Seydou Bancey - Suárez's Mimicker

INTRODUCTION Reigning and record Ghana league champions, Kumasi Asante Kotoko sit comfortably atop of the league log, after the first half of the season came to an end recently. The second and third placed sides trail the Porcupine Warriors by 7 clear points thanks to players like Seydou Bancey. The club's leadsman. WHO'S SEYDOU BANCEY Seydou Bancey is a striker who few thought would not have come thus far given his wasteful and abysmal display some season(s) back. However, though not the dearest player in the 'Reds' family, he has established himself as the lynchpin of the side this year. Bancey opened his goal scoring campaign with a brace in the Super Cup match against Medeama SC. The former Dwarfs FC forward scored in the opening two games of the season with a thunderous strike against arch-rivals Hearts of Oak. However his free scoring season was brought to halt courtesy injury which sidelined him for months. DICHOTOMY : BANCEY AND SUAREZ. Seydou Bancey watched close to half of this year's campaign from sidelines just like Luis Suarez who also saw some fraction of the English League from the stands due to suspension. Suarez's story, everybody knows what happened when he returned, scoring 20 goals in as 'many' games and leads the goal- king race in England. Continuing Bancey's story, few anticipated, a striker of such misfiring status for sometime now could only be surviving on a nine-day wonder and surely the post-injury performance will indicate what he's known best for - inconsistency. However, these critique perhaps gingered Bancey to do what few predicted thus 5 goals in his last 6 games making a total of 7 goals in 8 games and leading the race for goal-king in a country where strikers are hard to come by. Bancey just like Suarez is brimmed with exuberance and sheer determination. What the two goal-machines share in common is their abilities to provide assists for other players to score. Bancey has provided not less than 3+ assists, similar to Suarez's performance though they featured less. Another trait these two share in common is their footworks. SEYDOU 'SUAREZ' BANCEY In as much as these two nimble-footed players have proven pivotal in this year's campaign for their clubs. It will be outrageous to compare the two players given they are in different leagues and standards and also Luis Suarez has more than enough national team experience with Uruguay whereas Seydou Bancey has yet to earn a call-up though got a recent late inclusion in the Local Black Stars team for the pre-CHAN tournament squad of Ghana. It is however very fair to say Bancey is clearly mimicking Suarez's performance. Therefore he's got every right to be dubbed Seydou 'Suarez' Bancey for the fun of the game and the beauty of its nature. Many accolades from the Kotoko family has emanated over the years, but expect Suarez Bancey to soar higher, all things being equal.