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Hughton: “It won’t be a case of Shola walking straight back in.”

December 1st, 2009 | 19 Comments |

Shola: Ready to rejoin the battle of the hitmen.
Shola: Ready to rejoin the battle of the hitmen.
As Newcastle prepare for the weekend’s clash with Watford, Newcastle United manager, Chris Hughton has been mulling over his current striker dilemma, and has decided it’s the kind of headache he likes to have. As his frontline candidates all seem to be returning to form and fitness like buses all showing up at once, it’s a case of ‘Hughton, we have a problem’ as he struggles to select his top two hitmen from the Fenham Eusebio, the Bensham Van Basten, the Great Dane, Hurricane Harewood, and last, but not least, the young Lone Ranger.

On the return of Ameobi, Hughton kicked off by giving a summary of his progress:

“Shola’s had a good week’s training.

“He’ll have another week, and it’ll be up to us when we feel it’s right.

But with a note of caution, he added: (more…)