Shola Getting Frustrated

Got nothing against the lad and hope he gets to go to the World Cup with Nigeria but it is amazing/shocking how long he has managed to stay at the club with his awful scoring record as a striker. We really should be giving youngsters their chance for the rest of the season instead of him and the end of the season has to be the very end for him here as a player.

 

Isn't it the case that when you reach the last 6 months of your contract you can start negotiations with other clubs. Shola has never said he is in talks with other clubs. Maybe he knows something we don't. Like maybe a new contract in the offing?

 

Shola would make a better cock guider than a striker

 

More likely no-ones fcking interested which is why he's so desperately hankering after a new deal here.

 

That's more or less what I was thinking.

 

I can seriously see a Carlton Cole type scenario happening with Shola.
Coles' contract with WHU ended in the summer 2013 and he never got fixed up anywhere, but has still ended up with a new contract at WHU until the end of 14/15.

Substitute Carlton Cole and WHU with Shola Ameobi and NUFC in the text below.
Failure to buy players in Transfer Windows - sound familiar, so they brought in someone who they knew with limited costs.


On 3 September 2013, after West Ham failed with a number of bids for strikers at the end of the transfer window, they approached Cole about returning to the club. The move did not take place however, due to concerns over Cole's fitness. After training at the club to regain his fitness, on 14 October 2013, Cole signed a short-term contract with West Ham, keeping him at the club until January 2014. Cole made 6 starts and 8 appearances as a substitute for West Ham during this short-term contract. His first goal in his second spell came on 30 November 2013 in his fourth game: coming on as an 81st minute substitute for Modibo Maiga, Cole scored the second West Ham goal, barely a minute later, in a 3–0 win against Fulham. He went on to score 3 more goals, against Manchester United, Arsenal, and Cardiff City.

On 15 January 2014 Cole signed an 18 month contract keeping him at the club past the end of the 2014–15 season.


Highly unlikely that the same could happen with Shola, the summer transfer window would really have to go badly and he would still need to be out of a job.
But as everyone knows, this is Newcastle United where anything is possible................

 

Like one of those sweepers off the Curling.

Can just see him now, at the next Winter Olympics representing Nigeria in the Curling.

 

Not quite what I had in mind, he'd need a bit of skill to do that kind of sweeping up.

 

Shola might be alright in the championship. I wonder if we might see the Mackem slayer playing for the mackems? Could he do it?

 

Might score an own goal or two.