Alexander Isak - International C*nt

[Elliottman]

1 minute ago, TRC said:

Basically no way to win if you want to leave a club? 

Yes  

 

Communicate and act properly throughout, instances of Isak and Trent are the abnormal not the norm. 
 

Pretty sure Trent led Liverpool along and didn’t ‘decide’ until last minute he was leaving either. 

[bobbydazzla]

Fair enough giving the lad loads of shite if he went to Man Utd after running his contract down.

 

But he went to Real Madrid, the most prestigious club in the world, after being at Liverpool all his footballing life. Different country, different league, different challenge.

 

What was the alternative ? Sign a new contract when he wants to leave, purely so Madrid have to pay a fee, which might mean he doesn't get his move and never plays anywhere else in his peak career but Liverpool. 

 

If we had fuckloads of loyal service out of Miley and he becomes a world class midfielder, but in 6 years time he goes to Barca or Madrid on a free, I won't be booing the kid. And I'd think anyone who booed him or called him a rat was a cunt.

 

Isak is different. He refused to play to force a move. That's a cunts trick. He had years left on his contract and refused to honour it.

 

 

 

Edited November 5, 2025 by bobbydazzla

[Casey]

2 hours ago, Elliottman said:

If peak Bruno or Tonali done the same don't tell me you wouldn't be raging 

 

We got £130million for  Isak and he's the most hated man in the city 

Perhaps needless to say, but the animosity that myself and those I know share has nowt to do with getting a reasonable wedge for a permacrock. More about how he acted. 

 

I honestly think that Trent was reasonably well-behaved about the whole thing. Played out his contract, was honest about his decision. I'd hope we'd give a good send off if a beloved player did that to us. 

[TRC]

11 minutes ago, Elliottman said:

Yes  

 

Communicate and act properly throughout, instances of Isak and Trent are the abnormal not the norm. 
 

Pretty sure Trent led Liverpool along and didn’t ‘decide’ until last minute he was leaving either. 

Didn’t he tell Slot about it half way through the season?

[timeEd32]

And so it begins:

 

The harsh truth for Alexander Isak: Liverpool look better off without him

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/liverpool-fc-alexander-isak-real-madrid-harsh-truth-4022311

 

Spoiler

In hindsight, Liverpool probably could have saved themselves £125m on Alexander Isak.

It did seem somewhat excessive to break the British transfer record to bring in another forward after giving Mohamed Salah a wage structure-busting new contract and spending £200m on two other elite-level forward talents.

Initially, however, the consensus was that Liverpool had carried out an all-timer of a transfer window. Yes, they were over-inflated in the strike department, but what a dilemma to have! Is there such a thing as too many world-class options up front?

Yes, as it turns out. Florian Wirtz cost too much money to leave out, and with Salah immovable, Isak, Hugo Ekitike and Cody Gakpo to fit in, the solution previously this term was to deploy as many as possible, at the same time

Late goals masked deficiencies with Arne Slot’s all-out attack approach early on. Defensively, last season’s second-most-impenetrable backline looked exposed, shipping more goals than Virgil van Dijk had ever borne witness to since arriving on Merseyside.

 

How Liverpool turned a corner

Taking a leaf out of Arsenal’s book has helped Slot stop the rot. Two wins in a week, both to nil – sticking it to Trent Alexander-Arnold and new foes Real Madrid the added bonus – came about, in the main, as a result of Liverpool being more solid, harder to beat than they have been thus far.

In victories over Aston Villa and Madrid, aided by Isak’s injury absence, Slot has taken a more conservative approach, deploying an extra body in midfield. The fact that addition was fit-again Alexis Mac Allister, who scored the winner in Tuesday night’s 1-0 triumph, has proven pivotal.

Slot should be wary of diverging from this more sensible system, certainly against elite-level opposition at home or abroad.

It will require the stoicism of the highest order, leaving hundreds of millions of attackers on the bench week in, week out. These big calls are nonetheless part and parcel of the job around these parts.

