Yep, and Pep claims it’s a major trophy, so that’s two in a couple of months - after nothing forever!
Love how the little rapists face changes when Mings gets hold of him!!
Tyrone Mings absolutely manhandling Mason Greenwood 😂😂😂😂
— george (@StokeyyG2) August 9, 2025
T.CO Meanwhile on scouse twitter they're losing it. Kidnappers? 😂
It’s not like the scousers to be overly melodramatic?
I wouldn’t mind being kidnapped if it paid that well. 😂
I really feel sorry for Sheff Wed fans, what a mess.
Agreed – barely able to put a first team out, then Chalobah gets a nasty injury in their first game. I'm a Leeds fan (with a good friend who is a Wednesday fan so we usually have a bit of banter), but I do hope that they get out of this mess.
As for NUFC and the Isak debacle – I think there should be a blanket rule on situations like this – something like a 12 month ban from playing for the new team from the day of signing if the player has refused to play for the old team in order to force a transfer.
It’s not like the scousers to be overly melodramatic?
Won't be long before they've started a national 'Free Isak' campaign with a charity pop concert and local MPs tabling legislation in parliament. 😀
something like a 12 month ban from playing for the new team from the day of signing if the player has refused to play for the old team in order to force a transfer.
Aye. Looks like the toon are up for digging in though. There's more at stake than just his own ambitions. 110M (or whatever fee the scousers are willing to pay) is a lot of money but not to PIF. There's obviously a PSR issue and not cashing in will impact player recruitment in the next couple of years but then if they give in* here what's to stop other top clubs cherrypicking Bruno, Tonali, Gordon, Botman et al. I think ultimimately it's about a club's long term ambition, and Newcastle clearly don't see themselves as a feeder club for the top 6.
*They probably will sell in the end of course, but only on their terms and once they have replacements in place. In the end the message to other players will be, 'yes you can leave for bigger clubs, but only if managed the right way and in the best interest of the club'. Isak and his agent have clearly not understood that.
When he scored that second goal against Liverpool in the League Cup final I thought he'd written himself into Newcastle folklore for ever. How to go hero to zero in less than 6 months.
The people getting rich on this will be his agent and any decent tattoo artists in the north east that can do cover up work.
How to go hero to zero in less than 6 months.
Aye. It won’t happen but it’s quite amazing that many people would gladly see him sit out the remaining 3 years of his contract training after hours on his own.
All he’s got to keep him out of wasting the next 6-12 months training on his own is Liverpool’s willingness to match the toon’s asking price. If I were him I wouldn’t be staking my entire career on that.
Isaks form tailed off after the Carabao Cup final and personally I said he was carrying an injury, he'd obviously just decided it wasn't worth putting the effort in any more. As for Liverpool, Arne Slot won the league last season with a team that had been built by Jurgen Klopp, Chiesa being their only signing last summer and he hardly started all year. Having spent a lot on his own transfers this summer and lost their first game of the season I'd say this is the time to judge whether he's as good a coach as he was touted as last season, they looked anything but defensively sound last against Palace
he'd obviously just decided it wasn't worth putting the effort in any more
There's a lot of silly rumours flying around but one of the more interesting ones I've read is that after the CC final he downed tools as he didn't want them to qualify for the CL as it would make it easier for him to leave. Apparently Calum Wilson challenged Howe on why he continued picking him and that caused friction which resulted in Wilson leaving in the summer. No idea obviously if this is true but I remember the games after the CC final and Isak was completely anonymous and clearly not interested. Amazing they qualified for the CL in the end when they were pretty much playing with 10 men for the last 10 games of the season.
Anyway, whether he is here or not the home match with Liverpool next weekend will be a spicy one.
Anyway, whether he is here or not the home match with Liverpool next weekend will be a spicy one.
It's always a spicy one but Isak will definitely not be in either squad either way, if he does end up at Liverpool I can't see it being until after that game. At the same time I don't see the Saudi's taking this refusal to train/play lying down, he could easily end up fined or sent to train with the under 21s (or both) like Ryan Frazer was a couple of years ago. Only Newcastle could win their first trophy in 70 years, qualify for the champions league and follow it up with the transfer window we've had this summer.
