Harewood never looked interested against Doncaster Rovers, and he had the same attitude in the previous game at Nottingham Forest's City Ground when he 'went through the motions'.
For a striker with such a good pedigree, why the hell does he need three-touches in the penalty area, when he's experienced life in the Premiership and knows you get one touch and that's yer lot!
I'm sure he'll agree the Championship is 'Easy Street', and still he struggles. QPR have been the only side we've played this season that has looked quality and TRIED to play football.
Ranger gives us far more options ... even though he is only a kid. He has enthusiasm (which Harewood is sadly lacking); can make space for himself (Harewood needs the ball to feet); has lightning pace (Harewood only runs when he's being substituted) ... and today Hughton says "Ranger is giving me a headache" because he offers a selection problem.
It's friggin Harewood that's the headache!
Chris Hughton: "There are pivotal times in the game, and Nile's enthusiasm certainly lifted the crowd when he came on as sub against Doncaster.
"He gave us another option up front.
"We work him every day, so we know his strengths and his qualities, and the areas he needs to work on him.
"The decision we've made, is that we have to tread carefully with him. We have to introduce him at the right times, but he certainly hasn't done himself any harm."
GATESHEAD APPLY FOR CITY STATUS (Newcastle Stuff)
FIRED UP BY THE success of the Angel of the North and the Baltic, council chiefs have decided to make Gateshead easier to find on the map by applying for city status.
Apparently it’s up to the Queen to decide which town becomes a city, which she does every few years by means of a ‘competition’. The traditional qualification of having a cathedral is no longer necessary - which is just as well, because Gateshead does not have one of these. Nor will it have a city centre, if the bid is successful.
Tesco have acquired much of what was the heart of the town and are busy demolishing it to make way for a superstore, surrounded by smaller shops and businesses that are ‘sympathetic’ to their masterplan. Gateshead will soon become Tesco upon Tyne and unless the Queen can be bribed with points on her loyalty card, the bid would appear to be doomed.
You can’t fault the council for their optimism, because aesthetic qualities clearly don’t matter. Sunderland was granted city status in 1992 after winning a competition to celebrate the Queen’s 40th year on the throne, so by that reckoning a builder’s skip by the side of the road would be in with a shout.
But Gateshead has had city status on Tyneside at least, since the outbreak of World War II. Many older locals still refer to the town as ‘Soap City’, thanks to the activities of the Luftwaffe during the early months of the conflict.
This period was known as the ‘Phoney War’, because few shots were fired in anger and the Royal Air Force dropped leaflets rather than bombs on Germany, urging its citizens to give up before anyone got hurt.
The Germans responded by dropping their own leaflets on the UK, singling out Gateshead as the place that would benefit most from life under Nazi rule. They promised the locals free bars of soap so they could wash themselves properly - much to the amusement of the people of Newcastle.
Come to think of it, Tesco’s extensive range of toiletries could actually stand the town in good stead, with its bid for real city status.