. I like to help and the goals will come if I help the team.
“But goals give you energy as a striker. It’s normal that we are not happy if we don’t score.”
Williams has been saying since the day Vipotnik arrived in Swansea that the powerful forward had the tools to thrive in the second tier.
Vipotnik has proved on Swansea’s training ground that he is capable of delivering emphatic finishes with either foot.
The club’s fans have not seen too much of that on matchdays, as yet, though the Derby goal – when Vipotnik took one touch before rattling the ball home on his weaker side – provided evidence of what he is capable of.
At 22, Vipotnik is still young, still gathering experience and know-how as he attempts to prove himself in the Championship.
He impressed in France’s second tier last season, scoring nine goals for Bordeaux.