GeordieDazzler Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 There is an article in a magazine called When Saturday Comes written by the Italian journo who sparked the age confusion. Apparently the webmaster of the Nigerian website didnt get paid so he messed up loads of stuff on the site to piss them off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 There is an article in a magazine called When Saturday Comes written by the Italian journo who sparked the age confusion. Apparently the webmaster of the Nigerian website didnt get paid so he messed up loads of stuff on the site to piss them off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 "Providing we don't expect too much, he'll be okay for us." Bobyule. Expect a bit more after all the hype and the money spent really. Has it really come to this already with Oba? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins is confident he can be a success at St James' Park. The £10 million signing is still looking for his first goal for Newcastle since his arrival from Internazionale. Martins has no worries about his goalscoring drought and has promised to prove his worth to the Magpies faithful. "Maybe I am a slow starter but once I break the jinx I won't stop scoring," Martins told The Sun. "I want to score goals because that is what I'm paid to do. "The fans are looking forward to seeing their striker scoring, I promise them I'm working towards it - and despite the robust defences I will still score great goals here. "The Italians are masters of defensive football. I scored in Italy, so I'll score in the Premiership too." The Nigerian endured a difficult debut for Newcastle when picking up a leg injury in the 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa and he is ready put it behind him. "Losing on your debut is bad - getting injured in the same match is worse. But I've decided to push that behind me and move on," added Martins. Meanwhile, Newcastle boss Glenn Roeder believes he has nothing to prove as he prepares to make his first return to West Ham. Roeder spent two years in charge of West Ham, but he was sacked in 2003 after the club suffered relegation. Roeder is not worried about any hostile reception he might receive on his return to Upton Park and says he is not bitter about his exit. "It doesn't bother me. As I found out at the end of managing West Ham, life can potentially be very short whatever the reception," said Roeder. "On the day, that will be the last thing on my mind. It is not about my reception. My team is the major player on the day. "I don't feel I have anything to prove there. I have kept in touch with a couple of board members there since I left. "I'm not one of those managers who hopes that his previous club does poorly and I'm delighted the way things have turned out for West Ham." http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=416410&CPID=8&clid=4&lid=3&title=Martins+confident+of+success Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 good game today Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iklgizmo Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 really really thought he did well today. Did brilliantly in the build up to duffs goal colectin ght e ball in our own half n had the strength to hold of a few west ham players. Scored a good goal n all, he's gona be cracking man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I thought he really grew as the game went today. Gemmill was right to question his first touch but it looked 80% there in the second half. His pace is there and emre nearly picked him out a few times. Iirc emre was lucky with the bouce but so what he did really well cutting in from the right and beating a couple of players to put Martins through. How many times was the Martins song done? He must feel canny welcome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimburst Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 well done martins, good well taken goal, a cool finish and an assist... we cant expect much more than for him to continue to work hard for the cause and keep on trying to score goals. im really happy for him and the team with this goal, well done. well done duff too! good to see him get off the mark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
womblemaster Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 yes he played well. He made the first goal. infact he made ameobi look like a target man, with his movement and passing. Think hes good ad getting better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Delighted for him. Hopefully the 1st of many. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 He still needs to improve that first touch but i think thats down to confidence. Emre was looking to pick him out all afternoon which was a great sign. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I thought he really grew as the game went today. Gemmill was right to question his first touch but it looked 80% there in the second half. His pace is there and emre nearly picked him out a few times. Iirc emre was lucky with the bouce but so what he did really well cutting in from the right and beating a couple of players to put Martins through. How many times was the Martins song done? He must feel canny welcome. him and lee clark were last ones down the tunnel today martins=class Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 The real positive he seems to have which is something players coming into the English league is he puts in a real graft, will run his arse off and although he is quite small will battle as much as he can! It was really good to hear, right near the end the commentator saying Martins put in a block resulting in them having a corner. Just shows he is there willing to work for the team anywhere on the pitch until the end and thats something added to his pace and ability which will help him a huge amount in settling into this league. Future looks bright for this one and all jokes aside at 21 years old lets hope its a long one for our new number 9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indi Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Him and Shola were really good today, they bullied the West Ham back four all match, I bet they have the bruises to show for it. He did put in a lot of work coming back into the midfield and winning the ball and got that block in right near the end - with his hand like!