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Isak Burns All bridges back to Newcastle
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The team discuss Isak's most recent behaviour, get a little excited about Thiaw and respond to the inevitable comments incoming from Liverpool fans.
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Transcript
Introduction and Banter
00:00:03
Jo
Thank you.
00:00:09
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Welcome to the Daily Newcastle podcast and by this time I'm sure when I'm on with these two we're doing it on purpose where we always start with just something which isn't the intro we are supposed to use. If you are watching on YouTube you already know who I'm with. If you are listening then I'm with Ginger Joe and Nasty Nick. So two lovely people.
00:00:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Are you alright?
00:00:28
Nicola Pringle-Adams
have
00:00:28
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Are you doing okay? How
Emotional Check-in for Newcastle Fans
00:00:30
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are you? mean there's lots to talk about but we'll come to that in a second. Just a well-being check to start with because it's emotional being a Newcastle fan at the minute.
00:00:36
Jo
ah
00:00:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm going to go to Jo first because she's more emotional.
00:00:37
Jo
We're all right. We've got a few ticks and stuff.
00:00:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Jo's twitching and ticking.
00:00:40
Jo
I was going to say, Jo's having an emotional overload over here.
00:00:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, Jo, how are you feeling?
00:00:44
Jo
No, I'm good. All jokes aside, I'm good.
00:00:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, you're not. That laugh doesn't all move on. We'll come to it in a second.
00:00:49
Jo
Yeah.
00:00:50
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Nick?
00:00:50
Jo
Oh.
00:00:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Nick, are you all right?
00:00:51
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um I'm borderline mental breakdown, but I'm good. Yeah, all good.
00:00:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right? Okay. This is going to be
Breaking News: Isak's Absence
00:00:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
a fantastic episode. and Right, I mean, we we can't start anywhere else.
00:00:58
Jo
oh
00:01:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Unfortunately, I didn't want to come back to this, Alexander Izak. I've said on previous pods, I am about to change my tune.
00:01:06
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Oh.
00:01:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've said on previous pods, he's a human being, and it's very sad that it's got to this, and maybe there's mix-up with the agent, and his agent's well out of his depth because the rest of his clients added up together aren't what Izak's worth.
00:01:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I've said all this, right, and I've tried so hard to be positive about this situation, as hard as it is to be positive.
00:01:23
Jo
Okay.
00:01:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
However, I do not understand how anybody can be positive about the news which broke yesterday in morning, and that news is that Alexander Isak will not play... for Newcastle United, it even if he's not sold. So he's pretty much going on strike.
00:01:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's from David Ornstein. It's a reputable source. and It's all over now. Sky Sports, TalkSport, anything you can think of. it's It's common knowledge now that he's got no interest. That was another thing. He's got no interest in being reintegrated into a squad.
00:01:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's just not going to play for Newcastle United. so I'm going to let you guys go first because I'm a gentleman, but you can imagine my disbelief when I've been seen as a human being, be kind, it's sad that he feels like he has to leave the region, to then come out with he will never play for Newcastle again.
00:02:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
well let's Let's start with it. Right, how we're feeling as fans. I'm going to go to Joe because I know Joe's got loads to say on this. And I also know Joe's done a little bit of therapy, and which I'll let her explain.
00:02:19
Jo
full of rage.
00:02:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. wait In regards to Alexander Ezekiel, go on Joe, take it away. are you feeling about this whole ridiculous situation?
00:02:29
Jo
Well, I think this is why I'm feeling a bit better, you see, because it about 10 minutes ago, i was obviously raging. So I took my wonderful 100 pound Carabao cup frame thing that I got with, you know, burn celebration,
00:02:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:02:42
Jo
He who shall not be named celebration. And then the team with all with the trophy. And, you know, it's looked lovely on my wall all this time, hasn't And it's, you know, it's next to where I work.
00:02:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm?
00:02:50
Jo
So, you know, I need some good vibes while I'm working. and Today, while I was working, I just, I looked up at it a couple of times and I'm not going to say what I thought in my head. And then I got the end of my shift. I was like, it's got to go. It has to go. So I thought I'm not destroying the whole frame.
00:03:02
Jo
However, I did take it apart from the back. I removed the exact photo. I then, with the encouragement husband, burnt the exact photo in the back garden. um And then I've replaced it with Eddie Howe because really rightfully he should be there anyway.
00:03:11
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Good.
00:03:16
Jo
So it does look so much better now. And it has been a bit therapy, I'll be honest. Because, yeah, um to say would despise the man is just... it's It's turned you, Kev. You were trying to, like like you've just said, we're trying to pull whole he's a human thing.
00:03:29
Jo
He's a scum of a human being, I agree, but he yeah, right, he's a human being.
00:03:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, wow.
00:03:32
Jo
Nah, I'm absolutely done with him now, and I'm kind of going to laugh and rant at the same time here because, you know, what else can you do?
00:03:33
Nicola Pringle-Adams
oh
00:03:39
Jo
But come on, man. What on earth is going on? Like, who the hell does he think he is?
Agent's Role and Player Controversies
00:03:45
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I'm on.
