Looks like MO is nude from the waist down :0)
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Why do you think the coffee bar is such a popular hang out
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He’s spent all summer trying to get his way here. I highly doubt he’ll be pining for the smell of fresh Greggs sausage roll and strolls on Whitley Bay Beach once he arrives.
Second he walks in he’ll be itching to get stuck in. Everything else he needs outside of playing football will be taken care of for him by the club. As for the drama, that’s done and dusted once he signs on the dotted line until we play them again.
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His major issue will be missing pre season, wouldn’t be against him going on international training but would be wary of them playing him.
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Yeah same with Bradley. I get concerns over international team managers over using them but if they havent been playing its not a bad option to let them get their rustiness out in someone else’s shirt.
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Sorry chaps…but this is getting tedious…is he or isnt he…if he does, he had better be bloody good…and I mean good…(rant over)
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He’s better than good
Very short rant WR. Could I put you in touch with my missus? I think you could advise her on rant brevity.
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I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say youd struggle to find someone better other than Halaand and Mbappe, and unlike them he hasn’t yet had the platform to really perform at his peak.
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That is possible, but is the BBC article incorrect regarding the (what I find to be the immoral) loyalty bonus etc ?
Alexander Isak: Why hasn't the striker handed in a transfer request after Liverpool interest? - BBC Sport.
Yes, I know this of course, but and ? How does that change my grievance regarding Isak’s unprofessional behaviour ? It doesn’t. Newcastle’s idiotic transfer policy has been much covered in this thread. I am fully aware, but still don’t like his behaviour. He is under contract (to 2028!!!) and he is fucking well payed and hardly a victim. But yes sure, it is possible that Diaz would have been shown to be unprofessional too (and yes, it is wise to sell to avoid the posibility of players being unprofessional and doing this, obviously, as well as the fact that players tend to play better if happy of course). But it’s a hypotethical that is not worth talking about.
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Sandcastle are asking him to train alone and not attend team BBQs. Eddie is saying ‘he needs to get his head straight’. Seems Sandcastle need to take responsibility
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I don’t care about Newcastle; at all. I care about this particular player having questionable ethics or not. It’s what matters to me, not that Howe tells him to train alone (after he downed tools, but whatever).
I understand that everyone is expecting him to join us and therefore wants to defend him, but again, i don’t care about how intelligent or not intelligent Newcastle is handing this. It’s been widely covered.
What should he be doing, Magnus? Sandcastle reneged on an agreement to let him leave/new contract. Do you expect him just to waste 3 years with SandCastle anyway?
Hand in a transfer request and then play grudgingly like a professional would ? Refuse to sign a new contract ? Telling the club clearly, that he will never sign a new contract and if they want any value, they need to sell him as soon as possible, preferably in this window ? It is then exceedingly unlikey that they would keep him for years. The only reason why he hasn’t been sold, is that they have fucked up, after all. It happens (to some), but gives Isak no right to behave in this manner in my view.
In football, we have the Bosman Ruling. But we have no ruling where it is said that a highly payed player under contract can just decide on a whim if he wants to play for his contracted club or not.
Obviously, normally, a well run club would not end up in Newcastle’s position at all (but again, I care not about their follies) and would have sold an unhappy player that wants out if they were able, like we wisely do. But Newcastle fucked up, which is their prerogative to do. I absolutely dislike the pedestal that Isak has placed himself on, going on an illegal strike when whatever fool newcastle has to do transfers, were unable to comply with his wish as soon as he expected. It puts both parties in a bad position (well maybe, it doesn’t put Isak in one, since most seem to think he is well within his rights to do whatever he feels like). He would hardly be the first player to not get his wish in a given window because of fuck ups.
I suppose, at the end of the day, being a football fan, which is about emotions, also includes then having to be a fan of players in your club. But since I am not a fan of Isak’s behaviour, I would rather he didn’t join so I didn’t have to “like” him.
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What power do you think that has?
“You’re under contract, so you’re fucked, Jimmy”
“Behold this piece of paper I have unilaterally signed saying I want to void my contract”
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I mean, I asked you a question above. Why not answer that instead of trying to be so fucking funny.
After all, many players do indeed hand them in. I understand that they then lose out on some loyalty bonuses etc. But please, as I said, do correct me if I wrong.
You asked a question that had already been answered. They are an anachronism, an artifact where transfers were done by managers calling managers. They have no legal weight and any violation of loyalty bonus terms are violable without having to sign a pice of paper saying you want to leave
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Thank you.