EFL Cup | Semi-Finals | 7/8 Jan & 5/6 Feb '25

MCFC1993 said:
About the 20th time I've said it this season but Isak, Gordon, Giumaraes, Tonali, Hall (& Liveramento), I'd gave all 6.
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people scoffed at them buying gordon (as they did for Palmer going at the same price). turned out amazing buys.

compare to grealish…
 
ninjamonkey said:
How many times did we play the ball to him? Newcastle have a clear plan that involves using Isak as much as possible, he knows and expects to get certain balls come at him,and has seen more of the ball already than we gave to haaland all game. Whenever we go to haaland it's a desperate clearance not an intentional ball so haaland does know where the ball is going, he's having to react after it's happened, Isak knows what's going to happen before it has happened. Two entirely different circumstances. Go back to the Chelsea game, when haaland knew we were going to use him, his holdup play was brilliant, put marmoush clean through for him to blast over, put foden clean through for our third. Haaland can do it, the problem is we don't ask him to do it.
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Great post
 
ninjamonkey said:
How many times did we play the ball to him? Newcastle have a clear plan that involves using Isak as much as possible, he knows and expects to get certain balls come at him,and has seen more of the ball already than we gave to haaland all game. Whenever we go to haaland it's a desperate clearance not an intentional ball so haaland does know where the ball is going, he's having to react after it's happened, Isak knows what's going to happen before it has happened. Two entirely different circumstances. Go back to the Chelsea game, when haaland knew we were going to use him, his holdup play was brilliant, put marmoush clean through for him to blast over, put foden clean through for our third. Haaland can do it, the problem is we don't ask him to do it.
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That was due to Ortega being in instead of Ederson.
 
ninjamonkey said:
How many times did we play the ball to him? Newcastle have a clear plan that involves using Isak as much as possible, he knows and expects to get certain balls come at him,and has seen more of the ball already than we gave to haaland all game. Whenever we go to haaland it's a desperate clearance not an intentional ball so haaland does know where the ball is going, he's having to react after it's happened, Isak knows what's going to happen before it has happened. Two entirely different circumstances. Go back to the Chelsea game, when haaland knew we were going to use him, his holdup play was brilliant, put marmoush clean through for him to blast over, put foden clean through for our third. Haaland can do it, the problem is we don't ask him to do it.
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Absolutely. Swap him and Isaak and he’s bossing tonight’s game whilst Isak would have had a stinker last Sunday.
Commentator now suggesting it’s Erling being shit, not playing for a team that seem loath to use his very considerable physical attributes.
 
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