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Let’s face it, when you’re a striker and the coach is playing you at left-back you know your time is up.
The space between keepers and defenders is referred to as the ‘corridor of opportunity’ – a well-hit pass in there has the goalie questioning whether to come into traffic and defenders unsure of whether or where to clear the ball.
I had some great years at Palace, got supported really well by the fans.
Obviously we’ve got a lot of science behind football these days and we’ve got a lot of people that can advise us on how best to look after our bodies.
I grew up desperate to be a professional footballer and I was willing to do anything to be one.
I am just a normal bloke. I take my kids to parties, put the bins out.
I’ve had many strike partners over the years and usually their aim is to outscore you – and take great pleasure in doing so.
For a striker, the goals never move. Whatever division you’re playing in.
It is well-documented that Bournemouth like to play football. I think I can give them a slightly different dimension when the ball goes into the box.
Teams full of talent and top-flight experience know when to engage a tackle at crucial times, when to compete in an aerial duel or seize on a chance – often resulting in the net rippling.
Winning and scoring at places like Chelsea is what you grow up dreaming of, so doing so with Bournemouth was a moment to cherish.
I had four great years at Palace but just felt it was the right time to start a new chapter of my career.
I think health is the most important thing.
Obviously, I don’t have any real speed to work with so I have to use other things. The modern game is very speed based so as soon as managers see that you haven’t got that pace it can be tough.
It took me a little bit of time in the Premier League. I came back from an ACL and got one goal in I think six months at Crystal Palace. It wasn’t great but I got to grips with the Premier League, started to understand what it’s about because it’s very different to the lower leagues.
It’s always nice to go and play the big teams at the big stadiums.
I’ve only ever moved on when I’ve not been wanted. Experience has told me, when your time’s up, you have to go. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve enjoyed my time at all the clubs I’ve been at, and they’ve all got a special place in my heart.
I’ve had the privilege of playing in our top seven leagues and the main differences when stepping up are organisation, athleticism and decisiveness. Believe me, the gap is even more evident when you achieve the holy grail of the Premier League.
I can remember playing for Carlisle and just running around like a headless chicken telling the others boys not to worry, that I’d do their running for them. I was just so eager and so keen and desperate to be a footballer that I did that.
When I was young, I would dwell on games and beat myself up about a result. I would lock myself away in the house, almost punishing myself and those around me.
As a teenager, I was in the Carlisle schoolboy scheme and while I was excited to join at first, I look back on it as a tough few years.
When you’re a kid football is, and should be, sheer enjoyment.
I’m an out-and-out striker. It’s my job to hold the ball up, to get in the box and to score goals. And, yes, I keep count.
It was through the Hammerheads that I got a route into the professional game, via a trial at Sunderland from Mick McCarthy and then an invitation to come back to Carlisle in 2004.
I take heart from players around me.
We know the English market is quite high and I think that sometimes puts clubs off. I think there is a lot of hype around the Premier League.
I know hotel life sounds good but, believe me, it grows old when you have eaten the menu ten times over and you know you’ve stayed too long when you’re on first-name terms with the staff.
I never imagined I’d make it in the Football League.
When Carlisle released me, I felt as though the dream of being a footballer was over.
Managers can sometimes hold players back for their own benefit.
Playing in America led to me getting a chance. Kicking around in the non-leagues I was going nowhere so I’m glad I did it.
Chelsea is a club I’ve always had a soft spot for as they have kept faith with playing a traditional strong and physical No. 9.
To play week in, week out is all I care about.
Scoring goals is the best feeling in the world. It’s a habit. It’s a drug. Everybody runs away in the playground pretending they’ve scored in front of thousands of people. I do that for real.
Rather than just sit there, I would prefer to get out and play football. Brighton have let me do that.
I need balls put in the box and I need chances to be created for me.
I must be rubbish as I can only play one sport.
The lowest point in my non-league career came when I was a teenage substitute for Workington Reds in a game at Blyth Spartans, and some kids started throwing eggs at me and the other subs when we were warming up.
That’s something that drives me on – wanting to prove people wrong. Because the amount of people who have told me, ‘no, you’re not good enough.’ A lot of people fall at that hurdle. But I just kept getting up and looking for that one person who said yes.
It just wasn’t the right fit at Bournemouth. I wasn’t suited to their style.