Alexander Isak: has a chance to play against Everton (Howe)

[Scoot]

2 minutes ago, Nine said:

I don’t think he’ll start until Wilson needs rest or is injured, cup games he probably will. I would have said there’s a chance he starts on the right but he won’t with Miggy in this kind of form.

 

No chance we're paying 60 million for him to be back up and a cup game player. 

 

Not sure how Eddie will play him, but there's no way we pay a club record fee for him to not play much.

[Nine]

8 minutes ago, Scoot said:

 

No chance we're paying 60 million for him to be back up and a cup game player. 

 

Not sure how Eddie will play him, but there's no way we pay a club record fee for him to not play much.

We paid that before Miggy got Howe’d. There were noises about including both Wilson and Isak in a starting 11 iirc? I’d assumed he was signed to start on the right when Wilson’s fit.
 

Also with Wilson’s fitness record back up is the wrong word, he’d be expected to play as many games as Wilson does at ST.

 

 

Edited November 15, 2022 by Nine

[LV]

I think they’ll both play eventually.

 

That’s Wilson and Isak btw. And given Miggy’s form I’d think Isak would go wide left. Then Isak can change to striker if/ when Wilson gets subbed or move across wide right if Miggy gets subbed. 
 

Nice problem to have 

 

 

 

 

[PauloGeordio]

58 minutes ago, LV said:

I think they’ll both play eventually.

 

That’s Wilson and Isak btw. And given Miggy’s form I’d think Isak would go wide left. Then Isak can change to striker if/ when Wilson gets subbed or move across wide right if Miggy gets subbed. 
 

Nice problem to have 

 

 

 

 

The 3 amigos tearing shit up!  

[TRon]

1 hour ago, Kanji said:

How do we think he integrates into our 11? 

 

He scored two cracking goals against Liverpool, I'm sure we'll find a way.

[Unbelievable]

I think after the World Cup, with Isak hopefully fully fit and Wilson in need of a rest, Isak will be our centre forward and going forward they will alternate/Wilson will be used as backup. You don’t sign a mega promising 60m centre forward to play them out of position or as second fiddle.

[madras]

2 minutes ago, Unbelievable said:

I think after the World Cup, with Isak hopefully fully fit and Wilson in need of a rest, Isak will be our centre forward and going forward they will alternate/Wilson will be used as backup. You don’t sign a mega promising 60m centre forward to play them out of position or as second fiddle.

Not even alternate. Horses for courses, pick the best team for each game, maybe Wilson, maybe Isak, maybe both. We won't be far off doing that for most of the team.

[Dr.Spaceman]

1 minute ago, madras said:

Not even alternate. Horses for courses, pick the best team for each game, maybe Wilson, maybe Isak, maybe both. We won't be far off doing that for most of the team.

 

That's it, we're all going to have to just trust the process moving forward and stop with the whole "JACOB MURPHY OVER SAM MAXIMUM, WHADAFUQ?!", myself very much included 

[buzza]

I think Isak would probably slot in on the left of the front three.

joe linton would drop back and bruno would edge longstaff out.

Defence

—-willock—bruno—-joe

miggy—-wilson—-isak

[madras]

2 minutes ago, Dr.Spaceman said:

 

That's it, we're all going to have to just trust the process moving forward and stop with the whole "JACOB MURPHY OVER SAM MAXIMUM, WHADAFUQ?!", myself very much included 

 but we'll all stil do it like fans do all over the world, say who we'd pick and why the manager got it wrong/right.

[Gaztoon]

Imagine if prem players not at the world cup we're allowed to go to league 1,2 teams on loan for 6 weeks .

[madras]

1 minute ago, Gaztoon said:

Imagine if prem players not at the world cup we're allowed to go to league 1,2 teams on loan for 6 weeks .

I'd still say no. I want ours conditioning, playing controlled behind closed doors games rather than playing league games down the ladder.

 

I'm all for other teams doing it.

[Gaztoon]

3 minutes ago, madras said:

I'd still say no. I want ours conditioning, playing controlled behind closed doors games rather than playing league games down the ladder.

 

I'm all for other teams doing it.

 

Oh I agree..

 

Would be great for the leagues and teams.. hopefully they get increased attendances why the prem as stopped.

 

 

Edited November 15, 2022 by Gaztoon

[The Prophet]

Still rather excited to see what this lad can do. There's absolutely no pressure to chuck him in now either.

[Chicken Dancer]

Definitely don't think he's here to sit on the bench, given the price, but all of the top teams rotate (to a certain extent) and have different options for different opposition.

 

We're maybe 1/2/3 seasons away from that luxury, but I assume Isak will be rotated in and out this season depending on the opposition. 

 

Murphy etc have done a job this season but eventually they'll be phased out and replaced with better players who are able to rotate in and out.

[frankpingel]

Hopefully given a half in 1st friendly then 60 mins in the 2nd. Perfect preparation to start in League Cup match  

[Dr.Spaceman]

44 minutes ago, madras said:

 but we'll all stil do it like fans do all over the world, say who we'd pick and why the manager got it wrong/right.

 

Of course, we'll win something and some cunt will still moan that we could have won it easier if Howe had done something different somewhere along the way.

[Kanj]

I believe he's a striker who tends to drop deep to pick up the ball, release and dart into the box - also likes to drift wide too. He's probably better at playing as a wide forward in our system for now and spelling Wilson in the central role. Good problem to have. 

[Conjo]

Should have bought a LW instead by the sounds of if.

[Solitude20]

 

6 hours ago, Nine said:

We paid that before Miggy got Howe’d. There were noises about including both Wilson and Isak in a starting 11 iirc? I’d assumed he was signed to start on the right when Wilson’s fit.
 

Also with Wilson’s fitness record back up is the wrong word, he’d be expected to play as many games as Wilson does at ST.

 

 

 

 

We all love Miggy after he got Howe’d, imagine how a Howe’d Isak would look like. And I don’t think we bought Isak to play as a RW, so I don’t see a competition between him and Miggy/future RW transfers

[Super Duper Branko Strupar]

Is there any evidence to this 'He can play on the side of a 3'? Sure when I looked up his stats when he signed he'd played like 50-60 centrally and maybe 1 or 2 on a side. Only ever seen him at euros at CF.

 

 

Edited November 15, 2022 by Super Duper Branko Strupar

[ponsaelius]

Yeah he's basically never played wide in his whole career. That surprised me because watching him he definitely seemed to occupy those spaces often during games. Guess it's something that could be tried if he has the skillset to do it.

[madras]

6 minutes ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said:

Is there any evidence to this 'He can play on the side of a 3'? Sure when I looked up his stats when he signed he'd played like 50-60 centrally and maybe 1 or 2 on a side. Only ever seen him at euros at CF.

 

 

 

Look where Miggys been playing of late. He's hardly been a winger.

[Super Duper Branko Strupar]

Just now, madras said:

Look where Miggys been playing of late. He's hardly been a winger.

 

Oh aye, agree, and spot on example. Eddie's clever though cos he's put Miggy there to utilise specific strengths: Chasing down and cutting in centrally. Could do something similar with Isak maybe, dont know him as a player well enough to say. What I have seen though he's shit hot centrally.

[McDog]

6 minutes ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said:

 

Oh aye, agree, and spot on example. Eddie's clever though cos he's put Miggy there to utilise specific strengths: Chasing down and cutting in centrally. Could do something similar with Isak maybe, dont know him as a player well enough to say. What I have seen though he's shit hot centrally.

 

 

Yea, more an inverted winger cutting left and it sure has been effective.