Personally I reckon Chelsea could be in with a shot at the premier league this season
You think you’ve got problems?
I see Garnacho is now doing the same and saying he’ll refuse to play if he doesn’t get a move to Chelsea.
Good luck with that lad and don’t let the door hit your arse on the way out!
The difference is that Isak spent the last season terrorising defences and banging them in for fun, not putting everything into Row Z and falling over a lot.
United have valued him at 70 million, presumably from just thinking of a number
We’ve now got 3 players - Garnacho, Sancho and Antony - training on their own, with insane price tags which nobody will pay. So it now looks like they’ll just sit it out, pick up their huge salaries for doing nothing, then leave on a free. I can’t see Hojland getting a game either and (somewhat unsurprisingly) nobody wants him and Casemiro is refusing to leave unless his 350,000 a week salary is matched, like that’s ever going to happen
So United are stuck with writing off combined transfer fees of over quarter of a billion and saddled with a weekly salary bill of over a million quid a week for players who are clearly never going to put on a United shirt ever again
I’m really confident for this season. I eagerly await watching us get absolutely tonked by Arsenal on Sunday
Actually like the signings United have made - completely new forward line to fit Amorim’s system. Not sure about Bruno deeper in midfield though. Top half finish is definitely attainable.
We’ve now got 3 players - Garnacho, Sancho and Antony - training on their own
They should enter some local 5-a-side tournaments to keep fit.
Does make me laugh though the hysteria of the scousers because Newcastle are supposedly holding Isak hostage. Much like Garnacho et al if a club can match the home club’s valuation they can leave with good grace, otherwise if they refuse to play they can train on their own and watch their careers rot away.
Elite footballers are only elite if they’re playing elite football. All these idiot players on strike don’t seem to realise that.*
*or maybe they don’t care and are happy to sit out a couple of years in return for a few million quid then spend the rest of their playing days at a mid-table or lower division club? Seems to me like a peculiar ambition given the fuss they make about moving.
Spurs tonight showed that when it comes to being Spursey no one comes close.
The current bottom 3 might be a good bet for relegation. (Wolves, Burnley & West Ham). I wonder if there has been a season where the day 1 bottom clubs are all present at the end?
Wolves haven’t looked too bad at some points. Citeh have put a marker down though. Once again it looks like they’ve bought well, with their new recruits looking like they’ve hit the ground running.
Let’s see how our new signings do tomorrow. A bloody tough opening match. We’ve now (in theory) got some firepower up front, but it’s the same pedestrian midfield that has to get the ball up to them in the first place and the same shonky defence that conceded so many last season
*sigh*
I just hope we don’t start the season with an absolute shoeing!
Maybe City have bought well this summer but their january window was poor (Vitor Reis out on loan, the Uzbek lad disappeared too and Nico Gonzalez pretty underwhelming). Still £400m spent since January……they should be better. Hard to say after the first game, especially v Wolves who have lost their best players. Could be a long season for them.
I think the odds on Graham Porter being the first sacking have decreased somewhat!
Well, we lost, obviously, but at least it looks like we now have an attack. It’s been a good while since any opposition keeper has had enough to do to get man of the match at Old Trafford. Last season they might as well have brought a deck chair and a good book
Cunha and Mbeumo both looked good. If we carry on like this, we can maybe dare to dream of mid-table obscurity
As a Gooner I was more concerned for the outcome than I expected as Utd had a bit more fight in them than has been the case recently. You’ll play worse and win games this season. Scrappy affair which told me little about our prospects except (i) Zubimendi looks like a player born to play holding midfield and (ii) we seemed to have slightly weaned ourselves off “give it Saka” as the only option.
Hump it long to Gyokeres seems to be an option now as well - not a criticism, as you say, give it to Saka is pretty predictable. Interested to see how he fares.
I think binners might have a better blood pressure reading this season. I thought Utd deserved a point. Cunha had some fantastic touches, I hope he stays fit, he's great to watch as a neutral.
