konvaljen

Yeah, I mean, his first two season at Real Sociedad he missed 0 games. In total over three seasons he missed 5 games. Load and luck is likely the reason he got a bad injury early when coming to Newcastle. And then, first impressions tend to stick as truths.

I think it’s quite interesting that there is such a strong consensus on Isak being injury prone. I have followed Isak through his career and would say that’s a premature conclusion. Have you looked at his injury record? It’s not worse than Haalands for example. It’s miles from Wilson, which is actually an injury prone player. Of course, if he keeps getting injury’s that prevents him to play for long spells this might be the case. However, the fact that he does not keep repeating the same injury seems promising (compare to Wilson’s recurring hamstring injuries for example).

Man U played a man marking system. Newcastles performance was text book on how to pick their system apart. One big piece there was Isak’s movement pulling out the center halves and creating space in behind. Wingers did similarly at times, reason for Tino to all of the sudden be in acres of space on the left flank. However, it’s not necessarily the best play against a more well organised/better defense as you might want your #9 to “push down” the center halves to create space for your midfield. In any case, Isak had different instructions in the Man U game and it might be hard to say what’s better for the team even if his involvement will be higher when he drops deep.