Yoane Wissa

[SteV]

15 minutes ago, LaurentRobert said:

Hoe strong are DR Congo relative to their Afcon group? Is it inconceivable that they get knocked out in the group stage? In which case Wissa would only be away for 10 days.

 

 

 

They’ll be second favourites after Senegal, so you’d think they’d qualify to the knockouts.

 

AFCON games are often really tight though, 0-0 or 1-0 either way, so it can sometimes only take a bit of bad luck and you’re struggling.

[LaurentRobert]

4 hours ago, SteV said:

They’ll be second favourites after Senegal, so you’d think they’d qualify to the knockouts.

 

AFCON games are often really tight though, 0-0 or 1-0 either way, so it can sometimes only take a bit of bad luck and you’re struggling.

Afcon group games are indeed a grind. Often scrappy low scoring matches which makes it such a hard watch. 

 

Just checked the betting odds and DR Congo are 10th favourites to win at 50-1. 

 

So you'd expect them to navigate the group stage but it is unlikely they'll go any further. 

[SteV]

8 minutes ago, LaurentRobert said:

Afcon group games are indeed a grind. Often scrappy low scoring matches which makes it such a hard watch. 

 

Just checked the betting odds and DR Congo are 10th favourites to win at 50-1. 

 

So you'd expect them to navigate the group stage but it is unlikely they'll go any further. 

Indeed, but Nigeria and Cameroon are both significantly shorter and they’ve just knocked them out of WC qualifying, so I think it’s a very difficult tournament to predict once you hit the knockout rounds.

[James]

So can the government now remove his visa?

[Fenham Mag]

DR Congo will play either New Caledonia or Jamaica in a one-off game in Mexico to get to the World Cup. 

 

Very decent chance for them to Qualify. 

[CallumG6]

1 hour ago, Fenham Mag said:

DR Congo will play either New Caledonia or Jamaica in a one-off game in Mexico to get to the World Cup. 

 

Very decent chance for them to Qualify. 

Isaac Hayden playing at the World Cup.

 

That's a sentence I never thought would be said. 

[Turnbull2000]

Still hardly any real news on this fucker? It feeling almost certain he'll not be doing not much, if anything, for us till January now.

[Pablo123]

This sick note cunt will transform our season...if the cunt gets fit.

[Lucky]

I'm seeing posts on social media that he'll still be out for next 3 games.. Any truth in this?

 

Edit: it was Craig Hope

 

 

When will Yoane Wissa be fit?

It won’t be against Manchester City this weekend and, as I reported in our last Newcastle Confidential column, early December was my information. If so, that rules him out of at least the next three - City on Saturday, Marseille on Tuesday and Everton next weekend.

The latest I’m told is that he is ‘very close’ - but when that is on the back of an 11-week absence, such language is open to interpretation. The important thing for Wissa and Newcastle is that he is working towards a comeback and there have been no setbacks with regards his knee over the international break. 

The club want him to be ready to make an impact when he does return, rather than be introduced for a few minutes here and there over a period of weeks and be susceptible to further injury. My feeling on this for a while now has been that Wissa will not be seen until December.

 

 

Edited November 20, 2025 by Lucky

[Weznufc]

Great singing lol making Owen look good

[Alberto2005]

It's only another week of games.

[SteV]

Hope said all that about three weeks ago. Not sure why people are suddenly getting wound up about it now?

[Pablo123]

Craig Hope was a bully at school. He's got a face that wouldn't look out of place on Easter Island. He's a daft cunt. 

[Gola]

9 minutes ago, Pablo123 said:

Craig Hope was a bully at school. He's got a face that wouldn't look out of place on Easter Island. He's a daft cunt. 

Genuinely great observation 

[Yorkie]

 

[Erikse]

Crazy that he's very close considering the fact that he has had 5 acls since september.

[madras]

1 hour ago, Lucky said:

I'm seeing posts on social media that he'll still be out for next 3 games.. Any truth in this?

 

Edit: it was Craig Hope

 

 

When will Yoane Wissa be fit?

It won’t be against Manchester City this weekend and, as I reported in our last Newcastle Confidential column, early December was my information. If so, that rules him out of at least the next three - City on Saturday, Marseille on Tuesday and Everton next weekend.

The latest I’m told is that he is ‘very close’ - but when that is on the back of an 11-week absence, such language is open to interpretation. The important thing for Wissa and Newcastle is that he is working towards a comeback and there have been no setbacks with regards his knee over the international break. 

The club want him to be ready to make an impact when he does return, rather than be introduced for a few minutes here and there over a period of weeks and be susceptible to further injury. My feeling on this for a while now has been that Wissa will not be seen until December.

 

 

 

Fwiw I heard he'll be on the bench V Everton.

[madras]

1 hour ago, Weznufc said:

Great singing lol making Owen look good

Heard him talk but no more than that.

[nufcjb]

1 hour ago, Yorkie said:

 

So he's had more days out due to injury with us, without kickinh a ball than he had over 3+ years at Brentford? Fuckin 'ell..

[SteV]

Starting to feel more and more like we’re managing his return with a view to him not going to the AFCON.

[SUPERTOON]

He’s going to have to really score some goals whenever he comes back, looking a waste of money currently.

[SteV]

4 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

He’s going to have to really score some goals whenever he comes back, looking a waste of money currently.

Of course, but the same could easily have been said of Tonali and Hall for their first 12-18 months (whey, replace goals with performances).

 

*granted, at his age we can’t really be waiting 12-18 months, but the principle is the same.

 

 

Edited November 21, 2025 by SteV

[Adam P]

Scored just as many as Isak in the PL so far so 'waste of money' doesnt feel like the right phrase.

[Sibierski]

2 hours ago, SteV said:

Starting to feel more and more like we’re managing his return with a view to him not going to the AFCON.

Which is dumb because there’s many games to go that will define our season. If we’re still heavily managing him up to mid December then it’s because we have strong fears about his knee and it needing surgery potentially.

 

Take our injuries with a massive pinch of salt after Botman and Hall injury not being serious. 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

13 hours ago, Weznufc said:

Great singing lol making Owen look good

If only we could predict when people will hurt their knees.