It seems that we may be getting down to a few fit strikers for Saturday's game at Watford. Nile Ranger keep give the lad some run-outs With Shola Ameobi still out injured with his hamstring problems, and Peter Lovenkrands very doubtful, the striking duties will need to be shared between Carroll, Best and young Nile [. Click to continue reading...

Having a small squad has it's distinct challenges but so does a bigger squad. Shola Ameobi - still has part to play at Newcastle And one of the challenges when you have a sizable squad is to keep the players happy, by giving them frequent games. That certainly hasn't happened to Shola Ameobi recently, but manager Chris Hughton [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United's activity in the January transfer window can be described as less than spectacular. But, when you take a closer look at the details, it seems like there might be an actual thought process given to incoming transfers. Who would have thought it? Whatever your feelings for Mike Ashley, let's put them a side for a moment and take a look at the players Newcastle have signed:

• Danny Simpson: 23 years old.

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So, just who is Mike Williamson? Good question!

The lad stands at 6ft 4″, way taller than either Coloccini or Steven Taylor (and Shola Ameobi for that matter). He's had spells at both Wycombe and Watford, and by all account was pretty decent during his time at the Hornets. Since most players seem to be on the chopping blog at Portsmouth, any decent bid for a Pompey player has always looked odds on at being accepted.

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Peter Lovenkrands, whose father died last Friday, is in the starting line-up tonight for Newcastle's crucial encounter with WBA. Lovenkrands partners Shola Ameobi in attack with a midfield four of Danny Guthrie, skipper Alan Smith, top scorer Kevin Nolan and Jonas Gutierrez, and this is probably Newcastle's strongest side on current form. Click to continue reading...

Marlon Harewood? Seriously?

Rumours in the papers this morning suggest that Arsenal will turn to West Ham forward Carlton Cole in a £9 million deal to solve their current striker deficiency, only if Nicklas Bendtner fails a fitness test on Friday.

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After our inability to put away our chances yesterday, Chris Hughton (after speaking with the Chronicle), has admitted that Jermaine Beckford is one of a few players that Newcastle United are interested in signing. Beckford has always been fancied by Newcastle Kinnear wanted him, Shearer wanted him, now it looks like it's Hughton's turn.

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Mini match report: The Biggest Club in the World® go seven points clear at the top of the Championship after this victory at the Ricoh it's the Toon's seventh league win in a row and an immediate return to the Prem now looks more than likely. Goals by Shola 'The Amoeba' Ameobi and the even better-named Nile Ranger did the damage.

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! Article Start >Well, you just can't stop Chris Hughton at the moment. This time, he's been talking about the return of Shola Ameobi, who broke his foot after scoring in a 4-3 cup thriller against the mighty Huddersfield on 26th August. Hughton said he has high hopes for a Bambi's return to the Newcastle [. Click to continue reading...

The Newcastle United squad will be boosted by the return of 3 players coming back from injury. Chris Hughton reckons Shola Ameobi should be back in contention by the end of the month, which could mean the game at home to Swansea on 28th November or the following game, at home to Watford on 4th December. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle manager Chris Hughton is hoping to have Shola Ameobi back by the end of the month, and that's got to be good news, because the last we heard it was going to be some time in December. Shola Ameobi - he just scored ...  again! We are very pleased that Shola will soon be back, and quite honestly [. Click to continue reading...

Shola Ameobi is expected to return to full fitness by early December, to help in Newcastle promotion drive this season. Shola Ameobi - back in two months Newcastle manager Chris Hughton said today that the 6′2″ striker has had no adverse reaction to removing the cast around the foot and should be back. Click to continue reading...

Chris Hughton says he will enter the loan market again if he needs to reinforce the Newcastle United squad. Chris Hughton - will use loan market as necessary Local lad Shola Ameobi is the only long term injury so far this season, with a broken foot, so the club has done well so far with injuries. Click to continue reading...

Toon Army complete loan deal for Dolphin lookalike.

Newcastle United have completed a loan deal for Aston Villa striker Marlon Harewood, BBC Newcastle reports.
The 30-year-old will go into the Magpies squad for the trip to Ipswich Town in the Championship on Saturday.

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Tonight's Carling Cup 3rd round tie with Peterborough is likely to see a few of Newcastle's youngsters get an outing. It's partly forced on Hughton as Ameobi, Gutierrez and Simpson are injured and Khizanishvili is cup-tied, but I think Hughton will also see this as an opportunity to rest a few players anyway. Click to continue reading...

Kick-off: Sunday 13th September, 2.05PM, Cardiff City Stadium. Referee: Andrew Hall (West Midlands). Sunday's away trip to the new Cardiff City Stadium sees Newcastle United missing Championship player of the month, Shola Ameobi, along with Andy Carroll and Jonas Guitierrez. However, despite the lack of senior strikers, young Nile Ranger has started to come to [. Click to continue reading...

Shola Ameobi has won the Coca-Cola Championship Player of the Month Award for August, following his early-season five-goal scoring spree. Ameobi - outstanding in August Ameobi beat off competition from another Newcastle local lad, Michael Chopra at Cardiff, Bristol City frontman Nicky Maynard and Derby County defender Miles Addison, to win the award. Click to continue reading...

