Guest Howaythetoon Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Shola had talent and ability at 21-23, but Shearer was in his way, inept managers and then debilitating injuries. He has since said he would get several injections juts to train and then he could barely train and would need injections to play. Souness can be thanked for that. That and the club’s cheap ass way of trying to rehabilitate injured players and our inept doctors and medical staff. The Shola that broke through if played regularly in say a Sir Bobby side or even a Rafa side now, fit, would be an asset. Anyway he’s a lovely bloke and a bit of a cult hero. There have been hundreds of worse players for us in the last 20-30 years or so, much worse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Shola simply never had the pace or aggression to be a top striker, and he didn't learn how to use his weight properly until it was too late. Who can forget that Barca away game though, what could have been... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 He had more pace than Shearer post injury 97 and although he was very skinny early on, he did bulk up, much to the detriment of his game I thought. That debut against Chelsea he looked a very good prospect. Mind I thought Lua Lua did too. Another stunted by having Big Al ahead of him among other things. Unless you’re an exceptional talent especially in the striker department it’s extra tough to make it, especially at a big club or a demanding club. I remember Sir Bobby asked if Shola could be Shearer’s replacement and he said he was too nice and needed to become more aggressive and nastier. I look at Rashford or even Martial for example who I rate very highly, at Man Utd they will always be bit part players because they can spend 80m plus on a Lakaku or bring in a Sanchez. Those two would be dynamite at a club like ours. If we stay up and get taken over I wouldn’t mind looking at either as a loan option or a big money buy. Never going to happen alas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 The Shola love-in, whether it's joking or not does my head in. People forget he was fucking shite man. He played for us in far better teams and beat Joselu's current goals tally 3 out of 13 times, at an average of 3.5 Premier League goals a season. Exactly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 He was s*** because he was playing on injections, barely trained and had fuckwits sticking him on the wing or up front as some kind of work horse, the younger Shola had talent and although he obviously didn’t make the most of it, there are a lot of factors behind that. KK had it right mind... Oh and my prediction, he will be our manager one day or work with the academy and be very successful. I personally like the bloke and everyone I know who knows him or has worked with him says he’s a great guy. Mackem slayer so... all is forgiven! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 He’s not even a Mackem salyer. He was shit and he should be taking part of the blame, not to be defended, if he played with injuries/pain for so long. Stupid and selfish. He was utter shit for so long. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 The Shola love-in, whether it's joking or not does my head in. People forget he was fucking shite man. Ironic considering you're Mitrovic's biggest champion (apart from that Serbian who used to post on here). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Ameobi's best ever season matched Mitrovic's season when we went down. Shola was 25 in his prime, Mitrovic was 20-21 in his first season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Aye, Mitrovic is obviously more talented than Shola ever was, as much as I love the guy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 No way, Shola’s first three seasons for us were far better than Mitro’s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Shola put his body on the line for the club, but for a certain section of the support - it was never good enough (due to him being a local lad) He had real talent, but was mis-used Souness onwards. Boo-boys who have a go at local lads are all a shower of cunts, IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 He was utter shite man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Shola put his body on the line for the club, but for a certain section of the support - it was never good enough (due to him being a local lad) He had real talent, but was mis-used Souness onwards. Boo-boys who have a go at local lads are all a shower of cunts, IMO. Can we have a go at local lads that in the massive majority are absolute chod? Shola, Sammy, Dummett, Ramage, Taylor and Colback were/are absolute shite wherever they came from. The likes of Clark and Carroll will get support because they were decent players. If you’re shite, you’re shite whether you’re from Walker or Wembley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Aye, Mitrovic is obviously more talented than Shola ever was, as much as I love the guy. Jesus Christ, man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Don't know what's so obvious about it, like. Shola was definitely a better finisher, for one thing, and could probably hold people off the ball better. Which one is better is debatable, but the fact they're comparable is kinda the point imo. Neither were anywhere near good enough to be main strikers for us in the PL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Those early days of Shola were beautiful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 The name Shola Ameobi makes me smile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Those early days of Shola were beautiful. The look on that poisonous dwarf’s face when Shola squared up to him on his debut was indeed truly beautiful! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 No way, Shola’s first three seasons for us were far better than Mitro’s. He scored 7 in 63 man. I know a fair few would have been from the bench but he had the benefit of having Bellamy, Shearer, Robert, Solano, Dyer, Speed, even an experienced head in Kevin Gallacher when he first broke into the side due to Shearer & Cort being injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Cort was another who I thought had huge talent and looked a beast on his debut. Injuries, too much money too young and being called Shola every day in training did it for him! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 I've just googled Carl Cort as I have no idea what he's been up to since retiring (still don't), two observations: 1. He fucking looks like Rolando Aarons (is that why Aarons get's injured a lot...?). 2. He's also the half-brother of Loftus-Cheek. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 I absolutely love this "He's only not liked because he's local" crap On the contrary, the only supporters these type of players have is the one's who think being from the area means something special. They also stay well past when they should. Ameobi got far too many contract extensions when he should have been moved on. It was the same with Colback. Got his drum banged by the fans because he "loved the club". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Aye, Mitrovic is obviously more talented than Shola ever was, as much as I love the guy. Jesus Christ, man. Give owa man Cannit have a good word said about Mitrovic without popping up yee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Aye, Mitrovic is obviously more talented than Shola ever was, as much as I love the guy. Jesus Christ, man. Give owa man Cannit have a good word said about Mitrovic without popping up yee. Course you can. I just never thought I'd be in a position where I'd think someone saying that a player is obviously more talented than Shola is absolutely ridiculous. But here I am, thinking it's ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Fair enough Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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