Joelinton7 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 23 minutes ago, Fak said: His first touch was immaculate. Apparently had been ill as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 9 minutes ago, Ronaldo said: Les was significantly better than Shearer in the air, surely. Shearer was brilliant in the air from set pieces granted. I think that's what I said? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, The Prophet said: Been confident for ages this would happen, and it will be with a big adidas campaign with Shearer as the new number 9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumbheed Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 36 minutes ago, Chris_R said: Not quite. Despite being taller than Shearer and especially Ferdinand, he's not anywhere near as good in the air as those two were. They'd smash headers in, going straight through the defender to get the ball. Absolute monsters in the air, Sir Les especially was the best I've seen and Shearer not far behind. Isak's decent, but he's nowhere near world class aerially. Tbf, heading is a dying art so bit unfair to judge a player on it nowadays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 He looks like he's really enjoying himself man. Love how we look to hit him early and are finding his runs in behind more and more. I watch the likes of Man City and Arsenal constantly ignore runs in behind from their forwards for that tedious slow build up and it does my head in. Think the way we play really suits him and I hope he recognises this, and when that massive contract is set out for him, he signs on the dotted line! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 (edited) From those who saw enough to comment, as I can only go off auld highlights; is he a better finisher than Cole or nah? Cole's scoring rate for us is an absolute joke, like. Took him 50 games to score 50 goals. Suppose that answers itself. Edited January 25 by HaydnNUFC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandy Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 5 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said: From those who saw enough to comment, as I can only go off auld highlights; is he a better finisher than Cole or nah? Cole's scoring rate for us is an absolute joke, like. Took him 50 games to score 50 goals. Suppose that answers itself. He's still not quite as good as Cole in his NUFC heyday but he's getting there. I've thought for a while that he's the closest thing we have seen to Andy Cole and he plays very much like him. The comparison to Henry is absurd IMO. On another note, the lad desperately needs a better song as that "Mackems Net" dirge is properly cringeworthy. We have got one of the best strikers in the world and we serenade him with a song related to goals scored against lower league fodder. FFS, at the very least he should be getting the "Isak's on fire/defence is terrified" song. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. TC Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 10 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said: From those who saw enough to comment, as I can only go off auld highlights; is he a better finisher than Cole or nah? Cole's scoring rate for us is an absolute joke, like. Took him 50 games to score 50 goals. Suppose that answers itself. I remember Cole as being quite wasteful actually. But so quick and with good service from an all out attack team so he'd get quite a few chances per match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 If Isak got as many chances as Cole he would score even more. He's an around better player as well, modern striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I still think Big Les was better than Cole Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Realised today I take it abit for granted how good he is at times. Yes we have good players dotted throughout the first 11 but he is the difference maker. We're all praising Murphy's form and rightly so. But if he fizzes that pass into the majority of the other strikers in this league and it's probably not a goal. Love when Isak is in the mood because he not only gets in behind and causes havoc but he also drops deep and links the play so well at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 7 minutes ago, Wandy said: He's still not quite as good as Cole in his NUFC heyday but he's getting there. I've thought for a while that he's the closest thing we have seen to Andy Cole and he plays very much like him. The comparison to Henry is absurd IMO. On another note, the lad desperately needs a better song as that "Mackems Net" dirge is properly cringeworthy. We have got one of the best strikers in the world and we serenade him with a song related to goals scored against lower league fodder. FFS, at the very least he should be getting the "Isak's on fire/defence is terrified" song. Agree a million percent on that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandy Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 4 minutes ago, Dr. TC said: I remember Cole as being quite wasteful actually. But so quick and with good service from an all out attack team so he'd get quite a few chances per match. That's not the player I remember at all. Cole was absolutely lethal for the entire time of his NUFC career. He might have had his chances created a lot by Peter Beardsley but he still always finished them. Isak still misses 1 on 1 chances. Cole never did. "Gets the ball and scores a goal". Never been a more accurate song about an NUFC player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobsonsWonderland Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Wandy said: That's not the player I remember at all. Cole was absolutely lethal for the entire time of his NUFC career. He might have had his chances created a lot by Peter Beardsley but he still always finished them. Isak still misses 1 on 1 chances. Cole never did. "Gets the ball and scores a goal". Never been a more accurate song about an NUFC player. It was only at man utd that people noticed Cole missing chances... I don't think anyone ever mentioned it when he was at Newcastle. Obviously scoring nearly every game and us riding a wave of excitement might of hid any frailties in his game Edited January 25 by RobsonsWonderland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandy Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Just now, RobsonsWonderland said: It was only at man utd that people noticed Cole missing chances... I don't think anyone ever mentioned it when he was at Newcastle. Obviously scoring nearly every game and us riding a wave of excitement might of his any frailties in his game Agree with that. He became a more complete player at Man Utd but in the process lost his flawless finishing that he had with us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Always remember one game when Cole joined Man Utd where someone else scored and Cole went to kick the ball back into the net and hit the post and the commentator said "He still can't score" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Don’t think Isak is doing anything that Remy wouldn’t have done had we kept him on. Difficult to gauge if he is the best we’ve had since Shearer. Especially when you throw Ba into the mix. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 11 minutes ago, Wandy said: That's not the player I remember at all. Cole was absolutely lethal for the entire time of his NUFC career. He might have had his chances created a lot by Peter Beardsley but he still always finished them. Isak still misses 1 on 1 chances. Cole never did. "Gets the ball and scores a goal". Never been a more accurate song about an NUFC player. Cole was absolutely clinical for us. Great finisher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 The above post is purely to get a reaction from Ronaldo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boey_Jarton Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 6 minutes ago, Wandy said: Agree with that. He became a more complete player at Man Utd but in the process lost his flawless finishing that he had with us. His all round play was superb during his time here. In particular his link up with Beardsley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 11 in 29 (first season in the Prem and spent a lot of it injured) 25 in 40 *19 in 25 and counting Ridiculous numbers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis H Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Scary thing about Cole is he only scored a couple of penalties for us. He’d have scored loads more if Beardsley wasn’t so good at them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 12 minutes ago, Fak said: Don’t think Isak is doing anything that Remy wouldn’t have done had we kept him on. Difficult to gauge if he is the best we’ve had since Shearer. Especially when you throw Ba into the mix. Really? Isak is top top class, Remy wasn't. He wouldn't have scored as many as Isak in this team, Isak has scored 131 goals in his career at 25, Remy managed 113 in his whole career and didn't have the talent of Isak or mentality at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Civetty Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 2 hours ago, Stifler said: 153 goals away from breaking Shearers record for us. If he has 10 years with us like Shearer did, he’ll break it, and I think he’ll break the 300 barrier. He'd have the potential. But I don't think it'll be reality, his body build makes me think his career will be rather short. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 3 minutes ago, nufc4eva said: Really? Isak is top top class, Remy wasn't. He wouldn't have scored as many as Isak in this team, Isak has scored 131 goals in his career at 25, Remy managed 113 in his whole career and didn't have the talent of Isak or mentality at all. See my next post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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