00:03:46
Jo
You've even got Liverpool fans now not wanting him. Granted, if you went, they would probably start kissing his backside and loving him if they were scoring goals. But as it stands, at the minute, they're all turning around going, we don't want that rat. What the hell's he done, man?
00:03:57
Jo
Nick, please take over, girl, man.
00:03:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:58
Jo
Just say it, man. on.
00:04:01
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, what she said.
00:04:02
Jo
Yeah.
00:04:03
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um Yeah, I mean, there's a lot of blame on Alexander Isak's agent, isn't there, from the early days of when he wanted to explore his options and how um that could have been handled a little bit better and what did he actually mean by exploring his options?
00:04:19
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Cut the crap. Yes, OK, his agent has got a part in it.
00:04:21
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:04:23
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Alexander Isak's clearly his moneymaker or whatever, however you want to call it. But Alexander Isak has to take full responsibility for this man because this behaviour, don't care how good of a player you are, what your value is worth, what you've done for the club and you've drove as you know you you've scored the winning goal at Wembley, whatnot, you can only do so much until this behaviour becomes absolutely unacceptable and quite frankly disgusting.
00:04:50
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um And not only that, I'm really trying hard not to swear, but he's absolutely... done himself over hasn't he because any respectable club and I don't care if you're the Liverpools the Man City's the Manchester United's Real Madrid's PSG's whoever you are in the world any respectable club would be looking at this and thinking I don't want that player this is like the Mbappe situation all over again when he refused I'm um'm obviously comparing them to plays by the way but this is like this situation all over again I don't care how good you are or how good you think you are or you know what your value is worth you ain't bigger than your club mate you ain't bigger than it and
00:05:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:05:27
Nicola Pringle-Adams
If you're going go on strike, then you've absolutely screwed it for yourself because you're in a World Cup year. luck. Good luck. good luck
00:05:34
Jo
yeah
00:05:34
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Yeah, it's it's mental for me. I mean, ah i remember saying on a pod about two weeks ago, maybe a week ago, that Newcastle fans need to be careful because it could be a situation where he's lining up for Newcastle again this season.
00:05:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because up until that point, I thought if he doesn't get his move, like you said, Nick, it's a World Cup year, he's going have to play. He's going to have to come. I made up a statement and I went used to and I said, if he made the statement, would it make a better? Is this his way back?
00:06:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
After this, I don't know if there way back. I think the forgiveness after this is, I don't know how you do it. I've got a kind of clip here.
00:06:09
Nicola Pringle-Adams
no
00:06:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's from Isaac Talk. And it was actually TalkSport kind of shared it. It was Simon Jordan. And um who's the other guy?
00:06:19
Jo
I listened to this earlier, I know what you're talking
00:06:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Anyway, they interviewed Isaac after a game. um And this is what Isaac had to say about playing Newcastle.
00:06:26
Jo
about.
00:06:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
This was in March, by the way. So this was early March. And this is what Isaac was talking about in Newcastle. Or he was talking about Newcastle in this way. Have a listen.
00:06:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, I didn't cut it right at the right time, but you get what I'm trying to say is, what's meant is that was March, right? And I know loads fans will jump on the commentary and say, oh, well, you can't believe what they say.
00:06:59
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:07:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
We all love the club until a better one comes along. And I understand that. I truly do. But what is absolutely crazy is, the commentaries came out and said, I will not play for Newcastle again after he's had T4s for more flags, which if anybody doesn't know, Newcastle fans pay or the contribute to war flags to make these displays for the players.
00:07:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Isaac had ah full stadium, pretty much. He had the Gallagher with his two nationalities and his Alexander the Great.
00:07:25
Jo
here
00:07:26
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:07:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then on the other side had Isaac in the big Swedish colours. It's his name across the whole Leeson.
00:07:32
Jo
you
00:07:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
So fans have paid to do that for him. Fans have worshipped him, idolised him. um And i know I know players leave, right? I know they want bigger and better things. I know they want to win trophies. This isn't because of that.
00:07:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's the fact he's going on strike. How on earth do you come to a club, in my opinion, 30
Fan Reactions and Club Dynamics
00:07:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
appearances and six goals at Real Sociedad? We sign them for £64 million, pound right?
00:07:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Six league goals in Spain, by the way.
00:07:59
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yep. Yep.
00:08:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sociedad weren't a bad team. We won the Spanish Cup. So six goals, we take them in. And what really annoys me about this, and this won't surprise anybody, is Eddie Howe has tried to back Alexander Izak to the hilt over and over again.
00:08:11
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:08:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
He played the stupid injury line, which the club probably asked him to play, and he did it.
00:08:13
Nicola Pringle-Adams
ye
00:08:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
he did it for Izak. He said he's got an injury. That's why he's not here. I'm going to try and protect him. right He didn't take him to Celtic and said, oh, it's because I didn't want to distract him with everybody asking why he wasn't playing.
00:08:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
He has made Eddie Howe look stupid, and Eddie Howe has given him almost everything he's got right now in terms of reputation, in terms of The sheer superstar he is now, look, don't get me wrong, Sussard had something to do with it in his team and in Sweden, in his international record, of this stuff, but Eddie Howe set up a team for him.
