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Shola Ameobi


Keefaz

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Looks to me that if he comes off the bench when everyone else has been playing for an hour he can get out of the centre and into the space between the centre half and the full back and do a bit of damage.

 

If he's playing from the start then he will only go out there to trip over the ball or give away a free kick.

 

It was 6 years ago that he had the hip injury that nearly ended his career. He hasn't been able to manage 3 games in a row since then (didn't he fail a medical for WBA?) yet we are still rolling him out to play centre forward in the premier league.

 

He looked absolutely shot after about 25 mins on Wednesday.

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It's over 12 years since Shola made his debut for NUFC and he's never been better than distinctly average. It's absurd that he's managed to spend an entire career at SJP. Most players of his ability have to move around the country from club to club to see out a long career, Shola has somehow managed to coast his way through twelve years at NUFC, never had to step outside his comfort zone.

 

I've never heard anybody say a bad word about him as a person and he's struggled with injuries, but I'm sick of the sight of him.

 

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You wouldn't get anyone better as a third/fourth choice striker who would be happy being backup for this long, right now he's up the pecking order but as long as we get another forward in by the end of the window it'll be fine.

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He's not even good enough as a third choice, he's injured far too often and isn't capable of playing a good 90 minuted.  A third choice chould be capable of putting 90 minutes in when needed and he's not.

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As you can tell from our swathes of youngsters who have had to go on elsewhere then become top strikers :lol:

 

Fair point. The utter shitness of our youth system (in all positions) can't be ignored.

 

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Hoping the next batch go some way to change that.

 

Really have high hopes for Bigi.

 

Sammy and Ferguson have a decent chance.

 

Good??

 

Then Campbell, Streete, Satka, Inman, Dummett.

 

2-3 of those actually make it and it's a success for us.

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