[Albion] Craig Mackail-Smith feature on YouTube

[Ninja Elephant]

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What a signing at the time, a real shame how it all worked out for him. Loved him at the time, and I love him now.

 

[Brian Fantana]

It was a massive statement of intent at the time. Just so weird that we played a system that totally didn’t suit him.

That cross for Ulloa’s goal at Forest though ��

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Watching this interview, it's brilliantly done. So much behind the scenes footage, including a shot of Sami post-Millwall catastrophe.

I think I'd forgotten his goals to game ratio in that second season, before the disaster at Bristol City. We just never really saw him in full flow in an attacking team.

Not to re-write history, because it is what it is. But I haven't been as excited by a signing as I was about his. Vicente, of course - but I couldn't believe we'd got Mackail-Smith. It was exciting and surprising. He seems a lovely bloke, I'll be making a trip to Wycombe to see him play again.

 

[NorthLainer]

A good watch. Comes across as a really grounded guy. Reckons he was too hard on himself and that affected his performances. Shame his injury took out a large chunk of his time with us.

 

[Weststander]

Lovely bloke, gave his all. Personally I never rated him as a top Championship striker, but obviously hoped that he would be.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

He wasn't the success we all hoped and expected him to be, but he did his very best. We can't ask a lot more than that.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Much adored at WW.

 

[Badger Boy]

Very political about the broken promises from the initial chat with Gus and Taricco. He looks to have lost a lot of upper body bulk now, I always thought he looked too stacked. Not quite Lukaku levels of sheer chunk, but too bulky to be as effective as he was at Peterborough.

 

[Insel affe]

Shame it never actually really worked for him here, for several reasons, his effort could never be faulted and therefore will always be a legend in his time here at the Albion.
Funny how while here at the same time Barnes did as much and arguably was more successful in front of goal, was constantly chastised by the Brighton Boo Boys....

Both great players for the Albion in my eyes.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Still have yet to see someone running in that individual style of his.

I maintain that, despite his injuries, the Championship may have been one rung too far. A good L1/L2 player.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Much adored at WW.

As he was at Posh. His level now I guess.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Shame it never actually really worked for him here, for several reasons, his effort could never be faulted and therefore will always be a legend in his time here at the Albion.
Funny how while here at the same time Barnes did as much and arguably was more successful in front of goal, was constantly chastised by the Brighton Boo Boys....

Both great players for the Albion in my eyes.

Your right, it was the Brighton boo boys who did for Ash in the end. I loved him too though, and although not prolific in front of goal did an awful lot of good work off the ball. Often played out of position by Gus too to 'do a job' for team, which he did well and more tyhan willingly.

But hey, this thread is or should be, about CMS.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Barnes was, and is, a significantly better player than CMS in all aspects.

 

[Arthur]

Got to be up there as one of our worst signings ever. Certainly not the worst player, far from it but for the money he cost at the time and where the club was to what he actually delivered just showed he was out of depth and it eventually caught up with him.

He was liked more than Barnes though because he came across like a nice guy, he had nice hair and a dopey goal celebration all he was missing was a foreign sounding name and he would have had the full house of things that are important to some our of fans.

 

[Aveacarlin']

Shame it never actually really worked for him here, for several reasons, his effort could never be faulted and therefore will always be a legend in his time here at the Albion.
Funny how while here at the same time Barnes did as much and arguably was more successful in front of goal, was constantly chastised by the Brighton Boo Boys....

Both great players for the Albion in my eyes.

Legend? No chance mate.

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[Dick Knights Mumm]

That was an interesting interview. Always gave of his best. He always came over as a decent bloke - and so it turns out. And it was exciting when we signed him - he looked good for Posh even in that game at London Road where we were effing brilliant.

Just not the type of player we needed at that juncture.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

To be fair, while he wasn't prolific, he did win us a fair few points.

£2.5m was silly money at the time though, and it still is in today's money.

33 goals in a season for Peterborough was prolific. He got 11 goals in the Championship with us before his injury.

 

[poidy]

Very political about the broken promises from the initial chat with Gus and Taricco. He looks to have lost a lot of upper body bulk now, I always thought he looked too stacked. Not quite Lukaku levels of sheer chunk, but too bulky to be as effective as he was at Peterborough.

Amazing looking back at that footage how big he looked post injury. For someone that relied on pace it’s no wonder he struggled. He looked absolutely stacked.


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