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Pardew is just a complete moron.  Given a choice of one of Carr's young, hungry, talented strikers or a contract extension for a player who has managed 1 premier league goal in about two years he'd go for the latter.  Imagine Carr's face at the transfer summit after he's just run through a detailed breakdown of some of the top striking talent in France and Pardew goes 'Nah, let's give Shola a new contract instead.'

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Not sure how much playing ability impacts coaching ability tbh. Beardsley would be producing shit loads of quality youth players if it played that big a role. Shola comes across as a pretty intelligent lad as well tbf.

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http://www.thejournal.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/missing-top-ten-target-would-7015396

 

Pardew is understood to be concerned at a lack of leadership in the squad and had proposed a contract extension for Shola Ameobi, with the possibility of the striker being given a coaching role.

 

However, that is understood to have been knocked back, with Newcastle’s hierarchy preferring to refresh the squad in the summer and bring in new talent.

 

That means that even though he is set for an extended run in the team Ameobi’s goal at St James’ Park on Saturday may well be his last in a black-and-white shirt.

 

“It doesn’t mean anything. Ultimately, and this is the way I’ve always seen it, it’s about winning games,” he said after his strike at the weekend.

 

“I don’t care who scores, really. I’ve always been like that, which is probably to my detriment. It’s about winning games. That’s where I get ultimate satisfaction – knowing I’ve helped the team. Unfortunately that hasn’t happened.”

You couldn't make that shite up.
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http://www.nufc.com/2013-14html/2014-04-19swansea-h.html

 

Shola Ameobi's goal was the 78th of his SJP career and the 42nd in the Premier League - the 41st arriving way back in December 2012 against QPR at the Leazes end.

 

This latest goal moved him up to fourth in the club's all-time Premier League goalscorers list:

 

1. Alan Shearer 148

2. Peter Beardsley 46

3. Andy Cole 43

4. Shola Ameobi 42

5. Les Ferdinand 41

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Only took him 14 years to almost do what Cole managed in 18 months. Fair play.

 

Would dread to think what his stats are if you take away penalties too. If my memory isn't too shot, was it Beardsley taking them in Cole's day?

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http://www.nufc.com/2013-14html/2014-04-19swansea-h.html

 

Shola Ameobi's goal was the 78th of his SJP career and the 42nd in the Premier League - the 41st arriving way back in December 2012 against QPR at the Leazes end.

 

This latest goal moved him up to fourth in the club's all-time Premier League goalscorers list:

 

1. Alan Shearer 148

2. Peter Beardsley 46

3. Andy Cole 43

4. Shola Ameobi 42

5. Les Ferdinand 41

 

Laughable, that. :lol:

 

42 in ~290 games.

 

4 less than Beardsley, a second striker then midfielder who got 46 in ~130 games

1 less than Cole who got 42 in 58 games

1 more than Ferdinand who got 41 in 68 games

 

As a professional he's a joke, but the jokes on us and he's the only one laughing.

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Guest firetotheworks

Can anyone name a 1 in 7ish striker that has managed to get to nearly 300 Premier League appearances?

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