Newcastle cannot sell ‘ideal’ Arsenal signing after funding phenomenal Forest – 3pm Blackout

Arsenal must be told where to stick it by. Newcastle if they come calling over Alexander Isak. The Magpies have already boosted Nottingham Forest enough.

Brentford 0-2 Nottingham Forest: Bees have their home comforts eradicated
Fair play to Nottingham Forest, who have offset the ordinarily mortal embarrassment of being the only team to lose to. Manchester City since October 26 by single-handedly ruining two otherwise imperious home records.

When they ransack Anfield in September it felt like the sort of quaint result the. Start of the season can throw up. Forest were brilliant and entirely deserv to beat Liverpool but there was no sense. The two teams would be in direct competition for places come May.

Yet in bringing to an end this phenomenal Brentford home record. Forest have establish themselves as legitimate Champions League qualification contenders in December.

Brentford were conquer in much the ufabet https://ufabet999.app same way as Liverpool before them: with organisation in defence, purpose in attack and a unbreakable collective belief and team spirit. There is beauty in the apparent simplicity with which Forest are operating, even if it obviously requires an unthinkable amount of work, effort, time and money to achieve.

Ola Aina and Anthony Elanga, the goalscorers, were salvage from the Chelsea and Manchester United talent bin and recycled into £50m players. Neco Williams and Chris Wood would not attract the same sort of fee but both have restor to more effective factory settings at the City Ground after varying struggles at Liverpool and Newcastle.

The Magpies have certainly helped fund this rise

Matz Sels struggled to break into the Newcastle setup in the Championship and financial malpractice forced the sale of Elliot Anderson; both have been crucial for Forest and were excellent against Brentford.

But knitting together this merry band of misfits is perhaps the greatest example of all. Nuno was not wanted by many when he replace Steve Cooper, his reputation having taken a hit at. Spurs and in the latter days of his Wolves reign. Almost a year to the day since he inherited a team fourth from the bottom, they are third from the top. It is a remarkable story and the final chapter isn’t even close.

Ipswich 0-4 Newcastle: Alexander the great leading Magpies’ revival
“The missing ingredient is that you deliver against whoever you’re playing,” said Eddie Howe earlier this month of a Newcastle side who before this weekend had won more points against teams in the top half (12) than the bottom (11).

It has been a strange season. The Magpies had put in their best league performances to draw with or beat Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City and high-flying Nottingham Forest, disappointing against Everton, Crystal Palace and West Ham leading into a run of presentable fixtures, the likes of which they have nevertheless slipped up on recently: Leicester (h), Brentford (h), Ipswich (a).