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4 minutes ago, ennyoueffsea said:

Was wearing one as they lifted the cup. 😉

I know, I was wondering how that worked out :lol:

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On 18/03/2025 at 00:34, The College Dropout said:

Love that Bruno called him over and loved that Lascelles got to lift the trophy as well. 
 

His arch is complete. Thanks for everything Jamaal. 

Aye. Some of this all harkens back to Lascelles and Rafa - the shift in attitude towards the club - the notion that Newcastle was not simply a stepping stone. Newcastle United should demand respect and hold itself in higher regard than it perhaps was.

 

I do wonder what involvement Rafa had with Staveley. I once had a meeting with him (Rafa) and he was an absolute legend like, he was giving his views on the protests and stuff and asking us to maybe do one or two things slightly differently. Which made me think he knew all along what was brewing behind the scenes.

 

Back to Lascelles though, he called out all this shit in the changing room at Southampton one half time if I remember correctly then was quickly made captain shortly after (I think). Maybe not from a footballing perspective but from a professional one, he has earned the right to a winners medal and the privilege of being one of the first to lift a cup.

 

 

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Lascelles was captain and immediately dropped from the side. It says a lot about him as a professional that he kept his professionalism at the top level and made sure he was ready when his opportunity came. At times last season he was even zinging balls through the lines and out wide. 
 

I’ve got so much love for him, Krafth and the like. 
 

I never want a squad of over pampered primadonnas. If he wants a job in the backroom where he’s allowed to beat up lazy premierleague footballers let’s give it to him. 

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6 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Lascelles was captain and immediately dropped from the side. It says a lot about him as a professional that he kept his professionalism at the top level and made sure he was ready when his opportunity came. At times last season he was even zinging balls through the lines and out wide. 
 

I’ve got so much love for him, Krafth and the like. 
 

I never want a squad of over pampered primadonnas. If he wants a job in the backroom where he’s allowed to beat up lazy premierleague footballers let’s give it to him. 

 

I'm totally on board with allowing him punch football into players and punch bad attitude out

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11 minutes ago, JT24 said:

Appears his contract expires next summer, as per The Athletic. 
 

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6267514/2025/04/09/jamaal-lascelles-newcastle-contract/?source=user_shared_article

 

 

 

 

Seems fair enough, I've no issue with that. He either stays for his last year and leaves with as much goodwill as he'll ever have next summer or he gets sold this summer and enjoys actually playing football again for another club. 

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I actually foresaw a situation where he was released but hung around to continue his recuperation and potentially signed a short term deal, so this isn't all that different if we've triggered a 1 year extension on the sly. Not sure about it really - but wouldn't question the logic if Howe thinks it's worthwhile. Can kind of see it if we end up in the Europa or Conference.

 

CB is such a critical position for us in terms of squad building. We desperately need a new RCB in this summer - but will be in a position where Burn and Schar could also need replacing entirely by next summer when they are 33 and 34. Throw in Botman's injury situation and it's definitely a position we need to start being proactive for long term and prevent needing an overhaul. The links to the likes of Jumah Bah (who City ended up signing) shoes we're obviously looking at addressing it beyond an immediate first team signing 

 

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10 minutes ago, Sibierski said:

Him around as the emergency 5th choice CB is fine. Shouldn’t be needed outside of low level cup games.

Not sure we need so many players who can play that position personally. We don't play three at the back and I imagine a right sided centre half is pretty high on our list. 

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4 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

Not sure we need so many players who can play that position personally. We don't play three at the back and I imagine a right sided centre half is pretty high on our list. 

I agree with this, we’re really not very good at letting people walk away from the club and need to get better at it.

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