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I know how Alexander Isak will be feeling right now and it doesn't get any better

Alexander Isak of Newcastle United
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If there's one person who knows what it's like to be an in-form Premier League striker then it's Alan Shearer. After all, no one has scored more goals in the competition than the Newcastle United legend.

The Magpies hero is enjoying every minute of his old side's incredible run of form, with Alexander Isak seemingly scoring every time he takes to the pitch. United's Swedish sensation has 15 goals to his name already this season, and has notched in the last seven consecutive Premier League games.

He will sit out today's game against Bromley in the FA Cup, but will be raring to go when Wolves come to St James' Park for Wendesday night's league clash - and Shearer feels his feelgood factor is sweeping through the dressing room.

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"When you’re on a good run as an individual it’s great, but when you’re on a good run as a team, it’s even better," he told Betfair. "The feeling that Alexander Isak will have, standing in the tunnel not expecting, but knowing that he’s going to score goals, it doesn’t get any better than that.

"Not only does he have that feeling right now, but the team does as well because of the way that they’re playing. Long may it continue. I suspect there will be a few changes at the weekend for Bromley. He’ll be able to give players a rest because they’re back in league action the following Wednesday night."

It's been an incredible few weeks for Newcastle, and it's easy to forget they started December with plenty of doubts about their ability to mount a challenge for European places. The signs of a revival were there in the 3-3 draw with Liverpool on December 4 and, although they then lost at Brentford, Eddie Howe's men have since won every game in an impressive seven-match streak.

Shearer has pinpointed one key change which has made all the difference for United, with Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes swapping roles in a switch which has brought the best out of both players.

"It’s amazing, isn’t it - a month ago we were talking about how it was such an important week when they were playing Leicester, Brentford and Ipswich," Shearer added. "I think they were sat in around 12th position at that time, so if you rewind back to then there were one or two concerns.

"At that stage, it was the inconsistency which was the problem. They were playing well in one game and then not so well in the next two games and that was hurting them. I think that the switch from Eddie, with the midfield two and Tonali stepping into the number six role has allowed Bruno Guimaraes and Joelinton to do things further forward.

"This has suited the team down to a tee, because it’s made them more compact and aggressive. Everyone has just upped their game by 5% I think and the energy is back. They’ve also got Sven Botman back now as well, who was in the starting line-up against Spurs on Saturday. In the absence of Fabian Schar, I think him and Dan Burn have been superb in the two games they’ve played.

"They seem to be loving their football at the moment, and they’re on a roll. They look as though they can beat anyone and they also have a really good set of fixtures coming up in the next month. If they can come through the next set of fixtures like they did in the past run of games then everyone will be absolutely delighted."

Today's game against Bromley is the first of three home matches in a week for United, with Wolves on Tyneside on Wednesday night (7.30pm) followed by Bournemouth next Saturday (12.30pm).