Good news this miorning that 20 year-old Newcastle striker Andy Carroll will be fit for the trip to Cardiff City a week on Sunday. Andy Carroll fit again great With the news that Shola Ameobi could be out a matter of months, it's great to see Andy back in the fray. And with Peter Lobenkrands [. Click to continue reading...

Nile Ranger will in all likelihood start as striker tonight against Leicester, but the 18 year-old must be given sufficient support up front. Nile Ranger - second successive start tonight? Ranger seemed to struggle in the first half last Wednesday against Huddersfield, until Ameobi was introduced at half-time to partner him and give him some physical support [. Click to continue reading...

We're somewhat bereft of strikers at the moment with Ameobi definitely out due to a foot injury and question marks over the fitness of both Carroll and Xisco. The Mirror is reporting that Hughton has asked Everton if he can have James Vaughan on loan to plug the gaps. Vaughan is Everton's youngest ever goalscorer but has [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United manager, Chris Hughton has given an update on the condition of first team players, Shola Ameobi and Jonas Gutierrez. However there is still some mystery regarding the seriousness of Gutierrez's leg muscle problem. We reported here earlier that the Argentina team doctor, Donato Villani had announced to the Argentinian Football Association: "Jonas Gutierrez suffered [. Click to continue reading...

Shola Ameobi was wearing a plastic surgical boot after the game on Wednesday night and sat out training yesterday. Shola - after scoring his confidence is sky high But broken foot broken what? After we had seen the stories in the Mirror and the usually reliable Times talk of a broken foot seem to have [. Click to continue reading...

Well that was a bit drab then! I don't think anybody expected that sort of entertainment but Newcastle ran out 4-3 winners against Huddersfield Town in a pulsating Carling Cup game after coming from 3-1 down to put us in the Third Round draw. With old boy Lee Clark was back in toon, his side [...] Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United Managing Director Derek Llambias was spotted sprinting, to use the word loosely, completely naked across St James' Park. Derek Llambias this is not the shot we wanted to show Apparently it was something he had promised owner Mike Ashley he would do, if he lost a bet over the form of Shola Ameobi, with [. Click to continue reading...

Shola Ameobi is the man of the moment at Newcastle right now, and it will stay like that if Shola continues to bang in the goals like he's done so magnificently these last couple of games. Shola Ameobi - delighted at scoring another goal! Of course Newcastle fans have had a love-hate relationship with Shola over the [. Click to continue reading...

One draw and two wins now for Newcastle, who move up to third in the Championship table. Shola Ameobi's fourth goal in two games was enough to sink the Owls at St James' Park. The game was watched by almost...

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Shola Ameobi was always a confidence player, and after his hat trick last Saturday he has been full of confidence all week in training. Shola Ameobi - 4 goals in 2 games And that carried over into the game last night, as Shola took his opportunity in great style to drill home his 4th goal in [...] Click to continue reading...

Shola Ameobi over the weekend raised the possibility of Hughton and his assistant Colin Calderwood, taking the Newcastle job until the end of the season. Chris Hughton happy to do the job as long as required Shola said the two of them have the respect of the players and Chris and Colin have been able to [. Click to continue reading...

It turns out that even after Bobby Robson left Newcastle at the start of the 2004-2005 season, Shola Ameobi still kept iin touch with his former boss. Shola - signing his new 3 year contract last year A lot of Newcastle fans have surmised over the years, that Shola would be great in the Championship, and certainly his [. Click to continue reading...

A great win by the lads this afternoon as they overpowered a lack-luster Reading side at St. James' Park in front of what looked like a decent sized crowd. And it was that man Shola Ameobi who scored all 3 goals for Newcastle. In a fist half in which Newcastle dominated and had plenty of the [...] Click to continue reading...

We currently have 4 strikers at the club Ameobi, Carroll, Ranger and Xisco and each one of them is a tall striker and plays in a very similar way. Peter Lovenkrands could help us big time this season What was clear last week at WBA was that a Peter Lovenkrands would have been great up [...] Click to continue reading...

Shola Ameobi has come out today and said that the Newcastle players will continue to ignore the ongoing farce at the Tyneside club and do something to relieve the depression on Tyneside. That sounds good. Shola Ameobi - players determined to produce this season Newcastle started their attempt to make an immediate return to the Premier [. Click to continue reading...

It turns out that Newcastle goalkeeper Steve Harper traveled back with the rest of the squad on Saturday night after the good 1-1 draw at WBA. Steve Harper - OK after being hurt by Ameobi With a head inbjury Steve was rightly taken to hospital for precautionary checks after sustaining the injury during the opening-day 1-1 draw [. Click to continue reading...

Gallery, Images, Photos and Pictures of West Bromwich Albion v Newcastle United, Coca Cola Championship, August 2009. Includes Scott Carson, Tim Krul, Robert Koren, Luke Moore, Marec Cech, Jonas Olsson, Damien Duff, Steven Taylor, Alan Smith, José Enrique, Kevin Nolan, Shola Ameobi and Chris Wood. Click to continue reading...