Martins NEEDS That First Goal

Last updated : 16 September 2006 By Footy Mad - Editor


... and scored after ten minutes of his debut. Instead the £10m striker is trying to rediscover his touch in front of goal.

Roeder: "I have no concerns whatsoever. I see him every day in training and I watch him practice and trust me, his finishing is deadly.

"It's just getting the first one which often is the most difficult. But when he gets that first one and he gets more used to playing with us and us with him, I am sure the goals will come on a regular basis.

"He is a young player and he is a player that although he has come from a big club like Inter Milan, he was not always used there as a number-one striker, which he is going to be at Newcastle.

"That is an extra responsibility, but I am sure in the coming months, he will take that extra responsibility on board and with that, he will score the goals as well that I know he can."