Arsenal have stormed out in front domestically as a result of eight successive clean sheets. Keeping the ball out is just as important as scoring goals down the other end, even if you possess the most expensively-assembled strike force in history.

 

Slot masterminds a miserable night for Madrid

As Real Madrid slipped to their second successive defeat at Anfield, they recorded just two shots on target, their fewest in a Champions League game since their 1-0 win over Liverpool in the 2021-22 final.

They didn’t manage a single one in the second half, even when chasing the game, the first time that has happened since the 2023-24 quarter final against Manchester City at the Etihad.

The 1-0 scoreline flattered Real. Liverpool never looked troubled despite facing Kylian Mbappe at the peak of his goalscoring powers, Vinicius Junior and a fit-again Jude Bellingham.

Alongside the metronomic Ryan Gravenberch, Mac Allister adds that extra layer of protection and, more pertinently, control. He won 100 per cent of his duels, tackles and completed 91 per cent of his passes.

With Dominik Szoboszlai, playing that bit further ahead but still aware of his defensive responsibilities, Liverpool just don’t look quite so vulnerable.

 

Why Wirtz’s role change was key

Wirtz played out wide against Madrid after previously being as a No 10 (Photo: Getty)

Wirtz has so far mostly been utilised at the head of a midfield three, but much more as a traditional No 10, giving his side essentially a four-pronged attack.

Exciting to watch, certainly, but it is not sustainable, not when your biggest Premier League title rivals look near impenetrable.

Wirtz actually put in his best Liverpool performance from a wide forward role, creating five chances from open play for the second time in a red shirt, the only Premier League player to do so in more than one game across all competitions this season.

But it is what they ceded down the other end that will have pleased Slot the most. It won’t be easy to manage, as many of his forward options have their own reasons for being immune to omission.

There is, however, no other way. Liverpool won’t be able to rediscover anything like top form, in all competitions, with four forwards on the pitch every match. Slot seems to become aware of that in the nick of time.

 

[Jaqen]

Liverpool let Trent, VVD and Salah's contracts all go into the final year before offering them new deals. 

 

The club took a gamble and it didn't pay off for them. The idea that he should sign a new deal if he wants to leave is ridiculous  They had the opportunity to sell him in January as well and didn't take it. 

 

 

Edited November 5, 2025 by Jaqen

[Mikky]

Drops down a place today in our all time CL goal scorers courtesy of Dan Burn 

[The Fountain]

7 hours ago, Elliottman said:

Because he was one of their most valuable players and he knew it. They would have bagged about £70+ million for him with a few years on his contract but he ran it down to get himself a better deal. A lad from the area and a boyhood supporter. 

 

If peak Bruno or Tonali done the same don't tell me you wouldn't be raging 

 

We got £130million for  Isak and he's the most hated man in the city 

If Tonali was on our team which had won the PL, CL, FA and LC and then left for a free we'd build a statue 

Isak went on strike, TAA didn't. That's quite significant to your argument.

[gdm]

I see the Rat is back in training 

[TheBrownBottle]

On 06/11/2025 at 02:41, KennyUtd said:

I'm not sure we would like. If Gazza had won everything with us and fucked off to Madrid I doubt any but the mentally challenged would give him grief.

We gave Gazza grief the first time he came back to SJP with Spurs

[KennyUtd]

4 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

We gave Gazza grief the first time he came back to SJP with Spurs

Aye that may be true like. But if he'd help us win a fuck load of trophies I'm sure he'd have got a decent reception. 

[TheBrownBottle]

3 minutes ago, KennyUtd said:

Aye that may be true like. But if he'd help us win a fuck load of trophies I'm sure he'd have got a decent reception. 

Maybe like the one at Everton when we clapped him on then did comedy booing every time he touched the ball?  

 

I think if a player goes on to better things they don’t get a good reception, but if they’ve taken a step backwards they usually do.  David Kelly got clapped on for the Mackems, Andy Cole never got the same treatment (before his FA Cup final singing)

[KennyUtd]

1 minute ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Maybe like the one at Everton when we clapped him on then did comedy booing every time he touched the ball?  

