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Every opponents central defence once we went up to the Championship, seemed to have two Duffy/Dunk units, tall, powerful, with pace and a footballing brain. Out thought and out powered little CMS.
To prosper at higher levels with that time of personal game and size, the player needs...
What we do know is that CMS before his injury, had the likes at different times of Vicente, Buckley, Orlando, Lopez, Bridge, LuaLua, Calderon, Barnes and Noone as team mates. All good to outstanding players, and one way or another creators in games.
CMS only scored 21 league goals over 63...
But P'boro still went for attacking at all costs, to CMS's strengths in the Championship. Ferguson made no attempt at caution. CMS simply struggled against faster, more powerful, more savvy defenders in the Championship at both P'boro and the Albion.
Witnessed it time and time again before...
CMS's CHAMPIONSHIP goals scoring record was:
Peterborough - 10 league goals in 43 league starts (long before an injury & in a team playing kamikaze football ideal for CMS)
Brighton 2011/12 and 2012/13 - 21 goals in 81 appearances all competitions (before injury)
= 31 goals over almost three...
Not Championship quality, especially top of Championship quality.
Poyet blew £2.5m of TB's money on that, whilst arrogantly refusing Muzza a pay rise.
CMS was/is by all accounts a lovely bloke, he always gave his best and good luck to him.