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Chicken Dancer

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  1. http://www.nufc.com/

     

    Shola Ameobi's latest spot kick success has prompted a few of you to request details of his penalty kick record and whether he's ever missed one.

     

    The answer is no - at least competitively, with Saturday bringing the ninth successful conversion of his career. All have come at St.James' Park and all but one of the nine was netted in front of the Gallowgate End:

     

    27.10.2004 Norwich City (h) LC (Leazes End)

    22.04.2006 West Brom (h) PL (Gallowgate End)

    15.10.2006 Bolton (h) PL (Gallowgate End)

    01.02.2009 mackems (h) PL (Gallowgate End)

    15.08.2009 Reading (h) C'ship (Gallowgate End)

    26.08.2009 Huddersfield Town (h) LC (Gallowgate End)

    24.04.2010 Ipswich Town (h) C'ship (Gallowgate End)

    31.10.2010 mackems (h) PL (Gallowgate End)

    07.05.2011 Birmingham City (h) PL (Gallowgate End)

     

    Our Champions League qualifier against Partizan Belgrade in August 2003 gave Ameobi his first public test from 12 yards, during the shootout - at the Gallowgate End.

     

    And although he scored, messrs Shearer, Dyer, Woodgate and Hughes weren't so fortunate and United exited 3-4.

     

    The pre-season tour to South East Asia in 2004 then saw Shola find the target in shootouts against both Thailand in Bangkok and Kitchee in Singapore.

     

    However he has failed from the spot once, during the first half of a pre-season kickabout in August 2005 against Irish side Bray Wanderers. Australian U21 keeper Chris O'Connor guessed correctly to palm Ameobi's effort away.

     

    Some striker misidentification from the Guardian's Birmingham City match coverage conjures up the ghost of Sir Bobby Robson:

     

    Newcastle 1-0 Birmingham (Ameobi 36 pen) Carl Cort gives Newcastle the lead from the penalty spot.

     

    (Nic Wirtz)

     

    With that gangly physique, he doesn't look a natural penalty-taker at all.

     

    I can only put his success down to him being a natural optimist. He approaches the penalty spot in the right frame of mind, like Le Tiss used to do.

    I always still get scared when he takes one as well. But the Ipswich one was at the Leazes IIRC. Butt went down, everyone thought he was going to take it.

  2. End of July is the rumour. I wonder if it mght be tied in as part of a transfer deal?

     

     

     

    Think you could be right Crumpy. Snodgrass is the name I'm hearing from persons who new him when at Livingston.

     

    I'd definately have Snodgrass, and probably Gradel.

  3. "I hope it goes.. f-f-fricking peeearshaped" :lol: :lol:

     

    Love to f*** that he has to throw in these various texts whilst doing his blog to prove he has friends.

    And a girlfriend :lol:. He must be on a Class A drug, like seriously. Look at him man :lol:.

  4. Imagine Ben Arfa, N'Zog and Jonas just attacking teams man, with Tiote just sitting, letting them do the buiness. Then hopefully a top striker to compliment them. I think I would cry, especially when the reality is it will be Larsson, Puncheon and Jonas feeding Shola.

     

    Why ruin a perfectly good post? :lol:

     

    I'm realistic  :weep:, I hope to God they prove us all wrong.

  5. Imagine Ben Arfa, N'Zog and Jonas just attacking teams man, with Tiote just sitting, letting them do the buiness. Then hopefully a top striker to compliment them. I think I would cry, especially when the reality is it will be Larsson, Puncheon and Jonas feeding Shola.

  6. Is that Zenden with them?

     

    Air hostess has turned up for some reason.

     

    Andy Pipkin has turned into Jonny Vegas too.

    That's what I thought :lol:. These have to be Toon fans taking the piss surely? Fucking hell :lol:

  7. Aye, I used to have a season ticket with him until 02 when he passed away. Owe everything I love about this club to him like, top bloke. Missed one home game in 28 year, and that was my Dad's day of birth. Canny record :coolsmiley: . Left me 10k when he died and in the will he requested it payed for a 'season ticket for life'. Top, top bloke.

  8. It wasn't that much worse than 00-01 in which Bobby was in charge. One bad season doesn't make a bad manager. He did a good job overall.

    He ripped apart our best team in memory and took a gamble on unproven foreigners. All we needed was a centre half argubly, and he just ripped it apart. Will never forget that 97/98 season, really optimistic in the summer of 97. Was completely sick by the end of it, and I was only 11. Had a good day at Wembley with me Grandad like.

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