Sammy Ameobi released

[Ketsbaia]

Right thats it, I'm boycoutting the game.

[ponsaelius]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5127730/BPL%20Player%20Ratings.xlsx

[Skeletor]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5127730/BPL%20Player%20Ratings.xlsx

 

Shane Ferguson worse than Ryan Donaldson?

 

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq1qfpmhOj1qzhu0do1_500.jpg

[Mr. Snrub]

Fifa's shit anyway and you should all be playing Pro Evo.

[Unlucky Luque]

They usually release a squad update after game release

[Willow]

you guys should photoshop what the FIFA box would look like with Sammy on the cover.

[Ameritoon]

 

Listen to him, man.

[Zero]

 

Listen to him, man.

 

Nah, fixed PA 195 would do it Chris.

[Guest je85]

From: @SurrealFootball

Sent: Sep 17, 2011 16:48

 

Play stops, he pays no heed, glides past Hutton, beats another Villa player and lobs Given from near the corner flag. NO GOAL.

 

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On Twitter: http://twitter.com/SurrealFootball/status/115089769066803200

[PENKAAA]

Nicky said in the FIFA 12 thread that we still have players to add to the fifa 12 squad...something like we have 26 players so far in the squad but you can have up to 33. So Sammy could still be added.

[Guest ykmkmdd]

From: @SurrealFootball

Sent: Sep 17, 2011 16:48

 

Play stops, he pays no heed, glides past Hutton, beats another Villa player and lobs Given from near the corner flag. NO GOAL.

 

sent via web

On Twitter: http://twitter.com/SurrealFootball/status/115089769066803200

 

I was gutted that goal didn't stand - fantastic stuff from Sammy.

[Guest ObiChrisKenobi]

 

Listen to him, man.

 

Nah, fixed PA 195 would do it Chris.

 

Data is pretty set now for FM12 release. I'll change something in the next update. He should become better than Shola though as things stand.

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news//tm_headline=sammy-ameobi-to-stay-as-nufc-game-changer%26method=full%26objectid=29438963%26siteid=72703-name_page.html

 

Sammy Ameobi to stay as NUFC 'game-changer'

 

by Lee Ryder, Evening Chronicle

Sep 17 2011

 

ALAN PARDEW will not be changing Sammy Ameobi’s role as “game-changer” ahead of Tuesday’s Carling Cup clash at Nottingham Forest.

 

The younger sibling of Shola proved to be the hero in the last cup encounter with Scunthorpe when he belted home a wonder goal to sink the Iron.

 

But Pardew admits he is unlikely to start the 19-year-old at the City Ground as they look to see off Forest.

 

Pardew told the Chronicle: “I’ve said to Sammy that at this stage of his career he’s going to be a cameo player for us.

 

“There are a lot of things about his game that mean we wouldn’t want to start him yet until he’s nailed them down.

 

“It’s very important that he understands the discipline that the role entails, but if we’re chasing the game, or need a goal, he’s proving to be elusive, and a great weapon.

 

“In his education, and given the type of player he is, I want to keep him in that mode.

 

“I don’t want to start worrying about his responsibilities – I just want him to come on and be exuberant.”

 

Ameobi has made just two appearances as substitute and went into the meeting with Aston Villa today looking to build on that.

 

The player hit 10 goals in 17 appearances for the reserve and Academy sides last season which pushed him into first-team contention and resulted in his debut in the 2-2 draw with Chelsea.

 

Pardew, though, wants him to keep giving him an option from the bench.

 

He said: “That’s where I’m pitching him at the minute – these little cameos. It’ll come and, as I said at the start of the season, I think there could be a big future for him here. We’ve just got to make sure we do it the right way.”

[Ishmael]

 

Listen to him, man.

 

Nah, fixed PA 195 would do it Chris.

 

Data is pretty set now for FM12 release. I'll change something in the next update. He should become better than Shola though as things stand.

 

Not really.  There is raw talent, pace and potential, but Shola has a lot more as of now.

[BeloEmre]

Sammy can help us change a game - Shola can't.

[Ishmael]

Shola can be trusted to start a game and be positionally and tactically astute.  Sammy can't.

 

Pros and cons against both?  Biggest con is that Sammy is too raw to be trusted at this moment in time.  Pard's spot on - OCK's comments about boosting Sammy ahead of Shola aren't.

[James]

Shola can be trusted to start a game and be positionally and tactically astute.  Sammy can't.

 

Pros and cons against both?  Biggest con is that Sammy is too raw to be trusted at this moment in time.  Pard's spot on - OCK's comments about boosting Sammy ahead of Shola aren't.

 

Dresden, I think you are getting OCK's comments wrong.

 

What OCK is saying is that on a computer game, Sammy is being assigned a certain random number generator 'stat', which means that if managed well by the computer game player over 5 years or so, Sammy could become better than Shola currently is on that computer game.

[Ishmael]

Heh, read it that OCK was going to boost CA and not PA, should have I read a few more posts back? 

 

Nah, I just misread OCK's post.

[Guest ObiChrisKenobi]

[TRon]

Shola can be trusted to start a game and be positionally and tactically astute.  Sammy can't.

 

Pros and cons against both?  Biggest con is that Sammy is too raw to be trusted at this moment in time.  Pard's spot on - OCK's comments about boosting Sammy ahead of Shola aren't.

 

In what way is Shola positionally or tactically astute? Genuine question btw, I'm not a Shola basher but you could stick Alan Smith in there if you just wanted a player to chase and run in the right places.

