and another thing no matter who the next manager is we­ need to give him more than a month its a well known­ fact no club has ever done any good by changing­ managers every couple of month

why not sell martins and taylor bring back supermac ­ and chris waddle get real we need martins john

Scottie you don't even have a common sense...what­ do you mean by NC got relegated because martins was not­ performing?is he going to kill him self because he has­ injury and beside is he the only one in NC...go to hell­ you ingrate

simply put, we need more like him, granted his missed­ his fair share, but he's scored plenty too, and if­ the statement is genuine, his worth to the club far­ outways the 10mil selling him would make

Must be the only one who wants to stay. Not that I­ blame him, nowhere else to go for that has been

well done martins loyalty like the toon fans get the­ parachute payments get ur ar ses
back up get rid of­ that t it ashley and all should be well.

If thats true and martins wants to stay, keep him no­ matter what, i think he would rip the championship­ defenders apart, just like Andy cole did, personally he­ is one of the very few that have tried to fight for­ Newcastle in the back end of the season, dont forget­ this bloke was playing through the pain barrier, he­ only made it onto the pitch with injections, he could­ have walked away but he didnt, if Newcastle do one­ right thing this summer is to keep Martins at all­ costs.

Start useing some common sence at Newcaslle we might­ get some were.
Get rid of the greedy people.
There are­ a lot of people out there would do the job for £1000 a­ week
as long they are not MPs

This could be backroom politics, but if Martins is­ actually being sincere all cynics just turn out to be­ spiteful and ignorant... cos he's always had lots­ of chances to leave the club. Wat happened to the­ Newcastle loyalty of those days? turning on all your­ players cos most of em were complete rubbish. As long­ as he's officially a toon, he's got my­ support... at least save the bashing till he leaves.

If my memory serves me right (and I must admit that­ excess alcohol on that glorious day clouds my­ recollection of Match of the Day) but didn't­ Martins have an excellent chance of scoring late in the­ Villa game (a goal that would surely have saved NUFC),­ which he missed? If I'm right, then I'm­ surprised he's been forgiven so soon. I'm­ with the synical commentators here, I think Martins is­ trying to be clever and hoping that his stated loyalty­ will hasten his exit to sunnier climes. Thankfully,­ sunnier climes will not mean Sunderland, he's a­ luxury we don't need or want.

"Martins: I want Toon stay" Sure or not????­ Just pretending that you're loyal to Toon... Ask­ yourself how much have u contributed to the club,­ another "Injury Prone". just f@#$ of from­ Toon, selfish @#$%.

connolly 25,
Then you tell them you love the club­ and­ the­ fans and love living here that much that you­ will­ play­ for us next season for a reduced salary of­­ £25000 a­ week, that should do the trick and good­ luck.
looks like connolly is going to pay his wages,no­ doubt from his enormous piggybank,an absolute @#$%.your­ full of compromise,i wouldn,t let him play for nowt,get­ rid.

heyup grant 32
wont be long then will it,like putting a­ dog out of its misery.

Personally, i would want him to stay and help NC back­ into EPL but as a Nigerian on the other hand, i think­ he will lose his shirt in the national team....for­ those who is cry foul on Martins, cant yal see how many­ months he didnt play at all? NC got relegated because­ throughout the season most of their best players were­ injured and they hardly play together in one game.­ Blame it on injury ppl. If the team got a back up they­ wont be in the relegation zone when those players came­ back. Martins has chance to leave last yr but he­ refused, so if he said he wanted to stay now is that­ suppose to be fake? Get real ppl, Martins is as loyal­ as he always try his best on the field. You got my­ respect any day Martins! And for the scum who said he­ is 48, i guess he is ur father or ur mum boyfriend.
I­ watch NC game cos of Martins after Shearer left.
Blues­ 4 lyf

Tony K,
i guess ur mum is his mom too for u to know his­ age ryt? if he is 48 and still playing good then u­ should be ashamed to even say it cos i will see him as­ a legend

newcastle

i've found a place where you can meet rich­ scousers, it's on the local tesco car park nicking­ radios and wheel trims.

Of course he wants to stay, no one who would want him­ would be able to pay his rediculous wages. Let's­ face it, if these players really wanted to stay for the­ good of the club then they would offer to reduce their­ salaries....all they are doing with these kinds of­ statements are making sure they continue to get well­ paid no matter what happens and also that if they are­ sold they keep some of the transfer fee.

Martins­ isn't as great as everyone makes him out to be­ either. He is quick, but has very poor control, a­ poor first touch and is so erratic in his runs his team­ mates cannot be expected to pick his runs out as quite­ often he seems to take any options than the one he­ should, plus he does also let his head drop if things­ don't go right for him straight away in games.. ­ He scores some very good goals, but misses the easy­ ones he NEEDS to score and it all boils down to not­ being able to be counted on to perform­ consistently.

This type of player is why newcastle got­ relegated in the first place. Too much show, not­ enough end product, and too much in the mould of a­ 'luxury' player that would best serve a bigger­ squad of a top four team to come off the bench...alas­ they won't want him and newcastle are stuck paying­ his wages until they find someone who does - football­ is just getting rediculous nowadays!

If Newcastle keeps any players on premium salary this­ is the one to keep. Not a Magpie fan but I've­ always liked the team and mostly admired Martins. ­ He's an awesome striker on his day and always­ exciting to watch. Can't believe some of the­ negative posts from Magpie fans... but then they are­ Geordies.