Keep both. We need to look at the squad as a whole and consider who is capable of taking us forward. Both players are in this bracket. I’m a bit upset that Owen hasn’t pledged his future to us, but if you weren’t a Geordie i think you’d probably keep your options open too considering the plight of the club not so long ago. We’ve had years of falling short as well as the fear/reality of becoming aston villa in black and white. Newcastle United needs to be ruthless in it’s pursuit of glory. All signs are good so far with the Ashley/Allerdice era well under way. Let’s have (more) patience and see what they can do. I for 1 just want to see a proper football team free of prima dona’s and piss takers playing with passion and respect for the badge. Hopefully Sam can instill this in ALL of our players. C’mon the toon.

I think we really need to keep both. They’re both amazing players in their own rights. Some of Oba’s goals last season was the stuff of dreams, like the one against Tottenham. Owen as we all know, is a poacher and a damn good one at that. I think for me, if we’re getting rid of strikers to make way for Gudjohnsen, sorry but it has to be Shola Ameobi. He’s been a great servant to the Toon for many a year, but if we really are moving up a gear in the ‘buying and selling’ stakes, then we have to let him go. He’s a very good player and a Geordie to boot, but really good enough for Sam’s and the fan’s ambitions? I’m not so sure.

we need to keep both i wud offer them both new contracts without any shitty clauses. martins in my opinion did excellent last season he scored 17 goals in a really poor team not bad if u ask me. owen is also a world class striker the only thing he has done rong is not come out and commit his future to the club. he cant help the injuries can he. give him a chance and he wil score goals as he is the best english finisher around at the moment. BS has done good so far in the transfer window and if either of these leave im sure he wil gt sumone who can do just as good a job.

CMON THE LADS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They are very different strikers. I think Owen will score more if he stays fit, whilst Martins is an unpredictable livewire. He’s still a rough diamond, great to have in your team because he do something special in a moment, but I think his control can be very sloppy and is not good at holding up play.

It’s catch 22 in that we need a very good season to both attract great strikers and to keep what we have, but we need our best squad to HAVE that very good season. I hope that we keep them both Martins and Owen for at least another year, even adding Gudjohnsen. Carroll might have to be patient a while longer, but we’d have a strong choice of strikers and could cope well with injuries for once.

Martins - A clause contracted player who doesnt really want to play for this club but in a country where he has something to prove.

Owen - A clause contracted player who doesnt really want to play for this club in a country where he has nothing to prove.

Help!!!!!

Maybe its a case of who has the most human decency and honour. We’ll see.

Unlike Big brother, the choice is not ours. That doesn’t mean we dont have a right to feel shitted off at being purely an acceptable club and wage that agrees with their own ambition. My heart say neither, my head says both.

I think we should sell martins and owen, because i believe they won’t be much use next term. owen is likely to get injured and martins doesn’t look to fulfill his potential, at leat not here in england. I’d rather buy gudjohnson from barca as he is a quality player, who can play in england. Also we should tempt someone like Carlos Tevez with a mega bucks offer. You never know, he could come.

I would keep Martins because he is only 22 and has shown that he can become a great player. If Big Sam improves his first touch and hold up play, we have a great young player on our hands. Owen, on the other hand, has lost all his pace, dosen’t look the same player and would not fit into the 4-3-3 system. I do not want to see us changing our system for him and if we sell him for £10m, we have really not lost anything with the compensation money

Why isn’t keeping both an option? Give Oba some time to work on some of his skills (he’s got promise) and keep Owen for the one year or so he’d stay at NUFC at any rate and sell him next year after hopefully qualifuying for Europe and negating this stupid clause that keeps the price low.

I remember the last time Owen touched a ball in a Newcastle shirt…he got concussed by his own teammate. I bet that makes him very fond of the world-class squad Newcastle boasts. Big Sam has a lot of work ahead of him, but I think he can do it. He’s got a good history with mediocre squads.