00:08:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
He played Jacob Murphy because he knew he would cross the ball on his right foot and Izak would get more goals. He put Gordon on the right because he knew he would cross the ball for Izak and get more goals. He put Izak on penalties over Wilson. He gave Izak everything he could have wanted to suck succeed.
00:08:59
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:09:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Now, I get that you want to leave, right? I get that you want to go to Liverpool. I'm not mad at that. But to then throw Eddie Howe under the bus, who has made you a hero at this club, that's the worst part for me.
00:09:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know going on strike unforgivable.
00:09:11
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:09:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'll let all the other fans have the say on that, and I'll agree with them. It's absolutely disgusting. However, the bit which really irks me is you've got a manager there who has hid behind so many different excuses to protect you, to give you a way back to this club if it didn't go through or whatever.
00:09:23
Jo
it
00:09:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
He protected you so much to give you a way back and you have completely just ruined it. That's a bit which irks me on this. And what makes it worse with that interview is I love playing I love scoring goals. I get he's going to say that, but that was literally about three months ago.
00:09:40
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:09:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Now, that's scary.
00:09:41
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:09:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's the scary part for me is how quickly it's changed.
00:09:44
Jo
is
00:09:44
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I don't know what's happening in between then. Gentlemen's agreement, all of this stuff. I've got no idea. and Before we go to an advert, going to ask you one more question because know this is going to get thrown at Newcastle fans coming up and it's it's inevitable.
00:09:49
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:09:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
But with you on wea situation and I think there is a slight difference. I think we're both in the wrong, by the way. I think he's acting more so. um But I'll come to why I think that. I want to get your opinion on it first.
00:10:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
m Nick, we're goingnna be it's going to be chucked at Newcastle fans. Weiss, he's going on strike with Brentford.
00:10:12
Jo
Yeah.
00:10:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Why would you want him? Why are you going to sing his name when he comes to St. James' podcast? It's exactly the same. What's your response to that as a real Newcastle fan? Let's get a real reaction.
00:10:22
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Um, well, I don't, is the honest answer to that.
00:10:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Fair.
00:10:26
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I said this last week when we were on and I said it the week before. yeah There's a way and means of going about things. If you want to move to a club, that's fine. Express that, but also respect that club that has pretty much made you who you are at that point as a player.
00:10:40
Jo
yeah
00:10:40
Nicola Pringle-Adams
You're not bigger than your club. So I don't understand these players that go on strike and refuse to play or, you know, like you say, completely chuck it. Um, completely chuck it in their manager's face or the fans face. It's just not thinking. So I'm going to be honest, if that's the kind of attitude he's going to have, um then I don't want it.
00:11:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Fair. Joe, do you want Wisa?
00:11:05
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Anyone's answer that?
00:11:06
Jo
I mean, like what she said before, what she said. No, but it's true, isn't it? Come on. like We're not going hypocrites here. I think the Vista thing comes down to the fact that we're so desperate for a striker right now.
00:11:20
Jo
We kind of just like the idea that someone wants to come and play for us.
00:11:20
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Mm-hmm.
00:11:23
Jo
And I'll be totally honest.
00:11:23
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No.
00:11:24
Jo
That's the only reason i want him right now. Not the only reason. Look, he's a proven goal scorer. I think he could do a good job for us. I do not agree with what he's doing, though. Absolutely not.
00:11:33
Nicola Pringle-Adams
no
00:11:34
Jo
So... So yeah, that's where, yes, if he comes to us, and yes, he scores goals, yes, I'll sing his name, but what did I say right at the start while I was having an absolute fit? If Liverpool fans, who are now turned around saying that they don't want Isaac, end up signing Isaac, they will also, in turn...
00:11:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
you.
00:11:51
Jo
Sing his name. Support him if he's scoring goals. It's unfortunately the way football goes. So, yes, we're going to hate Isaac because he's hurting our club.
00:11:57
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:11:59
Jo
Brentford will hate Bisse. He's hurting their club. That's the way it goes, right? It it really is. and um But at least we'll be an open and honest in the fact... We're not hypocritical. We're not going to sit here and be like, oh, yeah, it's completely different. Biza's got a complete free pass and Isaac's an a-hole.
00:12:13
Jo
You know, they're both idiots in that sense. But, yeah, yeah I do still think the Isaac situation is that bit
Media Influence and Transfer Speculations
00:12:19
Jo
worse. I've got to be honest. I think most people will agree with that. Hence the reason, the kind of big news over it, yeah.
00:12:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah i think I think for me it's... and So there's loads of gentlemen's agreement in football. We have no idea and we haven't heard anything throughout the whole season until recently with people chucking stuff out that it was a gentlemen's agreement with Isaac.
00:12:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
However, it's well known or it's been reported by, think it was reported by Romano and maybe Keith Downey, I think, mentioned this.
00:12:43
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Nope.
00:12:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
and But it was a gentlemen's agreement with Wiesel that if a Champions League club came in for him, they would allow him to leave. So I think that's where he's a little bit annoyed and he's refusing to train. I get that is wrong, but I don't think he's actually come out and said, I will never play for Brentford again, no matter what.
