Source: Bournemouth_Echo
Cherries: Rhoys committed to promotion quest
RHOYS Wiggins has set his sights on realising his Championship dream with Cherries after pledging his 100 per cent commitment to the promotion cause.[LNB] Wiggins rocked the club in March when he handed in a shock transfer request after Watford had tabled two bids for the former Norwich and Crystal Palace defender.[LNB] The Hornets had two offers of around £150,000 rejected, with their valuation falling well short for a player Cherries had signed for £40,000 in the summer.[LNB] Wiggins remains under contract to Cherries until June 2012, while the club is also believed to have an option to extend his stay by an additional 12 months.[LNB] Speaking to the Daily Echo at the club's play-off press call on Monday, Wiggins said: You want to play as high as you can and the aim at the moment is to reach the Championship with Bournemouth.[LNB] I have never said I was not happy here. When these opportunities arise, you are never sure whether they will come around again. The goal is to get into the Championship with Bournemouth and I am 100 per cent committed to that.[LNB] Football is a short career and, if you want to progress, you have to take opportunities when they come. I want to get into the Championship and, in the long run, into the Premier League. Whoever I can do it with, brilliant. If it is Bournemouth, even better.[LNB] I always give 100 per cent. I have never gone into a game and given anything less. It wasn't the case that I said to the manager that I wouldn't play for the club if they didn't let me go. I want to play and am 100 per cent committed, all the time.[LNB] Wiggins, who has been restricted by injury to just four appearances since tabling his transfer request, heads into the play-offs on good form after being voted man of the match in Cherries' 2-1 defeat by Rochdale on Saturday.[LNB] He added: I have had a few injuries but am feeling good now. The two games before the play-offs will have helped my fitness and my performance against Rochdale has given me confidence.[LNB] We have already achieved something by making the play-offs. Everybody can be proud of themselves but we want to achieve more. There is another task to be completed.[LNB] Huddersfield have been on a good run in the league but it is almost a cup competition now. Full credit to them for what they did during the season but it is a different situation now. They will have a lot more pressure on them because we are the underdogs.[LNB] We held our own against them in two games during the season and that will give us confidence.[LNB]
