Since resigning for the club he played for as a youngster, Clarke-Harris has had some big boots to fill. Not only has he had to contend with last season’s League One top goal scorer Ivan Toney – who left for a record-breaking fee to Brentford in the summer- but with the long list of great strikers that have donned the Peterborough shirt.<\/p>\n
The likes of Aaron McClean,\u00a0Craig Mackail-Smith, Dwight Gayle and Britt Assombalonga have all come, scored and gone (and in some cases, come back again) in recent seasons, totalling a combined 193 goals for the Posh in both the Championship and League One.<\/p>\n
However, in a season like no other and on a pitch that resembles a freshly ploughed field, the 26-year-old is arguably more important to the Cambridgeshire club this term than any of his predecessors in previous years,\u00a0and Saturday’s 2-0 win<\/a>\u00a0over a spirited Crewe side proved just that.<\/p>\n Despite Szmodics scoring the first and assisting Clarke-Harris to tap home his 14th goal of the season, it was in fact the centre-forward’s presence that was far more indispensable.<\/p>\n Displaying his immense strength for the entire 90 minutes, the Posh\u2019s number nine dropped deep, won the most number of duels (12) and linked play with his fellow forwards Szmodics and Siriki Dembele superbly, all whilst he providing an option for cutbacks or loose balls himself.<\/p>\n