[Ishmael]

He just is.  Suppose justification is in his ball retention from yesterday when he came on (aside from a couple of typical moments).  Definitely our best second striker / target man at the moment and it's why Pard's uses him so much. 

 

ps, don't think Smith has the mobility or aerial control to do Shola's 'job'.

[BlueStar]

Shola "positionally astute" He has no fucking clue where he is or where anyone else is, he's offside all the fucking time. Shola was born offside man. Sammi already shows more of a footballing brain than Shola, Nile Ranger has a better footballing brain than Shola man.

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/sport/newcastle-united/nufc-news/2011/09/18/family-will-keep-me-right-says-sammy-ameobi-79310-29441532/

 

Family will keep me right says Sammy Ameobi

 

Sep 18 2011 by Mark Douglas, Sunday Sun

 

WHEN the interview is over, Sammy Ameobi springs to his feet – bounding with the energy of a teenager taking his first steps in the Premier League.

 

He reaches for the door and cranks it open, inviting Newcastle’s press officer to exit first with the polite invitation ‘Ladies first’.

 

But then impeccable manners are just one reason why Ameobi Junior, the latest cab off the rank at United’s Benton Academy, is different from your average 18-year-old dipping his toe in the world of professional football.

 

Sammy is barely out of school, but he’s made his top-flight bow, scored his first professional goal and has already become something of a cult hero among supporters who have a long-standing relationship with his older brother Shola.

 

It has been quite a 12 months for the young striker but he remains gracious and humble to a fault.

 

The only difference in attitude or demeanour, those around the training ground reckon, is the virtually permanent smile tattooed to his face since breaking through.

 

“It was a bit less glamorous a year ago and looking back, I can’t believe I’ve made it this far in the space of a year,” he said.

 

“To be playing for Newcastle United – I can’t believe I’ve got this chance. But this is just the beginning, it’s really no more than that.

 

“I can’t believe it but I’m taking nothing for granted, I’ve got such a long way to go. It’s just a start.

 

“How do I manage to do that? Well my family are a very big help and they’re my inspiration really. They keep my feet on the ground and they keep me working hard.

 

“I’m very thankful to them for the way they’ve brought me up. It’s a very humble way and I’m reaping the benefits, I think, of the way they’ve helped to bring me up.

 

“I’m still the boy I was before all of this happened and they tell me I shouldn’t let myself change. The thing they tell me is not to let that happen – they wouldn’t.”

 

Ameobi’s approach is shaped by his background. The product of a deeply religious family, mother Margaret and pastor dad John have imbued a deep faith in both Sammy and Shola, who is 10 years his senior.

 

It is a huge help, he says, in helping him to avoid the pratfalls that have engulfed so many recent graduates of Premier League academies.

 

“My faith is very important to me too. It’s a big part of what I do, it’s a big part of my football too,” he said.

 

“There’s a lot of temptations that come with the territory of playing Premier League football so it’s good to have my faith. I think it keeps me away from some of those negative temptations.

 

“It’s fantastic to have Shola here as well who has a similar background. He helps immensely.”

 

Shola is a constant theme through an engaging chat with United’s latest Academy graduate.

 

For while Sammy was a keen sprinter until the age of “seven or eight”, it wasn’t until he saw big brother Shola stepping out at St James’ Park that he really took up a serious interest in football.

 

Long-standing Toon scout Brian Clark, the man who discovered Shola, encouraged him to join Walker Central and from there it was a short hop to the Academy that had helped develop his older sibling. Clark, Sammy admits, will always be welcome in the Ameobi household.

 

Not that he was allowed to drift at the private, Sunderland-based Christian school Grindon Hall that he attended.

 

“I was all right at school, to be fair,” he said. “I got an A in English, 3 Bs, 6 Cs and one E. That was in French, which I sort of regret now. If I’d known all the French players that Newcastle were going to bring in over the summer I might have stuck at it!”

 

Whatever the language barrier, there remains one friendly face in the dressing room.

 

“I have a lot of respect for Shola. He’s a big, big role model for me – both on and off the field,” he said.

 

“It’s more respect than that usual thing that brothers have. I’ve never fought with Shola once, even when I was younger. But then, have you seen the size of him?!

 

“I look to him for the standards of professionalism. He’s always in early for training, he’s always at a high level in training too. I’m working to be at those same levels - I want to be like him. But a better footballer!

 

“It was a big compliment to say that he thinks I’m better than he was at my age. It builds up my confidence, it’s a great thing to say and he’s such a major inspiration.”

 

Not that supporters should confuse the pair. Long and languid, Shola has plenty in his armoury, but the devastating pace that Sammy possesses marks them apart.

 

“My game is different to Shola’s,” he said. “I want to be a player who can bring a spark to the team when I come on. I want to be able to motivate everyone when I get on the pitch.

 

“The manager is asking me to come on and just run at defenders and I will do that for him. I don’t care who I’m up against – I’ll run against you.”

 

Fearless, but humble. It is a combination that will stand him in good stead as he embarks on this toughest of careers.

 

 

[Beren]

you guys should photoshop what the FIFA box would look like with Sammy on the cover.

 

I'm still shite at Photoshop, but good for my practice!

 

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/553/sammyfifa11.jpg

[Ishmael]

Shola "positionally astute" He has no f***ing clue where he is or where anyone else is, he's offside all the f***ing time. Shola was born offside man. Sammi already shows more of a footballing brain than Shola, Nile Ranger has a better footballing brain than Shola man.

 

Just a post full of slander here