00:12:57
Nicola Pringle-Adams
nope
00:12:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
That, for me, is the big difference. That's what's irked me.
00:12:58
Jo
so
00:12:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's what's changed my mind because, like you guys mentioned at the start, I'm all about being kind.
00:12:59
Jo
Very.
00:13:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm not going to come on here and spout stuff about Izak and letting him rot and stuff like that because um I still haven't got that in his, I don't think. But what's disappointed me is the way he's kind of threw it back in Howe's face.
00:13:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's what really, really, really bugs me because that... How, like I say, go back to Sosadad, go back to South, you score six goals a season. That's where you were before you came Newcastle.
00:13:23
Jo
Yep.
00:13:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Now, not saying Newcastle made you that. I'm not saying it's just Eddie Howe or the players around you, but it's had a bloody big impact on you being what you are. To then come around and say, um' I'm not going to play ever again is, is for me, that's unforgivable.
00:13:31
Jo
Thank you.
00:13:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't think there is a way back now. I was saying previously there was a way back. I was saying um that there was there was something there, but yeah. and Anyway, we're going have to go for a very quick break. Now, I've got an audio. I hope it's Bionic. If it's not Bionic, I apologize in advance, right? But we'll see what it is.
00:13:52
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00:14:01
Nicola Pringle-Adams
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00:14:01
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00:14:39
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00:14:41
Jo
Good.
00:14:41
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00:14:46
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Thank you.
00:14:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway, let's get back to this. So, Isaac said he's never going play for the club again. We've shared our views on that. I think it's going to be a hot topic coming up. Do I think he will definitely never play for the club again? It's impossible to see in football. You never say never. But my God, he's got a lot of... He's got a hell of a long way to backtrack now compared what he did have.
00:15:10
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um I'm about the positives. We'll come to you a second, Nick, Because I'm about the positives. So i'm going to come up with a positive here. Finally, right? Finally, Newcastle aren't a laughingstock anymore.
00:15:21
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And we have people like Gabby Agbon Lahore and Ali McCoy's defending us.
00:15:24
Jo
Especially
00:15:25
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yes.
00:15:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
What's happening? Listen to this. It's so big. This has never happened before, right? Because we all know the media hate Newcastle.
00:15:31
Jo
Gabby.
00:15:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
We all know the media hate Newcastle. We all know they love to have a laugh at us, right? But actually, listen to this.
00:16:03
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I mean, wow, Gabby Agbonho defending Newcastle.
00:16:07
Jo
I know it's a miracle, right?
00:16:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
What's going on? Are the media finally coming to like on Newcastle side?
00:16:09
Jo
ah
00:16:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Are we actually going to be allowed to spend money now for Premier League? And listen to that and think, well, the media is starting to like Newcastle. Can we open up a room?
00:16:17
Jo
who
00:16:18
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This could be amazing for us. We're finally not here anymore. We're not rejected FC.
00:16:22
Jo
Oh, I have.
00:16:23
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We're not all this crap.
00:16:24
Jo
but
00:16:24
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Thank you, Alexander Isaac. You've actually somehow united Gabby Agbonho, talk sport, Ali McCoy to Newcastle fans. How's that happening?
00:16:33
Jo
yeah
00:16:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
m Anyway, i could have played that at the start, but I didn't want to because I want that to lead us into what we're to talk about next.
00:16:34
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I don't
00:16:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Clearly, ex-footballers, pundits, and other other kind of professionals, and miss I mean, we're not professionals, but people who are professionals in the industry, are saying that Izak is massively in the wrong. Now, we've got to go to player power, all right?
00:16:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
This can only end one of two ways at the minute with what's being said, right? One, Izak doesn't get sold, genuinely goes on strike. and doesn't pay for us again, and he has to be sold in January for a cut price, or for ah somehow runs his contract down, but we carry on paying him £120,000.
00:17:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
I can't imagine that happening. So that means, the most likely thing now, because Isaac's took the power himself, Newcastle can't possibly turn down the next bid, can they? You just can't. He's come out and said he's not to bid. you turn down a bid, you look like an idiot.
00:17:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
So we have to accept something. Now, it wouldn't surprise us if Liverpool came in below £110,000, that would be a right kick in my teeth because we turned that down when we thought Isaac was happy to kind of reintegrate and come back in.
00:17:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
What happens next then? So I think we all agree we have to sell. What number do you accept now? I know when we spoke about this previously, it was 150, 140, 110 plus Nunes. Nunes has gone Saudi Arabia. Um,
00:17:50
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and
00:17:51
Jo
Bye.
00:17:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
what what happens next then what bid do we accept do we just accept the next bid that comes in no matter what or do you still try and stand firm this is such a big question because if you stand firm you are paying a player a hundred and think he's on 120 000 pound a week to not even sit on the bench he's not even going to come off the bench for us at this stage so why would we pay him 120 grand a week for x amount of weeks up until january when we're gonna have to sell him in january for what half the money or a third of the money of what he's offering now because he only have two and a half years left on his contract.
