Martins "I like the manager, he doesn't mind people showing emotion on the pitch and that is good. "He knows that I wanted to try and win the game and he is happy with that sort of attitude.
Martins: 'Keegan Likes To See Emotion!'
Martins "I like the manager, he doesn't mind people showing emotion on the pitch and that is good. "He knows that I wanted to try and win the game and he is happy with that sort of attitude.
"We are not angry with each other. I was upset when I had to come off (against Birmingham), I didn't want to go off because I wanted to help the team. I wanted to help us try to win the game.
"I felt we were going to get the winner and I was frustrated when I saw that I was going off. There were a few tears because I was frustrated and emotional, nobody likes to be taken off and I'm no different. It was a big game for Newcastle and I was desperate to do something on the pitch which might have got us all three points.
"I didn't understand why I was being taken off so I made my feelings known, but the manager was brilliant. He said he understood how I felt, he didn't get angry at me, he just explained why he had done it.
"He told me to relax because I had played well and that I'd been taken off because it was a tactical decision, not because he thought I wasn't playing well.
"If we carry on playing like we did against Fulham I think the season will have a happy end. We have to stay positive, in our thinking and the way we play our football.