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

[gdm]

9 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said:

The Arsenal thing from Sky/everyone is so odd. What’s it all based on?! 
 

Was it not just them enquiring in the summer and being told to fuck off and them needing a striker. Has there been anything concrete since? 
 

Seems like Sky are playing the role of an Arsenal fanzine and just pushing some weird narrative of Arsenal wanting him and supposedly they will get him in the summer. Despite nothing actually being reported regarding bids, solid interest etc. 

 

It’s absolutely mental and has been brought about by PSR making the January transfer window a bit pointless. They just want something to talk about. 
 

Cunts. 

To me it seems it’s purely based on the comparisons to Thierry Henry and how “he’d be perfect for Arsenal” now they are all just gagging for him to go there

[Erikse]

5 minutes ago, Collage said:

I absolutely love Isak, always have really. I’m Swedish and have followed him through his career, really liked him when he broke through and I’ve always thought he’s special. He really is.

 

BUT for me it’s still too early to compare him with our record goal scorer who played for us for almost 20 years. Alex has been here for two minutes in comparison. For me it’s quite obvious and means no disrespect to the man.

 

Just a small correction. It was 10 years, Isaks been here for 25% of that.

[Collage]

1 minute ago, Erikse said:

 

Just a small correction. It was 10 years, Isaks been here for 25% of that.

Oh, sorry. That’s not a small correction really  But the point still stands 

[TomYam]

5 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said:

The Arsenal thing from Sky/everyone is so odd. What’s it all based on?! 
 

Was it not just them enquiring in the summer and being told to fuck off and them needing a striker. Has there been anything concrete since? 
 

Seems like Sky are playing the role of an Arsenal fanzine and just pushing some weird narrative of Arsenal wanting him and supposedly they will get him in the summer. Despite nothing actually being reported regarding bids, solid interest etc. 

 

It’s absolutely mental and has been brought about by PSR making the January transfer window a bit pointless. They just want something to talk about. 
 

 

As far as the media is concerned only 3 clubs really matter - the same ones that have driven the domestic football agenda for almost 40 years. 

Add the fact the transfer window has been nobbled by PSR constraints, as well as increasingly clichéd and poor standards of journalism, and you have repetitive hyperbole such as the Isak to Arsenal link. 

[Zero]

7 minutes ago, gdm said:

To me it seems it’s purely based on the comparisons to Thierry Henry and how “he’d be perfect for Arsenal” now they are all just gagging for him to go there

Arsenal, since the Wenger era, always played a style that requires their striker to be able to create plays and score goals. Henry was not the first one, Bergkamp was.

 

This “tradition” in fact brought more bad than good to them. They didn’t really value Giroud due to this. They always want to find another Henry.

 

I do agree Isak would be fucking great for them. He would be fucking great for any team in the world anyway.

[Menace]

I hope they mention Sakas dad being a Newcastle supporter next time he scores

[KaKa]

1 hour ago, Lush Vlad said:

The Arsenal thing from Sky/everyone is so odd. What’s it all based on?! 
 

Was it not just them enquiring in the summer and being told to fuck off and them needing a striker. Has there been anything concrete since? 
 

Seems like Sky are playing the role of an Arsenal fanzine and just pushing some weird narrative of Arsenal wanting him and supposedly they will get him in the summer. Despite nothing actually being reported regarding bids, solid interest etc. 

 

It’s absolutely mental and has been brought about by PSR making the January transfer window a bit pointless. They just want something to talk about. 
 

Cunts. 

 

There was a lot of talk that Arsenal were in for him the previous summer before we signed him, and it was all over the media. 

 

There was even photos of some car in London with an Isak custom license plate during the rumours he was set to sign.

 

Arsenal fans have therefore decided that he was always theirs and will inevitably end up there, especially because he now wears the number 14 and has some similarities to Henry.

 

It is altogether one of the most extraordinarily embarrassing episodes of desperate fawning over a player in footballing history.

 

Especially because at the time he was being linked, loads of them didn't think he was good enough because 'he wasn't a goal scorer'. Purely based off of one season of stats in a pretty dull Sociedad side that didn't utilise his strengths.

 

He will never end up there. He's done far too well, and if he opts for a new adventure at some point it will be at Real or Barca.

[Keegans Export]

1 minute ago, KaKa said:

He will never end up there. He's done far too well, and if he opts for a new adventure at some point it will be at Real or Barca.

 

Definitely. Going to Arsenal or someone like that isn't a sideways move as such but he's so good that he'll just be looking to step up another level after a couple of seasons there anyway. 

 

He'll not just go to a Champions League club, he'll go to a club realistically aiming to win the Champions League. 

[CallumG6]

Seen this on Reddit, apologies if already been posted.

 

Isak with the 3rd best minutes to goal ratio in PL history at the moment. 
 

The lad is a world beater. 

[Menace]

Why would a Spanish resident have a private UK plate car, their fans are genuinely incredibly weird.

Also didn't he import his Audi from Spain? 

 

 

Edited January 26 by Menace

[Conjo]

He's their N'Zogbia. How precious

[KaKa]

4 minutes ago, Menace said:

Why would a Spanish resident have a private UK plate car, their fans are genuinely incredibly weird.

 

It was so funny man.

 

They weren't even excited about him signing at the time.

 

Certainly not from what I remember, and now, just so desperate.

 

I take immeasurable joy in reminding all the ones I know, of how they were turning their noses up at the time, every time he scores.

[Keegans Export]

1 minute ago, KaKa said:

 

It was so funny man.

 

They weren't even excited about him signing at the time.

 

Certainly not from what I remember, and now, just so desperate.

 

I take immeasurable joy in reminding all the ones I know, of how they were turning their noses up at the time, every time he scores.