 

I think if a player goes on to better things they don’t get a good reception, but if they’ve taken a step backwards they usually do.  David Kelly got clapped on for the Mackems, Andy Cole never got the same treatment (before his FA Cup final singing)

I've always loved the comedy booing like 😄

I remember when Sir Les came back the 1st time and the applause were loud and long. Until he first touched the ball. He was pissing himself to be fair. 🤣

[Drewboy74]

35 minutes ago, gdm said:

I see the Rat is back in training 

Wonder if hes wearing a bra and had his cock removed?

[Abacus]

You're going to boo any dangerous opposition player, it's kind of a mark of respect sometimes, but particularly if they're a Judas. Don't think Gascoigne was ever thought of like that. There was kind of a recognition that was our club at the time.

 

Likewise Carroll, always wanted him to do well except against us.

 

No idea and don't care about what Liverpool fans think of TAA.

 

Talking of booing players, I did my throat in booing Jose Enrique after his top 4 comments and then laughing at him being put in emergency goal at SJP. On April 1st as well, if my memory isn't broken.

 

I will absolutely boo Isak until my lungs fall out of my mouth however.

 

[Pablo123]

17 minutes ago, KennyUtd said:

I've always loved the comedy booing like 😄

I remember when Sir Les came back the 1st time and the applause were loud and long. Until he first touched the ball. He was pissing himself to be fair. 🤣

Pretty sure the same with Beardsley for Bolton?

[TheBrownBottle]

4 minutes ago, Abacus said:

You're going to boo any dangerous opposition player, it's kind of a mark of respect sometimes, but particularly if they're a Judas. Don't think Gascoigne was ever thought of like that. There was kind of a recognition that was our club at the time.

 

Likewise Carroll, always wanted him to do well except against us.

 

No idea and don't care about what Liverpool fans think of TAA.

 

Talking of booing players, I did my throat in booing Jose Enrique after his top 4 comments and then laughing at him being put in emergency goal at SJP. On April 1st as well, if my memory isn't broken.

 

I will absolutely boo Isak until my lungs fall out of my mouth however.

 

Yes, chanting ‘Judas’ and hoying Mars bars at him was a protest against the board sublimated against him

[Abacus]

1 minute ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Yes, chanting ‘Judas’ and hoying Mars bars at him was a protest against the board sublimated against him

 

He loved the mars bars.

 

Edit - to be fair that was before my time so I might be wrong on Gazza. I just know from now that people still think of him as Newcastle and there's no hard feelings towards him. Maybe there was then.

 

 

Edited November 7, 2025 by Abacus

[TheBrownBottle]

Just now, Abacus said:

 

He loved the mars bars

He did, or at least he picked one up and bit into it.  But it wasn’t done by the crowd in kindly jest - there was a lot of anger directed his way that day.   

[Mike]

He'll find his form and his groin unfortunately. Cunt.

[Abacus]

1 minute ago, TheBrownBottle said:

He did, or at least he picked one up and bit into it.  But it wasn’t done by the crowd in kindly jest - there was a lot of anger directed his way that day.   

 

To be fair I've edited my post so you might know better than me on this. I just remember people being gutted he left rather than actual anger.

[Erikse]

1 hour ago, gdm said:

I see the Rat is back in training 

 

Now he needs another 2-3 months of getting back into fitness. Just in time for the groin to start acting up again.

 

 

Edited November 7, 2025 by Erikse

[SiLvOR]

46 minutes ago, Mike said:

He'll find his form and his groin unfortunately. Cunt.

Will he fuck. He's done. I'll keep believing that as the weeks tumble by

[black_n_white]

55 minutes ago, Mike said:

He'll find his form and his groin unfortunately. Cunt.

Probably help when Liverpool coast the next 8 weeks.

[TheBrownBottle]

4 hours ago, Abacus said:

 

To be fair I've edited my post so you might know better than me on this. I just remember people being gutted he left rather than actual anger.

Everyone was definitely gutted, but it wasn’t met with an understanding shrug