Tooj 17 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-u...703-28688477/2/ NILE RANGER would much prefer his observers to be talking about his goal-den touch rather than his golden tooth. And he hasn’t even had the chance to air the smiley tattoo he has inserted on his lower lip to celebrate his first Premier League goal. But with the young Londoner’s troubled teenage years now well and truly behind him, his manager Alan Pardew this week noted new-found levels of maturity from a player who was once left on football’s scrapheap. United’s ex-transfer chief Dennis Wise may well have left the club over two years ago now, but part of his legacy to the Magpies was the raw figure of Ranger. Three years ago, Ranger was dumped by Southampton after a series of misdemeanours which also followed on from an 11-week stint in a Young Offenders Institute for his part in an armed robbery. It was Wise who handed Ranger the chance of a lifetime but, while his early progress in the reserve and youth team resulted in the young Londoner admitting United had saved him from a potential life of crime at the start of last season, his first campaign as a Premier League player has been a huge learning curve. Chris Hughton couldn’t seem to get the best out of his fellow Cockney, but in Pardew, he has a found a manager that has drummed discipline into the striker, whose reputation for being late and too laid back was beginning to cast doubts over whether he could make it at United – especially with a gaping void left by Andy Carroll’s departure in January unfulfilled. But Ranger, who put in a sparkling cameo against Birmingham, is gradually showing signs that he could yet make the grade. In a candid interview with the Chronicle, Ranger said: “The manager has been great to me – he really wants me to get this goal. “He’s put his trust in me and there is no better feeling to be backed by your manager in football. “I just need to show him what I can do. I really appreciate his trust in me.” Pardew genuinely believes that Ranger can make it to the top. And even though he feels that there are a few jagged edges to his game, Pardew reckons the element of surprise could well throw some Premier League defences. Nevertheless, he has told Ranger a striker can only pay his way through the currency of goals. Ranger added: “The manager has never stopped encouraging me. “He’s always been there to say ‘well done’ and ‘keep going’, and he says I have been doing a million times better in training. He thinks I will get the goals eventually.” United’s youth system seems to be in good working order and, while Toon fans still wait for the establishment of Academy products such as Shane Ferguson, Phil Airey, Michael Richardson, James Tavernier and Sam Ameobi, Ranger has underlined the enormity of any task for aspiring young guns. He said: “You can’t forget how big this club really is. It’s up there with the biggest in the world, so I have to be thankful to be here. “To know you are getting games for Newcastle is always good for a young player. “Sometimes I still have to pinch myself and say ‘whoa I’m at Newcastle United on a five-year deal’. “They must rate me. But I must repay them – it’s a long-term plan. “They’ve made me part of their future, but I have to prove myself still.” Yet first-team success also has a price that comes with it, and with troubled former star Andy Carroll enduring his fair share of bad experiences in the last couple of years, Ranger is now living that same life in the goldfish bowl which drove others away. The Highgate-born youngster said: “Quite a few people come up to me in the city. “You have to expect that in Newcastle because of the great fans, and I don’t mind talking to them. “They come and pay their money to support us and most of them have season tickets. “I’m from London and I know you don’t have such special fans at every club. “That’s why I will always sign an autograph or get a photo on their phones. “They always encourage me, they are the 12th man for us.” Carroll’s progress in just over a season and a half was nothing short of phenomenal as the player went from a Championship player to a £35m England star. Ranger is guarded to any comparisons, but knows what can be achieved. The England Under-20 player said: “The No 9 shirt is sacred, and I wouldn’t want to talk about it too much. “Obviously it’s a target at the back of my mind, but it’s every striker’s dream to get it. “Alan Shearer and a whole load of other legends have worn it. “But I am not even thinking about that at present. “I’m just working hard and I am just establishing myself. “I wouldn’t dream of coming out and saying that. I will just work hard and keep going. You just have to keep rattling away.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 (edited) They've definitely tidied up these quotes, there's no way he's that articulate in real life. Journalists often do this when they get quotes that are unintelligible, it's not considered unethical. It probably went something like this: Actual quote: "Init fam, been grindin dutty, bangin pure goals in in trainin blud, brap brap" Translation: “I’m just working hard and I am just establishing myself." Actual quote: "Big up rapedoo init fam" Translation: “The manager has been great to me" Edited May 13, 2011 by Kevin S. Assilleekunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Christ, reading that youd think he was the most promising talent since Rooney. With that in mind we don't need to buy a forward... And so the lowering of expectations continues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41395 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Christ, reading that youd think he was the most promising talent since Rooney. With that in mind we don't need to buy a forward... And so the lowering of expectations continues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentAxeman 166 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Christ, reading that youd think he was the most promising talent since Rooney. With that in mind we don't need