Dr Venkman

Being charitable, it's possible that today was some sort of deadline for him to make himself available for the squad on Saturday? And since he's still 'training' it makes sense that him not being available for the game is the beginning of him being 'on strike'. I agree with what others are saying about not letting him leave without a 'replacement'. What Eddie needs to decide now is whether the negative consequences of him staying outweigh what we would miss with him gone and no replacement. And it appears as if all of the replacements we were interested in are gone, and if he does go and we try to bring in a replacement, every club in the world knows we're pretty desperate and have money to spend. All that said I think the only way he goes is if Eddie judges it's better for the club in the short-term, on balance.

Aye it's not ideal is it.

Agree we need two. There's been a lot of chat about who Wissa 'replaces', though, with the vast majority of it being that he replaces Wilson. It's more nuanced than that, IMO. Wissa replaces Isak's goals once you factor in the penalty discrepancy. In fact, I'd really struggle to identify a realistic striker target who would be a better 'guaranteed' replacement for the goals we'll lose if Isak leaves.

Been trying to make this case, I really have.

Aye it looks like it was one knee injury which kept him out for three months prior to joining us.

ICC we entered that territory on 17th July.

Is he left-footed?

Demba Ba?

Wissa replaces Isak’s goals (more or less). However, he doesn’t replace his ‘status’ in the squad as a young player whose value will increase. The former is more important than the latter.

Interesting. Could’ve sworn you can’t get a pint of Guinness in a Gallowgate bar.

You’ve been drinking one of the shite rip-offs, and so have I. Moorphys, I think.

Who is @madras anyway? If that is his real name!? Never noticed any of his posts.

Anyone feeling a bit sexy about Moving On?

No?

I’m not massively confident either but a reminder that Isak was useless after the league cup final last season and we got plenty of goals and results.

Yeah he’ll make such a difference to our fortunes this season either way I think. BDB is class but only getting older, some rotation there would be great and Sven’s ability to play the pass into midfield or out wide is massive.

What’s the vibe on Sven these days? Fit? Wait and see? He makes a massive difference this season IMO if he’s able to play 30 games.

Was always open minded about this but happy for those who woke up screaming after having nightmares about it.

Another one which improves the quality of the squad but people can’t brag about to their mates who support other teams because they’re somewhat of a known quantity. Tough summer for the bairns who want their shiny new toys. Squad starting to look a lot better.

There’s no immediate replacement for Isak. It will have to be two players replacing his goals and ideally getting a few more.

I actually think 150m is good value for him given his fitness/stamina but the reputational damage it would do now is too great. He can’t go in this window or ideally even in Jan.

Ornstein is so clearly the Kuenssberg of football these days that I don’t think anything he puts out is worthy of a thread.

I’m sure the debate is preferable on Facebook?