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Tombstone said:
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Only Vizzini could have have pulled off this masterpiece!
 
JamesH85 said:
Ornstein reporting we are in for Wissa and have contacted Leipzig over Sesko. We have signed Elanga but before all this Isak news, I feel the club have been very slow in their approach considering we have just qualified for the champions league. Disappointed.
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Not that slow really, youre quite far down the list of forwards after being knocked back by Delap, Pedro, Mbeumo and Ekitike. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few as well.
 
Tombstone said:
I'd go with a 4-2-3-1 , like this...
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I don't know. Granted I've not seen a huge amount of him but I don't think we pay £70m odd on a striker and then play him out wide. It might be an option at times but I think he plays centrally more often than not.

The reason why I've always questioned whether we'd go for Isak is his fitness record. He didn't miss many games last season through injury but he was often subbed off midway through the second half or would miss the odd game here or there as a precaution. Maybe the club feel that Ekitike will get enough minutes just through resting/rotating Isak and the odd game either alongside him or out wide. It's really been such a wild summer that I don't know what to think but if Nunez and Diaz were to leave, I still think we need 1 more plus Isak.

Obviously the above is far from certain as I still don't think the Isak deal will be easy to do.
 
The_One said:
Liverpool aint getting isak you need to stop dreaming
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any club with aspirations of winning the league next season will be praying they ain't getting isak - not that i think it'll matter. they've already done some cracking business this window and i can't see anything but them running away with it. thank **** top of tree isn't a consideration for my lot (man u)
 
The_One said:
he can want what he wants newcastle hold all the cards they got him on a 3 year contract
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They clearly have the final say but they're in a far from ideal position. Isak wants to leave and is kicking up a bit of a fuss to try to force the deal through - will he knuckle down and be the player he was if the deal doesn't go through or, like we saw with Gordon when Newcastle reportedly backed out of a deal to sell him last summer, does his form nosedive?

Newcastle have a choice of cashing in and trying to build a better side overall with the money they get or standing firm and hoping Howe can get Isak back onside. There's no right or wrong answer at the moment, it will all depend on how things work out.
 
BaZ87 said:
I don't know. Granted I've not seen a huge amount of him but I don't think we pay £70m odd on a striker and then play him out wide. It might be an option at times but I think he plays centrally more often than not.

The reason why I've always questioned whether we'd go for Isak is his fitness record. He didn't miss many games last season through injury but he was often subbed off midway through the second half or would miss the odd game here or there as a precaution. Maybe the club feel that Ekitike will get enough minutes just through resting/rotating Isak and the odd game either alongside him or out wide. It's really been such a wild summer that I don't know what to think but if Nunez and Diaz were to leave, I still think we need 1 more plus Isak.

Obviously the above is far from certain as I still don't think the Isak deal will be easy to do.
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He does start centrally but if you watch him in games he has a tendency to drift to the left and often his approach play comes from the left, I dont think it would be a huge deal to turn him into a Mane-esque left winger
 
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BaZ87 said:
They clearly have the final say but they're in a far from ideal position. Isak wants to leave and is kicking up a bit of a fuss to try to force the deal through - will he knuckle down and be the player he was if the deal doesn't go through or, like we saw with Gordon when Newcastle reportedly backed out of a deal to sell him last summer, does his form nosedive?

Newcastle have a choice of cashing in and trying to build a better side overall with the money they get or standing firm and hoping Howe can get Isak back onside. There's no right or wrong answer at the moment, it will all depend on how things work out.
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i doubt his form would nosedive he will still want to be first choice in swedens squad for the world cup if he downed tools so to speak gyokeres could take his spot
 
Tombstone said:
He does start centrally but if you watch him in some games he has a tendency to drift to the left and often his approach play comes from the left, I dont think it would be a huge deal to turn him into a Mane-esque left winger
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Yea, I've seen a couple of vids of people analysing him but I think it's different to start centrally and drift out wide to starting wide. In a wide role he'll have to do more defensive work, he'll be picking up the ball in deeper positions and generally won't have the same freedom as he does from a central role.

He might play there from time to time but I really don't see us spending such a big fee for a player and then trying to turn him into something different and likewise, I'm not sure he signs on the basis that we're turning him into a winger.
The_One said:
i doubt his form would nosedive he will still want to be first choice in swedens squad for the world cup if he downed tools so to speak gyokeres could take his spot
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He could spend all season on the bench and he'd still start for Sweden.
 
Thekwango said:
any club with aspirations of winning the league next season will be praying they ain't getting isak - not that i think it'll matter. they've already done some cracking business this window and i can't see anything but them running away with it. thank **** top of tree isn't a consideration for my lot (man u)
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How do you know it is cracking business until the players are playing in the Premier League and banging in goals?

How many times have pundits and fans said "X" has won the transfer window only to end up entirely turgid.
 
BaZ87 said:
Yea, I've seen a couple of vids of people analysing him but I think it's different to start centrally and drift out wide to starting wide. In a wide role he'll have to do more defensive work, he'll be picking up the ball in deeper positions and generally won't have the same freedom as he does from a central role.

He might play there from time to time but I really don't see us spending such a big fee for a player and then trying to turn him into something different and likewise, I'm not sure he signs on the basis that we're turning him into a winger.

He could spend all season on the bench and he'd still start for Sweden.
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gyokeres has the better record for sweden
 
BaZ87 said:
The reason why I've always questioned whether we'd go for Isak is his fitness record. He didn't miss many games last season through injury but he was often subbed off midway through the second half or would miss the odd game here or there as a precaution. Maybe the club feel that Ekitike will get enough minutes just through resting/rotating Isak and the odd game either alongside him or out wide. It's really been such a wild summer that I don't know what to think but if Nunez and Diaz were to leave, I still think we need 1 more plus Isak.
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Agree on Isak re: fitness. He's never really gotten through many full 90 mins and not looked knackered by the end of it. With Wilson injured we had no real choice but to keep using him (seemingly Osula is not ready), as long as Ekitike is happy to rotate (and Isak), I think there'll be plenty of opportunity for both to take that central role. Just don;t let him (Isak) go to Sweden for friendlies, he always comes back a bit more crocked lol
 
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