to buy a forward... And so the lowering of expectations continues :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo 0 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Got to say I think he's got promise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 His goals tally *is* a talking point...just not a positive one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Got to say I think he's got promise. Based on what? Ive yet to see a game where he shines and its obviously not showing in training when he cant even get in ahead of Lovenkrands. Thats another being used in the lowering expectations stakes, "Im sure the fans will see Shola and Peter in a different light now" said as if we were all now to be convinced he was a top Premiership striker based on his performances this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo 0 Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Based on his form at the start of last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Newcastle star Ranger sparks fury after posing as a 'gangster' with a gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffidae 0 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 yeh here’s a link to the Suns version: The Sun: Nile Ranger the tool, posing with gun The Toon striker, 20, was photographed holding the chrome handgun while messing about with pals before a night out. The Sun showed the snap to the shocked Premier League club which launched an immediate inquiry. England U19 player Ranger - who came on as a substitute in Newcastle's 2-2 draw with Chelsea yesterday - is a former gang member who was once locked up over a mugging. But he had vowed to change his ways. Bad boy past ... Nile Ranger Last night a source revealed the picture was taken after four pals visited Newcastle from London. The source added: "Someone spotted this bulge in the waistband of one of the bloke's trousers. "He was a bit of a hardcase and pulled out this gun. It was passed around and Nile struck up a pose like a gangster and tried to look like a real tough guy." A spokesman for Newcastle United said: "The club have spoken to Nile and can confirm that the item shown in the photograph is a replica firearm which is not an offence to own. "Nile regrets posing for the photograph, which was taken by his girlfriend at home." But Mothers Against Violence campaigner Patsy McKie, whose son was shot dead in Manchester, said: "Footballers are an example to young boys. He probably thought this was a bit of fun, but guns tear people's lives apart." Ranger, of North London, told after signing for Newcastle in 2008 how he was sent to a young offenders' institution for 11 weeks when he was just 15. He said: "I started running with a gang. We were convicted of street robbery in Muswell Hill. There was a weapon but we didn't use it. "Jail was pretty rough but it taught me a lot. The most important thing I learned is that I never want to go back." He signed for Southampton but was kicked out over his bad behaviour - getting two written warnings and being caught with first-team kit he wanted to give to friends. But he insisted: "Coming up to Newcastle has completely changed my life." Nile — you thick twat — are you a ‘bad boy gangsta stylee’ or a professional footballer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 7126 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 (edited) Bloody hell. It's one thing if you're good on the pitch, but as yet he's not even that. He makes Ameobi look graceful. Edited May 16, 2011 by OzToonFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 He's mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 6 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Got to say I think he's got promise. Based on what? Ive yet to see a game where he shines and its obviously not showing in training when he cant even get in ahead of Lovenkrands. vs Liverpool at home. his pace and determination has made him a very good sub, imo, try to remember he's just turned 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13621 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Wants to get some studs in his boots. Plays like he's wearing roller skates sometimes. He buzzes about but he's hardly shown anything else about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonasjuice 0 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Omfg, on BBC1 now that Ranger's gone on a mass shooting spree in Newcastle Luckily no one was harmed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 He's mental thick as pig's shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffidae 0 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 how is walking around with an imitation firearm in your waistband not illegal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 All we are saying, is give us a goal. As the song goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 All we are saying, is give us a goal. As the song goes. Royal Antwerp fans sang that at SJP iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 how is walking around with an imitation firearm in your waistband not illegal? As long as you do it in your own home, its fine. If you take one out on the streets though, its a different matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Isnt that Omar from the Wire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13621 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 More like Snoop from The Wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveTheBobby 1 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 More like Snoop from The Wire. like it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loonyTOON 10 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Never realised Tupac was in Toon. Surely the coaching staff must see something special in him, otherwise he would of been booted out of the door by now. Does he want to be a pro footballer? Because he doesn't act like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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