Craig Mackail-Smith
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06:00 25th July 2014
by James Hilsum
I’m looking forward to going back there, as I had a special time at the club"
Craig Mackail-Smith
Craig Mackail-Smith
Craig Mackail-Smith is relishing a reunion with his former club Peterborough when Brighton & Hove Albion travel to London Road for a pre-season friendly tomorrow.The Seagulls go into the game following a 1-1 draw with Crawley on Wednesday and Mackail-Smith anticipates a similar test tomorrow.
He told seagulls.co.uk, “I’m looking forward to going back there, as I had a special time at the club. Hopefully I can continue to get some more minutes on the pitch and push towards the start of the season.
“They are a good footballing team and like to pass the ball about. They’re quite a young side, so they’ll be very energetic and it’ll be up to us to put our game plan together.
“We need to make it a little bit tighter, create a few more chances and just work our way closer to the new season.”
The Albion forward admits he is feeling good after making a recovery from a ruptured Achilles tendon in March last year and aims to be as sharp as possible ahead of the league opener with Sheffield Wednesday on 9th August.
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He is also looking forward to the prospect of playing alongside new striker Chris O’Grady after the departure of Leonardo Ulloa to Leicester City.“I’m getting there; I am having the odd little niggle and the physios are pulling me in and out of training, but I got through 65 minutes against Crawley and played three previous 45 minutes, so I’m pushing along nicely.
“I haven’t had a full pre-season in three years, so my aim is to get through everyday making sure that I am fit, sharp and ready to go by the start of the season.
“It will be good to play up top with a big target man like Chris. Obviously I didn’t get my chance with Leo, as we only played one or two games together and we never really had a chance to get enough chemistry on the pitch.
“Hopefully we’ll get a chance to play together and form a nice partnership.”
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