xLiaaamx Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 They're briefing everyone differently about where he is to throw Adam P off the scent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, Klaus said: Pearson waiting at the airport to touch him up He'll be in the cockpit man, there'll be a co-pilot bound and gagged in a Spanish airport bogs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, xLiaaamx said: They're briefing everyone differently about where he is to throw Adam P off the scent That won’t phase young Adam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 21 minutes ago, Happinesstan said: He played 34 games as the right-sided CF, in a two, last season. Which is kind of the same role but with 50% more responsibility. That's playing CF - not RW. 18 minutes ago, McCormick said: If you ask most La Liga fans, they’ll tell you we’ve massively overpaid. If it was up to La Real fans, they would have been satisfied with a 40m fee for him. The extra 20m or so is for hype and the fact that he’s a big name. I’m all for it btw, shows we mean business. Interesting. Do you know why that is? i mean 6 goals last season is a poor return. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 1 minute ago, The College Dropout said: That's playing CF - not RW. Fuck me you're simple sometimes. RW is not a role, it's a starting position. How the player plays the position is dependent upon what you ask of them. We don't lack penetration on the right wing, we lack bodies in the box to get on the end of that penetration. With a starting position of RW with the instruction to get into the box, he'll be essentially playing CF for 80% of the match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: That's playing CF - not RW. Interesting. Do you know why that is? i mean 6 goals last season is a poor return. Like myself, they think he’s overhyped after a very good 20/21 season and a great Euro performance. Not a prolific goal scorer but I do really like him. Sociedad’s play-style didn’t help but he was largely underwhelming last season. I’ve no doubt Howe can get the best out of him as he does have the attributes to potentially be a very special player. I’ve said it earlier I’m very impressed that we’ve managed to convince a player with his reputation to sign for us and we’re showing that, if we really want a player, we’ll pay over the odds to get him in. That, in and of itself, is very encouraging. Edited August 25, 2022 by McCormick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 I wonder if he's spoken with Merino about coming here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Merino knew nowt about it. They asked him live on radio last night and it was a total shock to him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 42 minutes ago, Klaus said: The prices are increasing every season, so how can anyone know if we are paying over the odds!? Especially for a talented/young forward player. Don't know enough about the player to know if we are overpaying or not. But it seems every transfer, people will always say the player is too expensive. Fans will compare it to someone from a season or two ago, who went for a good bit less. Or they'll use a very basic 'if X player is worth £50m, then Y player must be worth £100m' comparison. Without any thought for all the particulars, additional fees, minute details and differences between each deal. Haaland is the one that really springs to mind this season. All that said, I'll be a massive hypocrite and still say I can't believe how much Morgan Gibbs-White cost Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soyt Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 (edited) -Allround forward -Like young Thierry Henry -Likes to drift out wide, drags defenders with him, likes to take fullbacks on 1v1 -Explosive pace, technically sensational -Likes to pick ball in number 10 position and take on defenders -He is not just a traditional number 9 (sorry if giggs) Edited August 25, 2022 by soyt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloydianMag Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 6 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: I wonder if he's spoken with Merino about coming here. Krafth I would have thought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 ESPN pundits (bar Shaka) were really negative about this transfer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Idiots Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 14 minutes ago, McCormick said: I’ve said it earlier I’m very impressed that we’ve managed to convince a player with his reputation to sign for us and we’re showing that, if we really want a player, we’ll pay over the odds to get him in. That, in and of itself, is very encouraging. Aye. Think they've always been prepared to pay the premium for a statement signing, just not on every signing. Overpaying for Casemiro, for example, would not be a statement of intent, really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 1 minute ago, pedro111 said: ESPN pundits (bar Shaka) were really negative about this transfer. Craig Burley's like that pretty much all the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 1 minute ago, pedro111 said: ESPN pundits (bar Shaka) were really negative about this transfer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 get the lad in and tear wolves to fuck, no pissing about Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, pedro111 said: ESPN pundits (bar Shaka) were really negative about this transfer. Listening to total sport and the Spanish football ‘expert’/commentator John Driscoll they’ve got on isn’t too impressed said if he went to another la liga club you’d be looking at £15m and fee is enhanced coz of PL and Newcastle said his stats were ‘awful’ last season. Scored 6 goals 2 from pens and 1 from a direct free kick and he said Callum Wilson starts ahead of him every day of week but he is an upgrade on Chris Wood which he paused before even saying that and said he could find better for cheaper in la liga Edited August 25, 2022 by gdm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 When he first broke through at AIK, I always thought he had a bit of Bergkamp in him. Plays a bit further up the pitch than Bergkamp did, and is faster, but he has that technique to drop deeper and drag defenders out of position. Obviously this is when he was 16 years old and still very, very raw, and he's changed his game a bit since then, but there you go. I've definitely never seen a 16 year old come in and take the absolute piss out of the Swedish league before, that's for sure Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 He seems intelligent, which implies he'll adapt well to Howe's methods. No denying if he went to Villa or Everton it would be a waste of money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 9 hours ago, Nobody said: @AlanSkÃrarehttps://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/fotbolls-em/nar-de-riktigt-stora-klubbarna-kom-da-tappade-man-det/ This is your report on him, right? Yes. That's mine. I've covered him extensively and done a lot of stuff on his background, career and social surroundings. He comes across very clever and calm. Seeing him make his professional debut at 16 and talking to him at that time, those attributes came across immediately. Talking to his old teachers and people he grew up with, it sounds as if he hasn't forgotten much about who he is and where he comes from. For example, he called his old Spanish teacher from San Sebastian to thank her for teaching him the Spanish language (she told me in person). In my mind, Isak is a fantastic signing. I wouldn't be overly concerned with his goalscoring form from last year. He possesses qualities that could potentially make him devastating under Howe. His awareness and understanding of the game is vastly underrated. He has a tendency to link up with good passers (Ödegaard was a very good source for him), his movement is both smart and quick, he's a good finisher. His decision-making is what makes me think he'll fit in especially well under Howe, we attack teams with pace now, and what makes us dangerous is when our players manage to capitalise on the spaces they create for each other. Isak has been playing in a quite slow system at Real Sociedad. When he scored 17 for them the other year, they were more direct. Last season he was asked to do a lot of other stuff next to Sörloth, and La Real for some reason started to play a lot more through Oyarzabal, which just slowed them down even more. On top of that, he's overcome struggles in his career, his time at Dortmund in particular. If you want to look at recent, big games where he's performed well, I'd say you look at how he played against Spain last year, both in the Euro's and in the WC qualifiers. His goals against Greece in the WC qualifiers. His performance against Slovakia at the Euro's was also magnificent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, mrmojorisin75 said: get the lad in and tear wolves to fuck, no pissing about Nope, it's not Eddie's way. His first start will be Palace at the earliest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 1 minute ago, madras said: Nope, it's not Eddie's way. His first start will be Palace at the earliest. ain't nobody got time for that shit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Chris Wood starting games with Isak on the bench Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 18 hours ago, thomas said: in their defense most of the people on that board rinsed him for it but i'm pretty sure it was 100% genuine grim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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