I think it’d be a mistake to sell Owen. Especially since he seems to love scoring against Newcastle (how many hattricks has he had v. the Magpies?). If he’s on form he’ll be an amazing asset. He’s managed a more than decent 1 goal every two matches thus far. If he comes back on that song, I think Newcastle will be very happy to have kept him.

Nobody will come in for Owen, and come the end of the transfer window he will say “What was all the fuss about, I’m a Newcastle player” he will not say this until the window is closed.

Big Sam needs to close the clauses NOW. If I had the choice I would keep Owen as there aren’t many out and out goalscorers.

Ashley should sack the idiot that put these clauses in the players contracts, it will seriously deter our start to the premiership, right up until september we will hear nothing but Owen leaving martins leaving, it will seriously harm our start to the season the stupiod bastards who put that in ther contracts should be shot dead twice.

In my opinion this has the potential to totaly ruin our season, and i think as soon as the players return for pre-season training we should defintly either buy to replace both of them with a good proven goalscorer or get them to sign new and different contract.

if at ;east one of them doesnt accept the new contract change we should sell one of them,
[ not for that shit offer of 4m plus alan smith ]
but perhaps martins 13 million, id like to see someone like torres be signed i think he would come if we could convince him that we will be back in champions league very soon.

oba. definitely. same reasons as above really but also just to add a different slnt to it. big sam will possibly be bringing his 4-3-3 system in next season. if we can get a creative forward (eg gudjohnsen) and play them just behind martins and viduka, or hell, even martins just off viduka and ameobi, i dont think there will be anyone missing owen.

I would sit them both down with new contract offers with no get out clause and say sign or go. I believe Oba would and Owen wouldnt, He has never come out to say he wants to stay, Oba has. If no one comes in for Owen let him warm the bench, loose his England place and end up at Aston Villa or some other mediocre club. Lets sign two more strikers and create a REAL competition for places. In short Oba stays Owen goes. Rant over

Oba Martins, for a first season he scored some cracking goals, Big Sam can only make him better. Owen will never play 100% for Newcastle, and he is past his prime due to injury. Also think about Wenger good manager who is his first pick “Oba”.

i would say it’s Martins. Owen is determined to leave anyways. It’s just either this season or the next. So we should try harder to keep Martins instead. He has the future and potential. Besides, he’s only 22! Another reason would be their wages difference. Martins ’s is 60k pw while owen’s 110k pw is not value for money, considering an apperance of only 12 times.

Without a doubt i would have Oba Martins! I can’t remember last time i watched Owen wearing newcastle shirt…
Almost every quality player come to newcastle would injury for a very long peroid, excepte Oba! I can’t imagine why we have to release our injury-free leading goal-soccer to change to ALWAYS injury Owen….

Sell both get Torres and Gudjohnsen

I would keep Oba anyday. Younger (hopefully), faster, more committed (personal opinion), more all-round striker and worth more. All reasons Oba should stay over Owen. Both are good with their heads, however, Oba can jump probably twice as high. Oba may be tiny, but he can put himself around if needs be. He has the physical stature needed in the modern premiership game and, like Lua-Lua (Lomano-Tresor), he is impossible to read as a defender. He may not score as many goals a season as Owen might, but there is a price for exciting football. Oba is the typa of player thats gets fans on the edge of their seats when he picks up the ball. I, for one, cannot say the same about Owen, let alone remember the last time he touched the ball. Oba is also less injury prone. Playing up front alone for much of last season, in his first in a foreign league, with poor service, he managed to contribute 18? goals. You ask yourself the question, would Owen have done the same, without a partner. Oba scores solo goals (Alkmaar, Spurs etc) as well as strikers finishes (Alkmaar again, Watford). Granted, his finishing 1 on 1 could be improved, but so could Owens. If you give owen a second to think about what shot he will take, he will hit it at the keeper. He finishes on instinct. Basically, Oba can score the goals that Owen scores, as well as goals out of nothing. Not since France 98 against Argentina, have I seen Owen score a goal purely out of his own creation. The bottom line is, Owen relies on service. If we cannot provide it, he won’t score. Oba, o the other hand, can…..

KEEP OBA!!!!!!!!!!