00:18:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
This is a horrible situation for the club. What's the right thing to do? Joe, where are we going this?
00:18:27
Jo
I'm totally torn on what you've just said, I've got to be honest, because I say let him rot, quite frankly. And I think the owners, I'm yeah all in on you, Zach, obviously.
00:18:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Think of the money you lose.
00:18:37
Jo
Nah, I think the owners are kind of thinking along that line because they came out first, didn't they, and said, you're not being sold. They kind of, they put their stake in the ground, so to speak, before he really threw his toys out the pram.
00:18:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:48
Jo
um So I think, and I want them to be, by the way, i want them to be stubborn as hell on this, like even it means cost more. I do not want us to back down and let him get what he wants, especially in this summer.
00:18:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Wow.
00:19:00
Jo
I want that man to have nothing. I am so against... I've never been against a player who's played for Newcastle United like I'm against the Isaac right now.
00:19:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Can you believe?
00:19:09
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Agreed.
00:19:09
Jo
And I'm so long in the damn tooth with this. Like, God, no. like
00:19:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're in the universe now, right?
00:19:14
Jo
No.
00:19:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Where Newcastle fans dislike the guy who scored the winning goal in our first cup in the domestic cup in 70 years more than we dislike Mike Lohan?
00:19:16
Nicola Pringle-Adams
agreed
00:19:21
Jo
Burn won it for us. love him. He didn't though.
00:19:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
um mental
00:19:24
Jo
Burns scored the winning goal. Who's he, Zach? We won 1-0.
00:19:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's like, let's go with a goal, let's be honest.
00:19:29
Jo
Burns scored. We're good. Shut up.
00:19:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, Joe's at the point where you let him sit, and he doesn't play, he doesn't train with a group, we pay him his wage and that's it.
00:19:32
Jo
but No, I'm like, I'm done. Me, like, I'm absolutely done.
00:19:37
Jo
Literally wrong.
00:19:43
Jo
Yeah.
00:19:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah? Right, Nick, what are you thinking?
00:19:45
Jo
Yeah.
00:19:47
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Oh, I don't know. Because how does he come back?
00:19:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're going to lose a lot of money.
00:19:50
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, we are. How does he...
00:19:50
Jo
Will we, though?
00:19:51
Nicola Pringle-Adams
My question is, um because there's a lot there's a lot going on around the ISAC thing. And I've got to be honest, for a long time, we've always wanted to... we've A lot of Newcastle fans have wanted to be this club that we you know we're constantly in the news and we get spoken about in this big club.
00:20:05
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Got be honest, don't like it. Stop it. Because I'm sick of Alexander ISAC ruining my day. Every time i log on to flipping social media, it's, you know, he's refusing to do this, he's refusing to do that.
00:20:14
Jo
mm-hmm
00:20:15
Nicola Pringle-Adams
My question is, Surely he's sat wherever he's sat and thinking, where the F do I go from here? What have I done? Because I think he's expecting the opposite of what's happening.
00:20:27
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I think he's expecting the opposite of what's happening.
00:20:27
Jo
and yeah
00:20:29
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I think he's like, yeah, okay, off you go then. I think that's what he wants.
00:20:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
you
00:20:32
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Whereas that's clearly not happening because, hate to break it to Newcastle fans, but we are by the time people listen to this tomorrow, we are three days out from our season starting, four days out. So he ain't going anywhere. And my stance on it is,
00:20:46
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Oh God, you know what? I'm really torn because a part of me wants to be really bitter and be like, you know what? you get you You're going to get what you deserve and that's quite frankly, you're going to be training with the under-21s probably, mate.
00:20:59
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Because there's no way that Eddie's going to manage to get you reintegrated back into the first team squad after what you've done to him.
00:21:04
Jo
Doesn't deserve it.
00:21:05
Nicola Pringle-Adams
And then he doesn't really deserve it either. But another part of me is like, it's a lot of money to be paying a player a week who wants to go on strike. So the other part of me is like,
00:21:16
Nicola Pringle-Adams
just get rid of him and just i'll be a hypocrite because i did put on my twitter earlier saying sick of him ruining my day get rid of him get him gone except where we're not whatever but except you know the next bid that comes in for him and i think any fan that sort of will come but for some reason everyone loves coming for me on the tiktok comments because i'm a woman and i'm sick of seeing it and you know if this was kev saying
00:21:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:19
Jo
My...
00:21:26
Jo
Yeah.
00:21:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Women aren't allowed to talk about football.
00:21:39
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Honestly, if this was Kev saying, just get him gone, people will be agreeing. But um just get him gone, get him out of the club. It's a completely negative energy, not only for the fans and for the first team players, but I've got to be completely honest.
00:21:47
Jo
Yeah.
00:21:51
Nicola Pringle-Adams
This is not a good look for the club at all. because And I think it's getting to the point, and i and I hate to say this because I know it's a business and I know football's football and transfer, but this is quite a toxic situation that's happening.
00:21:55
Jo
No.
00:22:03
Nicola Pringle-Adams
And I think it's getting to the point where the club and the owners potentially
00:22:05
Jo
Very.
