 NILE RANGER has revealed his hunger to make his competitive first-team debut at West Brom on Saturday night. The 18-year-old was back among the goals last night after coming off the bench to net against Blyth Spartans – just 48 hours after playing for England Under-19s in the European Championship final against Ukraine. And although United have concerns about expecting too much, too soon from Londoner Ranger, who has been away with England for the last fortnight in eastern Europe, the teenage striker is desperate to be part of Newcastle’s opener at the Hawthorns. He told the Chronicle: “That’s what I am aiming for – it’s great playing for England, but I was dying to get back to Newcastle. “It’s an awesome experience playing for England. “Everybody would love to play for England and I’m no different. “Ukraine was a good experience, but it was very hot and the food wasn’t very nice. “I am just buzzing to be back, come on and score. “Now I’m just hoping to be on the bus on Friday to go to West Brom. “I don’t know if I will be in the squad and I won’t take anything for granted. “I just have to show Chris Hughton what I’ve got.” Ranger says he had to plead with Geordie coach Alan Thompson for a run out in the 4-2 win over Blyth and he didn’t let him down with goal in the final minute of the friendly win at Croft Park. He added: “I didn’t think I’d get on. “Alan Thompson was saying ‘you’re not coming on’. “But I told him I wanted to get on for 10 minutes and he threw me in there! “It was great ball in from Phil Airey – he’s a good player and it was a nice little dink. “I held off the defender – I could have gone down for a penalty but I stayed on my feet and fired home.” Meanwhile, coach Thompson believes that Ranger has a great chance of being involved in the squad for the game with the Baggies. He said: “Chris is looking at him in the next few days. “He’ll see how he looks in training to see whether he travels with the first team to West Brom. “We’ve seen plenty of him to know he’s a threat, but Chris Hughton will monitor him to see if he is going to travel to West Brom.” | 
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