Alexander Isak

[gazza ladra]

5 minutes ago, RobsonsWonderland said:

Can the media not see he is bigger then Arsenal?

 

Honestly if we were to sell him and they had the funds he would be choosing from the very top clubs such as Barca or Madrid.

Yeah, but Arsenal fans and pundits can't admit this. They were dumbfounded when  that donkey chose Chelsea over them.

 

 

Edited yesterday at 00:21 by gazza ladra

[Kilcline]

He's currently playing off what seem like highly pre-planned patterns and triggers.

 

Ball wide right = get somewhere in the box.

 

Ball wide left = show to feet regardless of what else is happening.

 

But...when Hall gets on the ball in that inside left/half space/underlap position, if we get him to start going into the box so Hall can deliver quickly he'll get a hatful more goals coming across the front post or right in front of the keeper.

 

Frightening how good he is and then when you break down little things like this he could and I'm sure in time will add to his game, wow 

[Kanj]

He casually scored two and set up another and took a week off to rest and train yesterday. 

[Paully]

Best forward in the world easily - unbelievable 

 

[PauloGeordio]

 

[Stottie]

6 hours ago, Miercoles said:

That second finish was a murder bro. Send flowers to the keeper's family.

That goal was his best "Ice cold in Alex" moment since the lob of Fabinski. Celebrating before it hits the net.

 

Unstoppable at the moment. But for the Salah revival, a strong shout for best player in the league.

 

fwiw Those arseholes at the Guardian moved him down three places in their "Top 100 players" list a few weeks ago. He's below Kai Havertz and Cody Gakpo.

[Stottie]

5 hours ago, Ronaldo said:

Shola Ameobi would be embarrassed with that. 

 

Shola the Mackem Killer would have very good "shot creating actions" stats. Those long legs were very good at catching up with his first touch and giving him a half yard. Unfortunately most of the subsequent shots ended up in Row Z.

[Mike]

 

Bruno, man.

[TheBrownBottle]

Folks need to make sure they ignore the wank in the press and just enjoy every minute watching this lad in B&W, whether it is six months or six years.  He's the best centre forward I've seen in B&W, R Madrid must be fucking kicking themselves paying MBappe whatever stupid fucking salary and signing on fee he's on (something like 50m per year) when they should have taken that money and bid 200m for this lad.

[1892er]

I love how the media try to blow smoke up his arse every chance they get and Isak consistently tells them it's a team effort.

 

They are dying for a quote to run a narrative and he just won't give them it. Class on and off the pitch.

[TRon]

10 hours ago, Nobody said:

I never thought we'd have a striker as good as Shearer ever again. But here is Isak, a lad literally from the same part of Stockholm that I'm from, lived on the same street as my grandad, broke through at my local club in Sweden at 16 years old, breaking Shearers record for consecutive goals in league games. And he's doing it in fucking style as well, he's an absolute phenomenon. 

When Shearer was at his best here, it was a debate whether he or Ronaldo was the best striker in the world, right now I don't think anyone would argue that Isak isn't the best #9 in the world right now. 

 

I got quite a lot of stick on here when I was a bit critical of Shearer at the time. I remember HTT nearly burst a blood vessel at the temerity. My argument was that a lot of his goals came from dead balls, but looking back, I was probably a bit overcritical as our supply back then was pretty woeful. I used to be envious of players who had the pace to really cause teams which wasn't one of Shearer's attributes. Think of Ian  Wright or Henry.

 

Isak is obviously less powerful than Shearer, and doesn't offer the same target man attributes, but that skill on the ball and sheer pace are something else.

[Paully]

"Arsenal and Isak would be the perfect match"

 

Aha yes, the daily bollocks on Morning Transfers on SSN - absolute morons!

[Nucasol]

21 minutes ago, Paully said:

"Arsenal and Isak would be the perfect match"

 

Aha yes, the daily bollocks on Morning Transfers on SSN - absolute morons!

Tedious. Just waiting for Deeney and his Team of the Week…

[SteV]

1 hour ago, TRon said:

 

I got quite a lot of stick on here when I was a bit critical of Shearer at the time. I remember HTT nearly burst a blood vessel at the temerity. My argument was that a lot of his goals came from dead balls, but looking back, I was probably a bit overcritical as our supply back then was pretty woeful. I used to be envious of players who had the pace to really cause teams which wasn't one of Shearer's attributes. Think of Ian  Wright or Henry.

