Our situation, as with all of those, is different. Realistically I think what Forest has done with MGW is going to come back to bite them, and the atmosphere over there looks toxic. Rooney didn’t go to City because SAF strong armed him into staying. Costa fell out with Chelsea because they decided…
… they were going to sell him and sent him to train with the reserves. Even the Suarez scenario was a joke because of the £40m+£1 bit. I’m as unhappy about how the Isak deal has transpired as anyone. But a lot of our fans seem to want Isak publicly tarred and feathered to “send a message”.
I agree about the 'tarred and feathered' bit, but reintegration was always a possibility (whether the player was willing to admit it or not) with a bit of management. #NUFC did not have to be victims, but now we have fans talking about not having to pay the loyalty bonus as if it's a small win...
... It feels like the aftermath of the LFC match, where everyone is trying to put a brave face on a damaging loss - that led to a feckless draw at Leeds. We could have handled this whole Isak situation much better, and lost because we didn't. We need to accept that in order to learn from it.
Oh I absolutely agree reintegration was on the table. I’ve maintained for weeks that if we didn’t sell him he’d be playing again ASAP. This is more directed towards the “let him rot” side of the fan base who seem to have taken it rather personally
👍sorry, I misunderstood. Now he's actually gone, I hope he suffers a season-ending injury over the weekend and we all move on with our lives.
Don’t know if I’d take it that far, personally I’d much prefer he do what the last big striker we sold to Liverpool did - absolutely nothing for several years before going to West Ham ❤️
😂 To be fair, I've already mellowed a bit from wanting a career-ending injury, so I might get to your position in the end.