There Were Times When Newcastle Wanted To Kick Shola Out The Door!

Last updated : 05 November 2010 By Footy Mad - Editor

I remember talking to Sir Bobby Robson and asking if Shola had the potential to live with the likes of Alan Shearer and Craig Bellamy in the team.

He replied: "Shola is a strange one. He is, what I would call, 'gangly'. And although some defenders don't know what he will do next - I wonder if Shola knows himself!"

He was loaned to Stoke City and he didn't fit in because he said he never felt at home there.

He has been dogged by injury throughout his career but he says those days are over.

Shola Ameobi: “My injuries are behind me, I’m convinced of that.

“I’ve been unlucky here but I don’t attribute to that to anyone here.

"It has been incredibly frustrating but I’m not going to use that as an excuse for why I’ve not been established in the side.

"In the past I’ve played through injuries that I probably shouldn’t have. I’ve learned from that, I wouldn’t do that now.

“That happened, I was a young player wanting to play every game and agreed to play.

“But it was a mistake and as I have got older I’ve maybe come to understand that a bit more.

“I’m not superman, I have to watch what I do and how I do it. I am conscious of that – when I do play I have to be 100%.”