 

Isak is obviously less powerful than Shearer, and doesn't offer the same target man attributes, but that skill on the ball and sheer pace are something else.

Isak also has two functioning legs, which Shearer did not in the latter part of his time here, maybe even longer.

 

Truth is we only got one season of absolute peak Shearer, and people (understandably) don’t judge him off that. His first season here, in partnership with Ferdinand, he was phenomenal. Felt an almost certainty he would score when we played at home.

 

One of the best thing’s about having Isak now is that we are hopefully going to get the equivalent of Shearer’s 3 seasons at Blackburn and his first season here.

[Paully]

8 minutes ago, Nucasol said:

Tedious. Just waiting for Deeney and his Team of the Week…

 

And now Merson is for the 856th time banging the Isak to Arsenal drum - absolute clowns

[Checko]

Mods, please change thread title to 'Alexander Isak: Would be the perfect signing for Arsenal, dontcha know? (Everyone)'

[christ]

The more the usual suspects in the media talk about it the more convinced I am it’ll never happen.

[NG32]

They've inadvertently priced themselves out of the market for him by insisting on such spending restrictions with PSR & FFP. 

 

This is the other side of the coin they have flipped for themselves. 

[Tiresias]

Media does like to sell a club to Arsenal. Rice was definitely going to Arsenal for years before it happened. I am sure it's cos Arsenal have enquired a lot and are keen but equally, Liverpool very possibly need to replace Salah's goals in the summer, I'm a bit more scared they can afford a ridiculous fee too. 

 

[TRon]

15 minutes ago, SteV said:

Isak also has two functioning legs, which Shearer did not in the latter part of his time here, maybe even longer.

 

Truth is we only got one season of absolute peak Shearer, and people (understandably) don’t judge him off that. His first season here, in partnership with Ferdinand, he was phenomenal. Felt an almost certainty he would score when we played at home.

 

One of the best thing’s about having Isak now is that we are hopefully going to get the equivalent of Shearer’s 3 seasons at Blackburn and his first season here.

 

Yes, I always felt that Shearer post-op was never quite the same player after Blackburn, but he was such a good player technically he was still a fantastic target man. Obviously Isak is nowhere near as good in that dept, but he provides so much more threat out wide and on the counter. A better comparison really would be Henry.

[TRon]

3 minutes ago, Tiresias said:

Media does like to sell a club to Arsenal. Rice was definitely going to Arsenal for years before it happened. I am sure it's cos Arsenal have enquired a lot and are keen but equally, Liverpool very possibly need to replace Salah's goals in the summer, I'm a bit more scared they can afford a ridiculous fee too. 

 

 

 

Especially since he keeps scoring bangers against Liverpool as well.

[JP]

What a player we've got man.

 

Hindsight now showing we got a bargain at €70m.

 

Let the outside noise happen, its a compliment to the caliber of player we have on our hands. 

 

Also, keep the £ strings tight in Jan and we could be looking good for adding 2-3 more first team quality signings come July. Why would he want to leave?

 

[Big Geordie]

The complete striker - and certainly our best since Shearer. And he's not even in his 'prime' yet. He also seems like a really good lad as well.

Regardless of what happens in the future - he is a black and white legend now.

[Kanj]

7 minutes ago, Tiresias said:

Media does like to sell a club to Arsenal. Rice was definitely going to Arsenal for years before it happened. I am sure it's cos Arsenal have enquired a lot and are keen but equally, Liverpool very possibly need to replace Salah's goals in the summer, I'm a bit more scared they can afford a ridiculous fee too. 

 

I think they’d go for a Nico Williams tbh 

[Sibierski]

The most enjoyable aspect I still enjoy in his game is his ability to control ball on half turns and playing top passes. Like it can’t be understated how having a striker that does that, immediately elevates the attackers around them because of the runs they can make and passes. Then cherry on top, he’s adding bagful of goals. 
 

You see Haaland at Man City who looks so gangly and uncoordinated in how he drops off to receive ball, and Isak is levels above. 
 

Also, love how quick his feet are. Gets ball on touchine occasionally and his quick feet play sometimes gets past a defender or wins a throw, which he has no right too considering position he received the ball in.