00:22:08
Nicola Pringle-Adams
are going to have to come out and say something because we are being dragged through the media.
00:22:12
Jo
Yeah.
00:22:13
Nicola Pringle-Adams
We're being dragged. Parts of the media are on our side, as we've just heard.
00:22:15
Jo
Yeah.
00:22:16
Nicola Pringle-Adams
And, you know, Sky Sports, a of people are saying, yeah, it is.
00:22:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's amazing.
00:22:19
Nicola Pringle-Adams
A lot of people are saying, well, you know, alex Alexander Isak has screwed it for himself because it's a World Cup year.
00:22:20
Jo
That's good then.
00:22:23
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Absolutely. Then you've got the other half of the media, i.e. the Liverpool side of the media, who, with that lovely victim mentality, are saying, yeah, who run the media, who, you know, are dragging the club.
00:22:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
You're ruining the media.
00:22:29
Jo
Like we care what they think, yeah. Yeah.
00:22:32
Nicola Pringle-Adams
And there's so many rumours circling. if you know, like, Newcastle are not letting Isak go. and he asked to leave three months ago. he didn't. Something has happened before that Celtic game that has made him go, I want to explore my options, which makes me think that his agent's been up to, yeah, not three months.
00:22:42
Jo
yeah
00:22:45
Jo
it's literally happened in the last month not three yeah
00:22:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:22:48
Nicola Pringle-Adams
It which makes me think that his agent's been up to nobody's business and has been just dropping a little bomb here and there. So my personal stance is just get him gone.
00:22:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:57
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Get him out. ah toxic and I don't care how good you are. Just get him out.
00:23:00
Jo
But the thing is, Nick, like, how much would you want from...
00:23:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think... on
00:23:02
Jo
Sorry, Kev, I'm just...
00:23:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
so
00:23:04
Jo
but Because my thing is, right, if we're going to take a reduced cost from him, almost want him to be punished first. I don't want him to get his way. And we have to take a reduced cost. That's making us look like absolute mugs.
00:23:13
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah. Yeah.
00:23:14
Jo
It's making us look like he's literally won in the bullying stakes. I think that makes us, personally, like, it's everyone's different opinion, isn't it? But personally, I think that mess makes us look like idiots.
00:23:21
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:23:24
Jo
So, what, we've held off and held off.
00:23:24
Nicola Pringle-Adams
and
00:23:25
Jo
Now he's gone on strike. Now we sell him for, like, what, 70 or 80 million? What? That's literally having our pants down and, like, doing whatever was because no let it no, I'm sticking with letting him rot.
00:23:36
Jo
He's rotting my eyes, like, I'm sorry.
00:23:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think Nick said something really interesting about how the club looks, and I think that's um at an unbelievable point to make.
00:23:39
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:23:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
So for me now, I don't think we're quite at the point yet where, you're right, it is toxic, but I don't think we're at the point now where a club looks bad. think the club at the minute looks ambitious.
00:23:53
Jo
Yep.
00:23:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
They've went for high-profile names.
00:23:54
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:23:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
They've missed out on fair play. They've said he's actually not for sale regardless because he's not going anywhere.
00:23:58
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Mm-hmm. Yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:24:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
We keep our best players now. That's what we are. we We're not a selling club. we're not It's not an Andy Carroll situation. We keep them. He's not going. However, now with this statement of I'm going on strike, this is where the big test is.
00:24:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Now, the club have to handle it properly. I agree with Joe. He's got to have some sort of, not punishment's a wrong word, because, I mean, going on strike is mental, but I mean, do you find him wages? So you could keep him, like you said, Joe, keep him for the whole year, but if he's not turning up the trade and has no interest in playing, can you find him two weeks' wages every two weeks?
00:24:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And then you're actually not paying him, and he just sits and doesn't go to the World Cup?
00:24:32
Jo
Why not?
00:24:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
That would be a messy situation.
00:24:34
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Mm-hmm.
00:24:34
Jo
Surely you just can't not play.
00:24:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I'm not sure then how the kind of club comes across, but it would be a strong stance.
00:24:37
Jo
It doesn't up.
00:24:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
The other option, I think personally, whatever happens now, the club should handle it with class. Now, I know that's hard for fans. We you get emotional, but the club now have to handle this with class. ah we go We will let Isaac go. Maybe the statement now, like Nick said, they've got to come out say, maybe the statement now is, okay, we'll let him go. want to be here.
00:24:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're bigger than any player. but we have to get two players in before he goes. If we can get two players in, you have our blessing, off you go, good luck at Liverpool. I think that's the way we've got to handle it. Now, that's really hard for fans to hear, and it's probably really hard for fans to swallow.
00:25:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
We don't really mean good luck at Liverpool. What we mean is Liverpool finish 7th or 8th, and he scores 10 goals, and Salah drops off the boil completely like a ticky flops, and all of a sudden we're looking and thinking, you're 8th and we're 5th again. Woo!