He's exactly the type of signing I liked us making, same as Trippier, Bruno, Botman. Anyone could have signed them, it's not as if we swooped in and blew everyone else's bids out of the water and put them on £300k/week. We scouted, we took a punt when others decided against, it paid off.

 

Thanks to PSR we can't even do that now...

[KaKa]

6 minutes ago, Keegans Export said:

He's exactly the type of signing I liked us making, same as Trippier, Bruno, Botman. Anyone could have signed them, it's not as if we swooped in and blew everyone else's bids out of the water and put them on £300k/week. We scouted, we took a punt when others decided against, it paid off.

 

Thanks to PSR we can't even do that now...

 

Yeah, I agree. That's the whole point of good scouting! At some point you have to trust that work, but so many of the 'bigger clubs' are so fearful.

 

Funnily enough Arsenal and Arteta opted for Jesus instead, because he was a known player in the league that Arteta had some familiarity with from Man City. They played it safe.

 

Regarding PSR, we will be fine. The few years after the takeover we spent a fair bit without any sales and with very low revenue overall. PSR is on a rolling three years, and so those early years are now dropping off the calculations, and our revenue has since improved.

 

Part of Mitchell coming in, was to get back to identifying quality gems for good value, and so we'll be getting back to that. Between Mitchell, Nickson and Howe it's going to work out really well IMO.

[The College Dropout]

39 minutes ago, KaKa said:

 

It was so funny man.

 

They weren't even excited about him signing at the time.

 

Certainly not from what I remember, and now, just so desperate.

 

I take immeasurable joy in reminding all the ones I know, of how they were turning their noses up at the time, every time he scores.

Of course they were excited. The car plate going viral is evidence.  He was only midway through that bad season so the hype was high.  

[The College Dropout]

24 minutes ago, KaKa said:

 

Yeah, I agree. That's the whole point of good scouting! At some point you have to trust that work, but so many of the 'bigger clubs' are so fearful.

 

Funnily enough Arsenal and Arteta opted for Jesus instead, because he was a known player in the league that Arteta had some familiarity with from Man City. They played it safe.

 

Regarding PSR, we will be fine. The few years after the takeover we spent a fair bit without any sales and with very low revenue overall. PSR is on a rolling three years, and so those early years are now dropping off the calculations, and our revenue has since improved.

 

Part of Mitchell coming in, was to get back to identifying quality gems for good value, and so we'll be getting back to that. Between Mitchell, Nickson and Howe it's going to work out really well IMO.

That’s not how PSR works. 
 

The costs are so high  we run a decent PSR loss every year. Revenues haven’t increased with the costs.  
 

We won’t have to sell to he compliant.  But our revenue and current PSR position means we can’t spend 50-100m net without sales.  

[KaKa]

2 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Of course they were excited. The car plate going viral is evidence.  He was only midway through that bad season so the hype was high.  

 

They were sceptical of the signing man and were going on about his goal record. His one good year in Spain was sandwiched between two single digit league seasons. 

 

I am surrounded by them lot and heard it all first hand over and over again. I had just seen him in the Euros for Sweden and thought he'd be great for them, and they were telling me otherwise.

[KaKa]

4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

That’s not how PSR works. 
 

The costs are so high  we run a decent PSR loss every year. Revenues haven’t increased with the costs.  
 

We won’t have to sell to he compliant.  But our revenue and current PSR position means we can’t spend 50-100m net without sales.  

 

The years we had the biggest losses will be dropping off the 3 year calculations, which will help alleviate things. Pretty sure that's how it works.

[Jackie Broon]

10 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

That’s not how PSR works. 
 

The costs are so high  we run a decent PSR loss every year. Revenues haven’t increased with the costs.  
 

We won’t have to sell to he compliant.  But our revenue and current PSR position means we can’t spend 50-100m net without sales.  

 

But that isn't static, our amortisation costs fall by around by around £20m every year, which is equivalent to £100m in transfer fees.

[TRon]

1 hour ago, hakka said:

Even Isak's penalty types are varied in placement and run up style. He must be a nightmare to predict.

 

 

 

 

 

That penalty pretty much summed up his executioner mindset. Ice cold.

[relámpago blanco]

It was the control for his second that was outrageous. I think it went unnoticed. There was a fair amount of pace on the ball and he just controlled it so well.

[Colos Short and Curlies]

7 hours ago, The College Dropout said:

That’s not how PSR works. 
 

The costs are so high  we run a decent PSR loss every year. Revenues haven’t increased with the costs.  
 

We won’t have to sell to he compliant.  But our revenue and current PSR position means we can’t spend 50-100m net without sales.  

 

Disclaimer on costs continuing after the first year but we could service £100m of purchases on £20m sale profit.

 

The key for this summer is CL, we had a bump last season on revenue for it which was then replaced with the Adidas deal this year so getting I'm again will be a good bump up again.

 

It wouldn't surprise me if there is a break in the Sela deal after next year. We would be well placed to justify a further jump from the £25m deal with 2 cl campaigns under the belt and having one of the most high profile players on the world wearing the number 9.

 

Fuck it, pay to break the deal this summer and go all out with a new partner or increased Sela fee for next year 

[relámpago blanco]

Just now, hakka said:

 

It was perfect 👌🏼 - the relationship between Murphy and Isak is fascinating.

Yeah, it's weird though. Maybe they have the same dad but they don't know. Definitely something weird going on in understanding.

[Pablo123]

2 hours ago, relámpago blanco said:

It was the control for his second that was outrageous. I think it went unnoticed. There was a fair amount of pace on the ball and he just controlled it so well.

Absolute perfection 

[kingxlnc]

Murphy is to Isak this season what Willock was previously