Oh Alexander what are you doing? I fear he's about to get a very hard lesson in the realities of messing around people who have a trillion dollars in the bank and aren't massively prone to rolling over to irrelevant egotistical footballers. No one will win from this.
if only there was a cup for generating gossip!
You do wonder if Liverpool will be put off by some of his antics and given Ekitike looks very promising, sign a cheaper forward instead?
Do PIF care about Newcastle as much though - given lack of progress in appointing a chief exec and director of football? I think they’re more bothered about their own league and golf.
I think they’re more bothered about their own league and golf.
That’s my point. They might not care too much how this affects the toon’s season and future recruitment, but they will want to set a precedent for any other upstart players in their sporting empire. The Saudi owners of Newcastle don’t seem the types who will accept being held to ransom.
And reading toon forums and comments from mates in the toon there’s a lot of fans who would be quite happy to see him sit out the rest of his contract in the reserves even if it means losing out on £100M+.
Just watched MOTD and City are following on from last season on producing more elephants dung.
Great wasn’t it after all the hyperbole of beating Wolves away. Give Pep another £400m!
Arsenal looked pretty good yesterday and thats without Eze. It was ome day for their 15 year old Max Dowman. I can't imagine what that must feel like at that age. Bonkers!
Russell Martin might be enjoying the bank holiday back in Southampton if he loses again today.
Draw So his jacket remains on the peg, poor result next week could see things get rough for either old firm manager
Coat is definitely on a shoogly peg but looks like some of the players are also happy to get it down for him. I think his girlfriend could probably get more of a rise out of the players. Two more bad results/performances and he'll be gone.
Spoke to a couple of West Ham mates at the weekend who see their team in a death spiral (already). About a year a ago they also didn't want Moyes as he was too old and out of touch with the latest tactics.
Toon 😂
That was absolutely nuts!
Jeezo, that was some entertainment. Can’t believe Newcastle got back into it and then lost it. Some effort with ten men though Liverpool look flaky at the back, same as v Bournemouth.
Liverpool don’t just look flaky at the back. They are. An 11 man Newcastle would have beaten them this evening.
Newcastle could have won that if dive machine Gordon had stayed on. But very entertaining for the neutral.
The dummy from Szobo to leave it for Rio to fire in the winner. Gorgeous.
The toon fans in the corner. Hilarious 😂
Didn't really deserve anything purely on the basis of Gordon's brainless sending off - just why!
But of course hugely disappointed having got back to 2-2 to end up with nothing, and even worse looks like injuries to Tonali and Joelinton and a 3 match suspension for Gordon.
In terms of things learned after the first two rounds - well, we know Newcastle need 2 forwards and that's still the case, but from Bournemouth and this game - I hope Liverpool haven't spent all their money because their defence is dodgy as hell. Van Dijk of course won pretty much everything in the air but the lack of pace and positional sense in the back four as a whole...they're in danger of getting worked over by sides with pace and movement and finishers.
Just seen the winning goal - great dummy by Szobozlai but Pope's totally failed to get set and had no chance to make a dive.
I think we can all agree that ref-cam is shite. 🤣 🤣
RM.
Konate’s head in Madrid? In last year of his contract, sell him and sign Guehi perhaps? I’d also start with Robbo at left back again and let Kerkez develop a bit more. Bradley on the right - good defensively.
Liverpool don’t just look flaky at the back. They are. An 11 man Newcastle would have beaten them this evening.
Yep. For large parts of the second half, Liverpool were panicking in defence and certainly didn't look like they had an extra man.
After 2 games in the PL only 3 teams have a 100% record. Could yet be an interesting season.
But of course hugely disappointed having got back to 2-2 to end up with nothing, and even worse looks like injuries to Tonali and Joelinton and a 3 match suspension for Gordon.
I'm beginning to despise Isak more with every passing game. Howe looks like he's really got the team back to their high-intesity best and yet we're held back by the obvious lack of end product up front. With Isak in this team the toon could compete with anyone and I think we'd be genuine title contenders. Howe must be livid. All the work they've put in during the pre-season blown out the water by one petulant and self-serving manchild.
