The Sunday Sun is reporting that Oba Martins is set to give Newcastle United a huge boost.
Oba Martins - our favorite shot of Oba - yes he just scored 
The 23 year-old Nigerian striker had been ruled out until mid-November with the knee injury he picked up against Tottenham. And only last week Kinnear had said he would be out another 4 weeks, and probably be back for the game at Fulham on November 9th.
But Martins now wants to be involved against Sunderland on October 25th, and has been doing some jogging and light training late last week, apparently to the pleasant surprise of manager Kinnear.
While Oba may not make it back for the Sunderland game, it looks like he will be back before November 9th, and given Newcastle fortunes in the last few weeks, that’s got to be taken as good news for the club.
That’s especially true since since our perennially injured striker Mark Viduka could well be out for the season and Alan Smith is out at least until Christmas.
And it wouldn’t surprise us if both the above injured players have already played their last games for the club.
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1 Dan13 // Oct 12, 2008 at 14:00
Good
2 toonmania1 // Oct 12, 2008 at 14:11
yes im glad they are both shite
3 FARTY // Oct 12, 2008 at 14:15
OWEN AND MARTINS CAN FORM A GOOD PARTNERSHIP .ASHLEY SHOULD CANCEL SMITHS AND VIDUKA’S CONTRACTS
4 beyethegreat // Oct 12, 2008 at 15:17
brill player brill attitude
5 Marty-TOON RISING // Oct 12, 2008 at 15:21
Yes plaese come back soon
We love ya Oba
6 shearer9 // Oct 12, 2008 at 15:48
The Sunday Sun also reckons Ambani is still interested in us.
Also, has anyone seen this? It’s a good read.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/newcastle/article4927169.ece
I told them, ‘I want to see a 100% improvement on the first half, I don’t ever want to see any of that crap again’. (Kinnear referring to the Blackburn game)
HaHa, top class!!
7 ryan peacock // Oct 12, 2008 at 15:49
oba you legend! we need you!
8 ryan peacock // Oct 12, 2008 at 16:00
does anyone know whether, coloccini played for argentina last night?
9 Davy C // Oct 12, 2008 at 16:24
Ryan Peacock
He was on the bench.
We are certainly missing Martins. He is a real handful with his pace and some of his touches are sublime.
10 Az // Oct 12, 2008 at 16:32
Oba, Obafem, Oba, Obafem, Oba, Obafem, Obafemi Martins
11 beyethegreat // Oct 12, 2008 at 16:32
http://www.manchestercity.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=127997
12 Hugh Jorgan // Oct 12, 2008 at 16:33
Juan Carrizo
Javier Zanetti, Nicolas Burdisso, Martín Demichelis, Gabriel Heinze
Javier Mascherano, Esteban Cambiasso
Juan Roman Riquelme
Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez, Sergio Aguero
ARGENTINA STARTING LINE UP
13 toooooonfan // Oct 12, 2008 at 16:55
thats hilarious beye the great
14 beyethegreat // Oct 12, 2008 at 16:58
yeah i wish i could have thought about jokes like that for mackems though turkish mag thought of a few good ones
15 Hugh Jorgan // Oct 12, 2008 at 17:02
Most, if not all of those jokes are in ‘Let’s all laugh at Sunderland’ (First edition)
16 beyethegreat // Oct 12, 2008 at 18:00
hugh is this what you were talkin about
http://toonarmyforever.homestead.com/jokes.html
17 Hugh Jorgan // Oct 12, 2008 at 18:05
Yes more or less Beye
Cheers
Hugh
18 Turkish magpie // Oct 12, 2008 at 19:55
beyethegreat this is my best 1
How many Sunderland fans does it take to change a lightbulb?
None - they’re quite happy living in the shadows
19 Ganiyu // Oct 12, 2008 at 21:35
Paul sharner coming to Newcastle
20 Ally // Oct 12, 2008 at 21:44
anyone see Phil regain the Grand prix! he was awesome
21 ToonEskimo // Oct 12, 2008 at 21:52
Shearer9, Thanks for the Telegraph link, if what Joe says is true then it’s hard not to like the guy….
most fans I hope just want to here the truth and not some “spin” just to shut us up…… it looks like JK is going to tell it how it is, good or bad which is fine by me.
22 Ganiyu // Oct 12, 2008 at 22:08
Empty Blog.shefield united manchester united Newcastle united all drawn in group u of the champions league
23 Paul // Oct 12, 2008 at 22:59
Shearer 9, yes that was a good little Kinnear article. Thanks for that!
24 KK FOREVER (Ross) // Oct 12, 2008 at 23:51
shearer9-cheers for that article. It seems almost impossible not to buy into joe kinnears enthusiasm and belief in the squad.
i’ve taken to him immediatly and his faith in the squads ability seems 100% genuine.
He’s gonna give them a serious kick up the arse next few weeks and its exactly what they need. Best of luck to him, we may have something to look forward to!?
25 ERIC CRAMMY MAG // Oct 13, 2008 at 1:07
Joe could become a legend if we beat the scum in a fortneets time. as each day goes by i like what he says, what he does , hecould be just what we are looking for . best of luck to you
26 51times // Oct 13, 2008 at 1:57
So it’s either Owen and Xisco or Owen and Ameobi for the derby realistically. Well, if there’s any time for Xisco or Ameobi to shine then it’s against Sunderland. Howay Shola, remember Barcelona…
27 Ausgeordie // Oct 13, 2008 at 8:14
We’ve got players that no one wants to buy. Even with the size of the squad not one of us would have minded if smith went to everton but he is unlikely to now. Viduka……will never be offered a premiership contract by any club again and come back to Oz and play for a local team. Ameobi cant get a contract with a cola division team.
On a different note I want to see Joe give some youngsters a go. Whens Lua lua due back?
28 51times // Oct 13, 2008 at 8:19
Think he’s back now.
29 graeme // Oct 13, 2008 at 8:38
Shearer 9. a very good article, thanks.
30 Chris G // Oct 13, 2008 at 10:06
shearer9 - yeah, I enjoyed that article too.
I’m one of those people who wasn’t too impressed with his x-rated rant, but I’m definitely warming to the bloke after reading that. Cheers.
31 Ageordiedoonsooth // Oct 13, 2008 at 12:09
shearer9 just read the article on Kinnear very good starting to warm to the guy. I still don’t think he’s the right man long term but is probably what we need now.
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