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TRon

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1 minute ago, duo said:

My point was that they are stating the obvious - doesn't mean it'll happen.

 

No one knows what will happen. I am pretty sure Isak is happy here, we play good football and he's at a good club. If we get CL football - which I think there's a good chance we will - and we can bump up his pay closer to what he would get elsewhere, then he will stay.

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8 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

No one knows what will happen. I am pretty sure Isak is happy here, we play good football and he's at a good club. If we get CL football - which I think there's a good chance we will - and we can bump up his pay closer to what he would get elsewhere, then he will stay.

CL qualification is the key 

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t00nt00n313

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I think people overate just how much players care about playing in the CL.

 

Don't get me wrong, some players absolutely do want to play for a team like Real Madrid (if they think they'll actually be played) where they have a genuinely good chance of actually winning the CL and not just participating, but just getting to play in the CL itself isn't the draw people think it is.

 

What I will say though is that if people overrate how much players care about CL football, they underated how much players in today's game care about having a very high salary and this is where I'm worried. We can't really pay isak the same amount that other clubs could due to FFP.

 

I will also say, players want to be in a team where they are doing well as this directly affects their value and how much media attention they get. Thankfully isak is doing well with us at the moment so that's less of an issue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mattoon

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5 hours ago, t00nt00n313 said:

I think people overate just how much players care about playing in the CL.

 

Don't get me wrong, some players absolutely do want to play for a team like Real Madrid (if they think they'll actually be played) where they have a genuinely good chance of actually winning the CL and not just participating, but just getting to play in the CL itself isn't the draw people think it is.

 

What I will say though is that if people overrate how much players care about CL football, they underated how much players in today's game care about having a very high salary and this is where I'm worried. We can't really pay isak the same amount that other clubs could due to FFP.

 

I will also say, players want to be in a team where they are doing well as this directly affects their value and how much media attention they get. Thankfully isak is doing well with us at the moment so that's less of an issue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There's a direct corroboration between a CL team and how much a player gets paid, so essentially the players do want to play for CL teams but only because they know that's their higher rate of pay. But I get what you're saying :thup:

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10 minutes ago, Mattoon said:

There's a direct corroboration between a CL team and how much a player gets paid, so essentially the players do want to play for CL teams but only because they know that's their higher rate of pay. But I get what you're saying :thup:

I'm not sure it's the only reason like.

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Civetty

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20 hours ago, t00nt00n313 said:

I think people overate just how much players care about playing in the CL.

 

Don't get me wrong, some players absolutely do want to play for a team like Real Madrid (if they think they'll actually be played) where they have a genuinely good chance of actually winning the CL and not just participating, but just getting to play in the CL itself isn't the draw people think it is.

 

What I will say though is that if people overrate how much players care about CL football, they underated how much players in today's game care about having a very high salary and this is where I'm worried. We can't really pay isak the same amount that other clubs could due to FFP.

 

I will also say, players want to be in a team where they are doing well as this directly affects their value and how much media attention they get. Thankfully isak is doing well with us at the moment so that's less of an issue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isak doesn't strike me as a player that is overly greedy about his salary, I'm more worried about the fact that he was in Real sociedad before us that was in a similar situation table wise. You'd think he'll get tired at some point at being in teams below the best teams rather than just being in the best teams.

 

But hopefully we get CL and do better in the new format which should suit us better. While its a big ask, especially for someone from Sweden that doesn't have a local connection, I'd hope he stays and becomes a legend.

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ExiledGeordie

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9 minutes ago, Civetty said:

Isak doesn't strike me as a player that is overly greedy about his salary, I'm more worried about the fact that he was in Real sociedad before us that was in a similar situation table wise. You'd think he'll get tired at some point at being in teams below the best teams rather than just being in the best teams.

 

But hopefully we get CL and do better in the new format which should suit us better. While its a big ask, especially for someone from Sweden that doesn't have a local connection, I'd hope he stays and becomes a legend.


I agree I don’t think he’s the type of player who would really push for a move and seems to have an affinity for the club and fans. That said he’s 25, he could potentially add 100k to his wages per week and anyone is naive to think a player isn’t tempted by joining a club for a tilt at a league title never mind champions league. 
 

*the caveat being if we get champions league there’s no way moves

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Ellis H

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“Since the start of last season, Alexander Isak has scored 34 Premier League goals. Only Erling Haaland (43) & Mohamed Salah (35) have managed more”

 

Haaland - 4,345 minutes, 48.2 games

Salah - 4,114 minutes, 45.7 games

Isak - 3,718 minutes, 41.3 games.

 

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Sibierski

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That first time pass to Joelinton is a reason why we need to keep him at all costs. It’s just a bit of vision that 99% of strikers don’t have, let alone pull it off. Get more quality around him and few others please. Make the most of these great buys whilst we’ve got them.

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He overtook Shola's league goal tally today, he only needs 4 more goals, and he'll be our second highest Premier League goal scorer, overtaking Wilson.  

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13 hours ago, Displayname said:

One of those rare players that every football fans love, even those that hate Newcastle.

We've had Isak, Ben Arfa, Ginola and Asprilla who fit into that box. Shearer too. 

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Lush Vlad

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18 hours ago, alexf said:

Not his best game today but great players score the important goals.

 

Hopefully more involved Vs Arsenal as we need him to be on it for that one.


Moving Spence really helped Spurs. Dragusin was having a nightmare at centre back and looked miles off it. Whilst Spence was getting caught flat footed against Murphy time and again. So they improved at two positions. 
 

Spence’s pace worked well on that side against Isak and we struggled with that out ball and pass over the top that often works so well against Spurs. 
 

First half he was great, bar his customary glaring miss. None of our attacking players were up to much in the second half. 

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TRon

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15 hours ago, Disco said:

Please stop missing sitters before scoring. Ta.

 

 

He's getting all the sitters out of his system in games which we are winning anyway. Saving all the killer instinct for the second half of the season. :pow:

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