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To all posters saying 'sick off this now, get rid of him, just get it done etc'. - this is exactly what the scouse cunts want you to do. They want this to drag on so we eventually just go ah fuck it and let him go cheap. I understand the need to just get him out of the club but we have to be strong as fuck and hold on as long as possible. Giving up and accepting a lower bid just because we're bored or sick off it plays into their hands. They've got the cash so let's fucking rinse them. We saw Parish exactly this to us it's a year ago and we now do the same to this lot. I'd even make them wait a few days before even rejecting this second bid

Fair play. I've always rated him highly, he's fucking exceptional and I adored his ability and play but that's not completely vanished (he's devastated, I'm sure!) but nah, he's now done. Halo has crumbled and he's just another player now, he's shown his hand this summer and it's a fucking ugly one. If he ever plays and scores for my team then I'll enjoy my team's goal but it won't be him I'm cheering, it'll be the goal he has happened to score. If he never pulls the shirt on or scores again then so be it, I'll lose no sleep over the malevolent cunt

This is where we differ If he walked past me in the street tomorrow I wouldn't break stride or even turn my head. I still want him to score goals for my team but he's now dead to me tbh. The bubble has burst and he's now just another bloke in black and white and always will be from here on in

I've massively critical of the club this summer and I think they've deserved it tbh. They've massively underperformed and let the players, Howe and the fans down by not backing up the achievements on the pitch, they've also been shocking in the market over the last 2 months. That said I can't condone Isak's behaviour or blame it on anyone other than him himself. He's clearly frustrated but he's supposed to be a professional footballer and he's getting paid millions of pounds a year as it is. He's engineered this situation and I get he's fucked off at how things are going but just behave professionally and do things the decent way. He's been sly as fuck and is trying to strongarm things when he's in no position to. He gets loads of shit? Fair play, it's deserved

Actions have consequences, after all. Who knew? Feign injury, refuse to train, refuse to go on tour, refuse to play, opt to train alone etc and the fans turn on you? Tough fucking shit. We're in this position because of Isak and the way he's decided to manipulate things, he's caused 100% this and if he's going to eat a load of shit for the next month then so be it. Fuck him

Thought he had 0 errors leading to goals last season?

Flamengo 3rd looks delicious

Media seem desperate for some kind of 'saga' to write about and I understand why, they ned engagement. But a club continually saying 'no' isn't a saga but it does put us and how we deal with it in the spotlight and we've got to be strong here and play it by the book. If we cave then every single person will see it and take advantage in the future

qPR vibes. Looks canny actually

Imagine Bruno being gassed after 55 mins and having the option of Palinha to come off the bench and see the game out? Squad goals

That's exactly the type of transfer we should be going for imo

Ramsdale loan confirmation. Let's get the baths ready

By being awkward he's trying to drive the price down but that's a bit daft with 3 years left. He's essentially breaching his contract and we should be asking more and more as a result. He and his advisors have manufactured this entire situation and there's no reason whatsoever why Newcastle United should suffer financially because of it. They're playing daft cunts, they're the ones breaching the contract he signed and they're the ones who've caused this so they're the ones who should lose out. There's a right way and a wrong way to go about getting a move away and Isak has broken every single rule in the book by going about it the way he has

No bother, I'd start at £220m instead of 200 and start fining him immediately. The more he becomes a cunt about it the higher the fee goes. He's got 3 years to think about adjusting his attitude

Our team is/could be good. The squad is dogshit considering the minutes we're going to be playing. 55 fixtures means starting 165 midfielders and 165 forwards across the course of the season. That's before you take into account subs and International fixtures. We needed to bring in 4 or 5 on top of what we finished just to get through the workload and we're currently on -1 and it'll be -2 soon and that last one is Isak. We're staring down the barrel of a horrific season as it stands currently. If people want to look for the positives then that's up to them, my eyes are wide fucking open. We're woefully short as it stands

CL next season is already gone tbh. Top 4 will be City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal. 5th may get CL potentially. Our incompetence in the last 2 months means our anorexic squad will struggle badly given we have to play about 55 matches with a squad that's already smaller than the one that ended last season. It's also going to lose about 40% of it's goals in the next few days by the looks of it. They've got stronger and we're currently weaker and are about to lose our best player and crown jewel. The gormless cunts running the shop off field are not up to it and have no idea what the fuck they're doing. don't care how you slice it we're heading in the wrong direction when this summer was supposed to be the one we closed the gap. We're heading back from square 10 to square 2 and it's entirely down to our own disorganisation and incompetence. Frustrating doesn't come close

Not when you consider what will happen to the prices we'll be quoted if we sell him. Inflation is a thing and the likes of Alexander Isak becoming available doesn't happen very often. Scouse cunts want him then the compensation for the hassle they've caused this summer needs to be through the roof. I'd be an absolute cunt and ask for 200 but settle at 190ish personally. Isak doesn't like it he can have a year off And yes, I'd absolutely cut my nose off to spite my face, it's about making a stand and not being bent over. Tonali, Gordon, Livramento, Bruno and Elanga etc are all watching to see how we deal with this

Ironically taking Ekitike off the market has made it even harder to get the lad they actually wanted. Now they have to offer over the odds to get him as his natural replacement isn't available. Swings and roundabouts I'll caveat that by saying I'm assuming our transfer team actually have a backbone and will demand full market value

He's 25, one of the best CFs in the world and entering his prime seasons, we can ask for a ridiculous number and not be coy as fuck about it either. 25+ a season for the next 6+ seasons means they're essentially buying goals, points and titles. If they want him that badly then they need to be rinsed for every penny

This one can though tbf

This could be the only opportunity to rip someone's eyeballs out of their sockets. The number should be astronomical. If they want him and he wants to go then fair enough - just make it worth our while and gut the cunts in the process. Ask for £200m and negotiate it down slowly from there, if they bite then fine, if they don't then continue to say no until they do. This isn't rocket science

If they cave at 135 then they deserve everything that's coming their way. Strap in

A wider question for later (or maybe now?) is why anyone from outside of Saudi hasn't come forward to plough a bit of money in? All the talk of APTs curtailing us but no other fucker seems to want to touch us with a bargepole

Isak's price = £130m + whatever it takes us to bring another striker in We buy his replacement and set the fee accordingly

I realise I'm being massively pessimistic and negative but that's mainly because the last few months have been a constant stream of pessimism and negativity. Was buzzing 2 months ago for the chance to actually spend some of the cash we're now allowed to spend, sign players to strengthen the squad, maybe hear about a new stadium, maybe a new training ground, potentially attract more money into the club via genuine sponsorship deals to maximise revenue and so on. We've signed Elanga. That's it. He's good and I like him but he's the only positive. Literally everything else his a negative. I now expect the worst, it's a coping mechanism probably