00:25:26
Nicola Pringle-Adams
ah
00:25:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
But the club have to come across as good luck at Liverpool. We'll let you go if we can get replacements in. Now the issue comes of the replacements. Wieser apparently is getting closer. Keith Downey said yesterday on ah on a video that he hears that it's getting closer and closer and closer, but never actually hears anything new or that it's actually happening.
00:25:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Liverpool were then apparently, I don't know how true this is, or there's people winding people up. We're at that part of the transfer window now where lots of wind-ups happening. ah Apparently Liverpool were looking at Wieser. Now that would really upset people. We set as an Isaac replacement for them. If we don't sell them Isaac, it's a a ticket gear all over again. And Nicholas Jackson apparently wants to go to Newcastle in the Premier League because he doesn't want to go abroad. He wants to stay in the Prem and would pick Newcastle over Tottenham.
00:26:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think mainly because Tottenham's Chelsea's rival or one of rivals. So he looks better leaving going to Newcastle.
00:26:11
Jo
Yeah.
00:26:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Imagine a player handling himself with class saying, you choose where I go. I've
00:26:18
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Could never be Alexander Isaks.
00:26:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
and I think another realistic option for the club, and this is just my, let us know what you think, really.
Future Fan Interactions and Match Anticipations
00:26:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
We will sell Izak. We come out and say, okay, he's up for sale, but not at Liverpool. You don't dictate where you go.
00:26:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Must not play a power. We'll sell him to Saudi. We'll sell him to Juventus.
00:26:33
Jo
I'd be happy with that.
00:26:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll sell him to Barcelona. We'll sell to Real Madrid. We'll sell to Inter Milan. We'll sell him to AC Milan. We will sell you any other club in the world, but because of the way Liverpool have acted, threatening us with Ekotiki, and then getting Ekotiki, then lowballing a bit of 110 million with no add-ons,
00:26:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
And you are trying to control us as a club. You are not bigger than us, Zach. You are not going to Liverpool. We've told you you're not going to Liverpool. We stick by that, but you can go anywhere else if they meet the valuation. I think that could be a way of a hand. but And I think Nick's kind of argument is we then look petty and we don't look like a big, big, big club. And that's what the club have to balance now. So I think the original one I gave about three minutes ago of we'll sell you to Liverpool.
00:27:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll get replacements in first. Best of luck. I think that's the way a club have to go. What I am really curious about is what happens to Izak next time he comes to St. James' Park.
00:27:24
Jo
Joel Linton kills him and um never plays again for us unfortunately
00:27:26
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Well, you know what I was just thinking? Sky Sports, if allowed to mention them on here, knew exactly what they were doing, putting the Liverpool-Newcastle game on the Monday night football.
00:27:36
Nicola Pringle-Adams
That is going to be one hell of a feisty atmosphere.
00:27:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, yeah.
00:27:38
Jo
right at the start as well to me, Helen.
00:27:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's feisty. That's feisty.
00:27:41
Nicola Pringle-Adams
going to be awful.
00:27:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:27:43
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um Well, not awful. It's going to be good. Awful, however you want to describe it. um Yeah, it is.
00:27:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:27:49
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:27:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've got two things I want to do. One of them is just me going on a tiny little rant and replying to Liverpool fans. And my second one is actually asking you guys a question.
New Signings and Future Prospects
00:27:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
So my first one, which is my little rant, is I know for a fine fact when this goes on YouTube or TikTok or Instagram, there will be loads of comments from Liverpool fans, right? Saying, oh, cry more, cry more, cry more.
00:28:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
get gone, right? You are comparing, I've seen Liverpool fans say, well, Suarez wanting to go to Barcelona, it's the food chain, it's this, that, we've lost players to Real Madrid like Xabi Alonso, we've lost players to Barcelona like Luis Suarez and Coutinho.
00:28:11
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yes.
00:28:11
Jo
Yep.
00:28:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
The difference is, you absolute simpletons, is that Suarez, Coutinho and Alonso never refused to play for Liverpool.
00:28:32
Jo
yep
00:28:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's what's getting us gone now. That's what's doing And now imagine Liverpool fans, if Suarez, Torres, Coutinho, whoever else you've lost to these bigger clubs, right? And it's a food chain.
00:28:42
Jo
And
00:28:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
If any of them had went on strike, how would you feel about it? Would you be crying? I think you would, right? I'm going to cry some more because he went on strike and he's completely let everybody down. So there's my response to that one before you even comment.
00:28:54
Jo
but
00:28:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway, 29 minutes in, I feel like he deserves a mention because we've actually signed a centre-back for £40 million pounds from here see Milan.
00:28:55
Jo
ah
00:28:59
Jo
and
00:29:01
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Oh,
00:29:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
and He hasn't even been mentioned, the poor lad, Malik Chow. know he's been briefly brought up on previous pods and he's been mentioned as, again, he's a young centre-half, 23 years old. He's a bit of a ball player, strong, physical.
00:29:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Looks like a really clever buy for us. and i just want to get your thoughts very briefly, one minute each on Malik Chow and then we will sign off.
00:29:21
Jo
Go on, Nick. I spoke better last night. Go on.
