Ameobi happy to finally have chance

Thu, 20 Aug 12:16:31 2009

Shola Ameobi is relishing his new-found status of Newcastle hero after living in the shadows of big-name team-mates for years.

The 27-year-old, who was thrust into the senior squad as teenager by then boss Sir Bobby Robson, has waited patiently in line behind the likes of Alan Shearer, Craig Bellamy, Michael Owen, Obafemi Martins and Mark Viduka for a chance to prove his worth on a consistent basis.

However, the ongoing off-field problems have seen him rise to the fore once again and a man who has not always been appreciated by the fans is suddenly a crowd favourite.

Ameobi's hat-trick against Reading on Saturday earned him loud cheers when he was introduced to a crowd of 43,904 ahead of the game against Sheffield Wednesday at St James' Park.

But the applause was even louder when he left the pitch at full-time having scored the only goal to fire his home-town club into third place in the Coca-Cola Championship.

Ameobi said: "It's something that hasn't happened often over the years but I'm delighted. I have finally got a chance to get a run in the team and to prove I can score goals. The last time was under Glenn Roeder, which was a very fruitful time for me because I was playing games. Hopefully I can stay fit and continue in this good vein of form."

 

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  1. Sean A, good come back Sean, like it.
    Keep it like­ that man without the nastiness and you will get a much­ better response from the Mag posters and even the­ Mackems.
    Oh, and yeh your right, Fulop is facing higher­ quality strikers, but he let three goals in?

    From john.connolly01, on Fri 21 Aug 6:58PM

  2. smiths better than cattermole!!!!!!!! omg! smith cant­ kick a ball if its perfectly still in front of­ him!!
    enrique is better than nosworthy! when did i­ mention nosworthy??
    fulop i fantasic in goal, harper is­ versing championship strkers this year! no­ drogba's, no rooney's, no gerrard's and no­ deco's! so in a way harper will have better stats­ but if you get promoted i am sure he will be letting in­ goals again. NAILL QUINNS DISCO PANTS ARE THE BEST!!

    From Sean A, on Fri 21 Aug 6:47PM

  3. I see Sean A is still spouting rubbish from his cesspit­ gob!

    From Bobby Robson A Legend, on Fri 21 Aug 5:19PM

  4. Harpers better than Fulop and Smithies better than­ Cattermole. Come to think of it Taylor's much­ better than ferdinand and Enrique is world class­ compared to Nosworthy so I suppose you could say we are­ considerably better than you.
    Maybe that's why we­ get much bigger crowds?

    From john.connolly01, on Fri 21 Aug 4:01PM

  5. amoebi is better than jones sean a

    From sifou, on Fri 21 Aug 7:04AM

  6. you need to get promoted first! then stabilise your­ selves as a premier league club! which meens buy new­ player!
    we came up 3 years ago with keano, and you­ think you can get into europe staight away!........back­ down to earth please, ok i think you will come back up­ BUT you will go straight back down if you still have­ the likes of collocinii or jail bird barton, i dont­ think you will ever have better players than lorik­ cana,kenwyne jones,martin fulop,anton ferdinand,lee­ catttermole,darren bent and ovcourse andy reid and­ steed malbranque and some others, so its along we up­ yet mate we should know we have been there!, good luck­ you need it!

    From Sean A, on Fri 21 Aug 5:42AM

  7. Sean A, well at least he will get a chance to play in­ Europe, season after next, and I hope Sunderland come­ back up

    From john.connolly01, on Fri 21 Aug 5:33AM

  8. who like newcastle? yeah you can have muppet murphy for­ 8 million............bargain.

    From Sean A, on Fri 21 Aug 5:32AM

  9. We'll never know because Murphy will never play­ against Real Madrid in anger, unless he leaves­ Sunderland for a big club

    From john.connolly01, on Fri 21 Aug 5:09AM

  10. ameobi for england!!!!!!! dont be silly! murphy has a­ better chance of scoring a hat-rick against real­ madrid!!!!

    From Sean A, on Fri 21 Aug 4:49AM

  11. alan, he's done more for the shirt in the last 2­ games than Owen did from Jan onwards and I'm his­ biggest critic. I would have gave him away for free­ before the season started.

    From john.connolly01, on Fri 21 Aug 12:53AM

  12. I never thought id say this but i would prefer him­ playing for newcastle than i would michael owen.
    Ive­ long been a critic of shola but he seems to have a bit­ of motivation at the moment. Good on him

    From alan, on Fri 21 Aug 12:42AM

  13. HEY, SHOLA! SHOLA!­ SHOLA!

    "WHAT"

    "TELEPHONE CALL FOR­ YOU"

    "WHO IS IT, I'M BUSY WATCHING­ REPLAY'S OF ALL THE GOALS I'VE SCORED THIS­ SEASON, I'LL BE A WHILE"

    "IT'S­ CAPELLO, HE WANTS TO KNOW IF YOUR DOING ANYTHING NEXT­ SUMMER"

    From john.connolly01, on Thu 20 Aug 10:06PM
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