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Nile Ranger (now a free agent)


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Guest Brendan_Rice

Wow, I can't believe he's played over 50 times for us. I'd have guessed around 20!

 

Just seen that couldn't believe it myself

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Those 50 appearances for us surely can't equate to many minutes? He must have started 5 games tops?

 

:thup: Couldn't give a shit how many games he played. It was clear to see he had potential, even if he was nowhere near fulfilling it. It's just a shame he threw it away.

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ALAN PARDEW has warned Nile Ranger he will have nobody to blame but himself if he ends up on football's scrapheap.

 

This week Pardew will lift the lid on what he hopes is a bright future for the Magpies as they look to find hungry players eager to woo crowds of 50,000 fanatical Tyneside supporters at St James’ Park.

 

But he is concerned that Ranger may never learn his lesson.

 

And as United prepared for the Tyne-Wear derby this week, Ranger seems a million miles away from first-team consideration. The Toon Army are furious at Ranger’s current attitude with the Londoner wasting an opportunity that most Geordie fans can only dream of.

 

Ranger admitted assaulting two police officers this week, but still has four years left of his current contract to run.

 

Ranger, a signing by controversial former transfer chief Dennis Wise, was handed his chance in the

 

Championship and appeared in attack with Andy Carroll in 2009.

 

But, while Carroll excelled, ramped his valuation up to £35m and went on to play for England, Ranger went in the other direction.

 

Pardew threw him another chance when he arrived as boss in 2010 and put his arm around the player and gave him 18 first-team chances in his first season in charge.

 

However, Ranger has drifted from one crisis to another and, just like the United faithful, Pardew has every right to feel let down.

 

Pardew told the Chronicle: “I think I’ve been fair with him.

 

“This guy is late so often, it is unbelievable. He’s still at this football club and we’re still trying to do something with him.

 

“But he will still not get back in the team unless he has a period of six weeks where he isn’t late.

 

“I don’t think it is going to happen.

 

“It is important, I’m not going to let him train with my first team because he is letting the other players down.”

 

Pardew, though, who has handed the likes of Sammy Ameobi and Adam Campbell first-team debuts during Ranger’s demise, says the situation is now in the 21-year-old’s hands.

 

When asked if the penny would ever drop, he said: “For Nile? That’s up to him.”

 

Many fans wonder why United haven’t moved the player on or loaned out the former Southampton trainee.

 

But Pardew said: “The bottom line is we haven’t got four or five clubs queuing up (to take him).

 

“In fact we haven’t got one club queuing up for him.

 

“That should be alarm bells in his head to get his act in order.

 

“But maybe he doesn’t want to be a footballer.”

 

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Good to see him not mincing his words. No need to be coy about it all if Ranger doesn't give a shit. Best hope he doesn't get offended and get his bruvs after Pards, though.

 

Six weeks straight not being late for training? I'd be surprised if there were many players who were early or dead on time every single day for six weeks. :lol: The fucktard's got no chance. Good.

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Guest ObiChrisKenobi

ESPN had him on a list of options for the U21 team last night

 

 

 

Fucking hell :lol: Imagine him in last nights fracas/racism, he would have went apeshit.

 

Nice choice of words. :buck2:

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