00:29:23
Nicola Pringle-Adams
oh um Well, it's some positive news for once, isn't it? um And it came out of nowhere. I was scrolling. i think it must have been yesterday before. And I was thinking it was all Isak, Isak, Isak, Isak.
00:29:34
Nicola Pringle-Adams
And then it was him. Yeah. But positive news we needed. We all know we need, um you know, some fresh centre-backs. It looks like Sven Botman's got the knees of an absolute turkey.
00:29:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, what a guy.
00:29:45
Nicola Pringle-Adams
And um obviously we've got Fabian Shah, who's obviously aging very gracefully, may I add. um
00:29:51
Jo
Very.
00:29:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah guy
00:29:52
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yet Yeah, what an absolute guy.
00:29:53
Jo
Fine wine.
00:29:54
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um So, yeah, I feel like he will. um I watched a little bit of him earlier um whilst I was um on my lunch break. And, yeah, both, all three of them, all three of them.
00:30:00
Jo
Share or which one?
00:30:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
She was stalking them or what? At the Hilton Hotel?
00:30:04
Jo
this
00:30:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was just walking through the people.
00:30:07
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No, our newest one. um And yeah, I feel like he'll integrate into um Eddie Howe's team nicely and probably the bit of positivity that Eddie probably needed as well.
00:30:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I agree. Anything you think that on last night's episode, Joe?
00:30:22
Jo
ah No, again, I just talked last night about just we needed the strength and depth, don't we? And taken away from all this mess that's going on with Eiza, we've kind of almost forgot about the other positions that we needed to fill.
00:30:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah El Canoos now.
00:30:32
Jo
um So we've got Ramosdale we've got Chau in now.
00:30:32
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Hmm.
00:30:36
Jo
We did talk about some midfielders and stuff. Granted, there's kind of no real massive movement on that side of things. However, there's loads of rumours about Paqueta and Pacitar. However the hell you say, here there's quite a few.
00:30:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
El Canoos.
00:30:45
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:30:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
We pointed him out.
00:30:46
Jo
El Canoose, we touched on him last night as well, yeah.
00:30:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
we We pointed him out last season as Leicester's best player when they played against us. We were all impressed with him.
00:30:51
Jo
we go.
00:30:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
So he's very exciting.
00:30:53
Jo
He's so young as well. He's only like 21 or something, isn't he?
00:30:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:30:56
Jo
So he could be a great signing.
00:30:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:30:56
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:30:57
Jo
And again, so we touched on stuff like this. So it'll be in interesting and see how the kind of midfield situation moves on.
00:31:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:31:03
Jo
um I'm so bored of talking to the strikers. It's kind of nice to talk about the defence and midfield for a bit.
00:31:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:31:08
Jo
They're like the forgotten part the team all of a sudden. But i'm yeah, look, it like you said, right, it's some finally some good news, which I hope will kind of bought snowball on a bit and like, yeah, bring in bring in some more. That's what we need.
00:31:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
I still think this can be a really... There's loads of positives. I know people comment or or kind ah give me feedback of you too positive, but we're still loads of positives. This whole Isaac thing could create a siege mentality, us against the world.
00:31:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
The players are already close together. Now that you don't be part of us, get gone. We're going to show everybody what we're going to finish higher than Liverpool.
00:31:37
Jo
All
00:31:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Granted, it's very difficult to do.
00:31:37
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:31:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've got a very good team. I'm not taking anything away from the team, but... It could create that kind of mentality, which is brilliant. And I still think if we get one midfielder and two strikers in, we've done the rest.
00:31:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've got the goalkeeper. We've got the centre-half. I think Park, the young Korean lad, looks unbelievably promising. He could even get a couple of appearances as this this season as well. So one more midfielder.
00:31:57
Jo
right.
00:31:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
One more striker, because I'm classing Wieser as done, or but that could be dangerous. um But anyway, overall, two more strikers, one midfielder, and then Izaak can go anyway.
00:32:05
Jo
hey
00:32:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think he's pretty much burnt his bridge now. and Anyway, staying the positives, Champions League football is coming up. The season starts this weekend. ah We're going to battle them.
00:32:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
o And... and As well as football being back, we've got the likes of Lewis Hall, Tino Livramento, Fabian Shaw, Malik Chow, Ramsdale, Pope, Tonali, Bruno, Big Joe, Little Joe, which is Willick, but again, can he say it?
00:32:34
Jo
Big Jake and Murphy.
00:32:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Big Jacob Mertz, Antti Langer, Antti Langer and Gordon, fastest on the wing.
00:32:39
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um woman
00:32:41
Jo
Obviously.
00:32:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've got Barnes cutting inside in score and scoring. Do you think a striker? Can we please sign a striker? And then this will be all okay. Anyway,
Episode Wrap-up and Teasers
00:32:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
loads to look forward to. There's our thoughts on Alexander Izak in a tiny little bit. Bless him. Malik Chow, £40 million signing from Milan and he's went under a radar.
00:32:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway, it is Daily Newcastle. Tune in the tomorrow for another Daily episode. Leave us some comments. Let us know what you think. Has Izak done?
00:33:03
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Mm-hmm.
00:33:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think he is.