Newcastle suffering without Isak despite Woltemade impact - Given - video Dailymotion

Ex-Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given fears Eddie Howe's team are 'easier to play against' without Alexander Isak

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00:00I like Valdemada a lot but he's a different kind of player, he's a different No. 9

00:04he drops deeper, he holds it up more, connects the game more

00:07whereas Isak was sort of playing on the shoulder and very quick in behind

00:10so stretching teams you know

00:12so maybe Newcastle are a bit easier to play against this season

00:15because they don't have the pace of Isak stretching the opposition

00:18but they do have Alanga and Gordon and Murphy

00:21and all these players on the wings with lots of pace you know

00:24Barnes of course so I think home form's been good

00:27and they're doing really well in the Champions League as well

00:29but I think the big problem is the waveform

00:31I think they've won in the Premier League since April

00:33so that's a really concern for Eddie Howe

00:35he has to get that right pretty soon because

00:37he'll want to get back in the Champions League next year

00:39and at the minute it seems a long way away