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prudmag Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Does anyone know if the smb did a reprint of the prog for the game at the stad de shite?.i have just bought a one from a dealer for £3 and i cant find the offending simon crabtree article in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Knightrider Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 whats annoying me, is that all the media keep banging on about his goal drought and about how he looks like he is not settling in. But they dont mention the fact that kuyt hasnt scored for liverpool, bellamy hasnt scored in the prem, and tevez hasnt scored yet either! Exactly, Shevchenko has done fuck all since coming to Chelsea while Bellamy and Kuyt are looking fairly average at the moment. The fella who scored for Arsenal today had a great game and he's a different player altogether compared to when he first played for Arsenal where he looked lazy, light weight and had a poor first touch - today he played perfect as a lone striker and won them the game. Players take time to adapt, even players we know who are good (Shevchenko) and those who have Premiership experience need time to adapt to new clubs (Bellamy) as well. It will take Martins time, but the signs are promosing. By all accounts he worked his socks off today, was involved in the two goals, scoring the winner and he linked up well with Ameobi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prudmag Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 sorry for putting above post in here but have just registered and cant find how to start new post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 whats annoying me, is that all the media keep banging on about his goal drought and about how he looks like he is not settling in. But they dont mention the fact that kuyt hasnt scored for liverpool, bellamy hasnt scored in the prem, and tevez hasnt scored yet either! Exactly, Shevchenko has done **** all since coming to Chelsea while Bellamy and Kuyt are looking fairly average at the moment. The fella who scored for Arsenal today had a great game and he's a different player altogether compared to when he first played for Arsenal where he looked lazy, light weight and had a poor first touch - today he played perfect as a lone striker and won them the game. Players take time to adapt, even players we know who are good (Shevchenko) and those who have Premiership experience need time to adapt to new clubs (Bellamy) as well. It will take Martins time, but the signs are promosing. By all accounts he worked his socks off today, was involved in the two goals, scoring the winner and he linked up well with Ameobi. Zidane is the finest player ive personally ever seen (bar maybe Redondo), imo he was twice as good as anyone you can name currently playing the game - shits all over Riquelme, Rooney, Ronaldinho, Henry, all of them - yet even he took 5+ months of playing shiite at Madrid to settle in fully and adjust to a new team/system/teamates as well as the team to adjust to him and play to his strengths. I remember in his first few months there things looked so poor that he was being called a complete rip off at 48mill. By the end of the season, Juve were the ones considered to have been ripped off. Very few players settle in instantly, especially when theyre expected to. Its normally the ones who arent expected to do so well who hit the ground running. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indi Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 sorry for putting above post in here but have just registered and cant find how to start new post It's alright mate. At the moment you have to post a new thread in the post moderation forum then it's ok'd (or not) by one of us (mods) and we put it in the appropriate forum. It's just a trial though and it's going to be dumped in a matter of days, because people didn't like it, at which point it'll be back to the usual method. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prudmag Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 cheers indigo.btw di you know the bloody ticket office is open tonite to sell tickets for the sky 1 the match Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gosport Toon Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 whats annoying me, is that all the media keep banging on about his goal drought and about how he looks like he is not settling in. But they dont mention the fact that kuyt hasnt scored for liverpool, bellamy hasnt scored in the prem, and tevez hasnt scored yet either! Exactly, Shevchenko has done **** all since coming to Chelsea while Bellamy and Kuyt are looking fairly average at the moment. The fella who scored for Arsenal today had a great game and he's a different player altogether compared to when he first played for Arsenal where he looked lazy, light weight and had a poor first touch - today he played perfect as a lone striker and won them the game. Players take time to adapt, even players we know who are good (Shevchenko) and those who have Premiership experience need time to adapt to new clubs (Bellamy) as well. It will take Martins time, but the signs are promosing. By all accounts he worked his socks off today, was involved in the two goals, scoring the winner and he linked up well with Ameobi. yES i THINK WE'D ALL BE MOANING IF WE'D PAID £30M FOR sCHEVCHENKO AND HE PLAYED FOR US LIKE HE HAS FOR CHELSEA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/71911288.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19390335F8FA9CA92A61E7DE4468352012F59D55AD35CA51490 http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/71911285.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19390335F8FA9CA92A61E7DE4468352012F591E7EC1A351FC8B http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/71911286.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19390335F8FA9CA92A61E7DE4468352012F4EF3EA9A178B7582 http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/71911289.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19390335F8FA9CA92A61E7DE4468352012F810F755E003CBEB8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 team spirit http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/71911293.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19390335F8FA9CA92A6826473B3A56FAE5EC7631F868A8C7D54 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulivye Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 oba's got quite some quadriceps on him... not that there's anything wrong with that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/71911285.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19390335F8FA9CA92A61E7DE4468352012F591E7EC1A351FC8B Look at the relief mixed with happiness at Oba's face! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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