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Nile Ranger (now a free agent)


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I don't suppose that anyone knows whether a 100% legal clip of Mr. Ranger's clip exists on the internet?

 

I'm looking at making an animated GIF.

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Was a nice finish, ok he couldn't really miss (well he could) but it was still quite a calm and confident take imo. I don't think the miss was THAT bad either really, I thought the defender did really well in making a nuisance of himself and putting Ranger off.

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Was a nice finish, ok he couldn't really miss (well he could) but it was still quite a calm and confident take imo. I don't think the miss was THAT bad either really, I thought the defender did really well in making a nuisance of himself and putting Ranger off.

 

Nile has missed a few but he still looks like a forward who is finding his feet at this level, and can get a lot better. He's getting in good positions and given time I reckon he'll score goals to add to his generally excellent work as a target man.

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Nile Ranger is an example of how football can change lives, says Newcastle boss Chris Hughton

 

Nile Ranger is living proof that football offers a way out of a life of crime.

 

As a 15-year-old he was jailed for a street robbery and got into trouble running with gangs in London. When Southampton saw his talent and gave him a chance, he blew it after being accused of stealing first team kit.

 

But Ranger, still just 18, is a bad boy turning his life around at Newcastle United. He celebrated his first senior goal with relish in midweek, when he scored against Coventry to help Newcastle to a seventh consecutive win.

 

And in doing so Ranger took the first significant step on a career that could turn him into a young Premier League star, rather than another depressing crime statistic.

 

Ranger still has a long way to go. Team-mates have warned him about his poor time keeping and regular lateness for training. But he’s also come a long way, and been given the chance of a lifetime at St James’s Park. He will be involved at Barnsley today.

 

Hughton said: “We hope he is showing how football can change lives. He’s also got to take a lot of the credit for that. Football’s very much helping him get his life back on track. Part of the reason why it’s been good for him here is that we’ve hopefully been able to guide him in the important things in the game and the heights he wants to get to.

 

“It’s been very much a learning process for him and fortunately we’ve been able to introduce him slowly from the bench as an impact player. If he keeps developing as he is, I’m very sure there will be starts for him.

 

“It’s very much a learning process for him. The other players take him aside and help in that process. He’s a London lad and it’s been good for him to come up here and what’s also helped is coming into a good squad with some big personalities and experience players who’ve very much looked after him.”

 

Ranger’s personal troubles began as a kid when he was convicted, and spent time in jail, for his part in a street robbery in London. After being released he joined Southampton’s academy but was kicked out after several warnings, the last after being caught, in his own words “with a load of first team kit - I only wanted to give it to my mates.”

 

He moved to Swindon where Dennis Wise spotted him and brought him away from his past life. He retains a cheeky side. He posted a video of him pretending to be Newcastle manager in the press conference room on his social networking page.

 

But he said: “Coming up here completely changed my life. I grew up in north London, in Wood Green, and I got into trouble.

 

“It all starts with just messing around with friends and jokes that go too far. I started running with a gang in the area. We were convicted of street robbery in Muswell Hill. There was a weapon, but we didn’t use it.

 

“They were cracking down on street crime, so I got sent down. I wasn’t with a professional club at the time, and I didn’t really realise what I was risking. There were seven of us charged and four of us were convicted.

 

“Jail was pretty rough, but it taught me a lot. The most important thing I learned is that I never want to go back. At Southampton I got two written warnings about my behaviour - stupid things like going out or messing around in the lodge.

 

“Then I was caught at the end of the season with kit that I’d taken. I gave them no choice and they kicked me out. The change of atmosphere at Newcastle did me loads of good. I was away from the old faces, the old problems.”

 

Team mates had nicknamed him Nil Ranger for not scoring in the 20 games he has figured in this season, mainly from the bench. His record with the reserves and juniors on Tyneside was prolific, with some spectacular strikes, meaning the Geordie crowd have taken to him.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Nile-Ranger-is-an-example-of-how-football-can-change-lives-says-Newcastle-boss-Chris-Hughton-article252645.html

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Nile Ranger is an example of how football can change lives, says Newcastle boss Chris Hughton

 

Nile Ranger is living proof that football offers a way out of a life of crime.

 

As a 15-year-old he was jailed for a street robbery and got into trouble running with gangs in London. When Southampton saw his talent and gave him a chance, he blew it after being accused of stealing first team kit.

 

But Ranger, still just 18, is a bad boy turning his life around at Newcastle United. He celebrated his first senior goal with relish in midweek, when he scored against Coventry to help Newcastle to a seventh consecutive win.

 

And in doing so Ranger took the first significant step on a career that could turn him into a young Premier League star, rather than another depressing crime statistic.

 

Ranger still has a long way to go. Team-mates have warned him about his poor time keeping and regular lateness for training.....

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Nile-Ranger-is-an-example-of-how-football-can-change-lives-says-Newcastle-boss-Chris-Hughton-article252645.html

 

Sounds similar to Hughton's softly softly approach with Carroll. Why would either Nile or AC change their behaviour when they know they can get away with it?

 

 

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