mighty__mag Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 1 minute ago, Upthemags said: The team has looked shite since the first minute against southampton. Nicked the results despite it for the first few games. Now regressing to our mean. Begs the question, is 50 games not a big enough sample size for you? ManU dealt with major injuries last season, and Chelsea were an absolute disaster for 6 months, and one got Europa League, and the other won an FA Cup. Excuses are weak. There you go! You've answered your own doubts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 Lads it’s Friday night man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upthemags Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 I get easily whipped up man lol. Could we win the FA Cup or snag Europa? I suppose - seems almost impossibly unlikely, but sure, I guess who knows. If we keep this up though it'll be a long long season and summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 2 minutes ago, Upthemags said: I get easily whipped up man lol. Could we win the FA Cup or snag Europa? I suppose - seems almost impossibly unlikely, but sure, I guess who knows. If we keep this up though it'll be a long long season and summer. Considering I only posted my opinion on the press twisting Isaks contract, that sure got long winded. If I'd posted about our form past and present, I'd stand by last season as unfortunate. This season I still feel its early days, like I said four games in and it's Newcastles best start to a season in 29yrs, four more games and its not as rosy, but, we have a long way to go, I'm obviously taking the pragmatic approach, but to be fair, I see your point on the performances, they haven't been great, but many players have looked slightly off, perhaps it's just taking a bit longer for the sharpness to come back, just give it time, and try and not write us off so soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/10/25/alexander-isak-vultures-circle-newcastle-confident-staying/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 28 minutes ago, Scoot said: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/10/25/alexander-isak-vultures-circle-newcastle-confident-staying/ Paywall, what’s Edward’s essentially saying? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 They all did the exact same thing with Bruno, and he went nowhere, even with a release clause. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 19 minutes ago, ExiledGeordie said: Paywall, what’s Edward’s essentially saying? https://archive.is/mndi5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 The list of clubs outside the PL who would (realistically) think to buy Isak is incredibly short. RM? Do they need him? Barca? Financial mess. Bayern? Possibly but they’ve got Kane. Athletico? Just bought Alvarez. PSG? Maybe… Napoli could probably afford him if they sold Osimhen but doubt they would invest it all in one player. Problem with PL prices and valuations is that you get to a stage where only other PL clubs can afford them. If we’d be happy selling to another PL club then Isak’s valuation could be high as long as he stays fit and scores plenty of goals this season. Otherwise I think talk of getting £80-90M for him is fanciful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 (edited) 4 hours ago, ExiledGeordie said: It would not surprise me at all if he agitates for a move or seriously considers it next summer if we don’t get Europe, I don’t think that’s controversial 🤷♂️ Would equally not surprise me if club tell him he can’t go and revisit a year later. He’s 3.5yrs on his contract. Club have no need to worry. Nor should the fans. Edited October 25 by LFEE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 5 hours ago, LFEE said: Would equally not surprise me if club tell him he can’t go and revisit a year later. He’s 3.5yrs on his contract. Club have no need to worry. Nor should the fans. But Craig Hope says we have to worry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 13 hours ago, ExiledGeordie said: It would not surprise me at all if he agitates for a move or seriously considers it next summer if we don’t get Europe, I don’t think that’s controversial 🤷♂️ the unknown there of course is that if we don’t get Europe the board will need to consider what the new manager will want and need Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 2 hours ago, Scoot said: But Craig Hope says we have to worry. Then worry ye should Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 He’s on 150k per week. He could in theory get a contract way way above that and play in the champions league. I’m not saying he’d throw a hissy fit but if we’re not in Europe next season he won’t be here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzla Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 3 hours ago, Scoot said: But Craig Hope says we have to worry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Just now, Fak said: 😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 3 hours ago, Fak said: Well now I am worried! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 18 hours ago, mighty__mag said: Im not making an argument? Stating the obvious, and yes after our first four games it was reported it was Newcastles best start to a season in 29 years, and as mentioned previously, we were not really bang average all season, we really struggled with injuries, and just fell short of a European place, still finishing above Man Utd, and Sunderland. We had our easiest start to the season in years. We'll have a better idea after this month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 7 hours ago, TRon said: We had our easiest start to the season in years. We'll have a better idea after this month. I was originally here for the Isak topic, see the original post, if you can actually be arsed. Literally never once mentioned our form this season or last, apparently we've been shite for 18 months, and our star players should be looking to move, I couldn't understand that take. Thanks for dragging me back in, to once again explain myself. Read through the to and fro, rather than quote the bits that suit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KetsbaiaIsBald Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 End of the day his key moments cost us the game today. Gave the game away for their second in really dangerous place. Tried to be fucking clever rather than cross for a simple goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 Thought he looked our most dangerous player by some distance, but his finishing was off, and he lost the ball for their winner. Not sure how you fix that because there isn't anyone better waiting to come in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 Really poor. I’d send his agent the ‘highlights’ of his play today the next time he reaches out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 He's out of form and we don't really have any players in our side aside from Barnes and him who can score goals, meaning its even more pressure on him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 (edited) 42 minutes ago, TRon said: Thought he looked our most dangerous player by some distance, but his finishing was off, and he lost the ball for their winner. Not sure how you fix that because there isn't anyone better waiting to come in. There are generally about 2-3 strikers in world football at any given time that are actually consistent and do not go through random patches of poor finishing. Osimhen is probably my favourite player around these days and once every five matches or so, he looks like Michail Antonio on a bad day. Lautaro Martinez, Harry Kane, even Lewandowski all have games like this regularly. Isak is at the same level of the players I named, imo, but scoring goals is difficult. Once again, the failure is recruitment. Calum Wilson should have been shipped to Saudi or a lower team in the table that can take the risk with his constant absences due to his quality. This Osula boy, they could have loaned him to a Championship side or somewhere in Europe if he needed to season first. Isak has played 90 minutes in most of the matches he's started this season; even the best forwards usually sit after 75 or so if things are not working. We simply cannot afford to. Edited October 27 by Segun Oluwaniyi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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