Dave Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Looking forward to Pardew explaining why he never played him Probably because he was still at Forest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 So do we drop him for Lejeune? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Absolute hero today, kept it simple and obviously two key moments which defined the result. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 So do we drop him for Lejeune? I reckon Rafa will do what he thinks is best for the team. Lejeune to come back in for Liverpool is my prediction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 So do we drop him for Lejeune? No. Not next game anyway/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Looking forward to Pardew explaining why he never played him Probably because he was still at Forest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Heard he's shit and not good enough for the Championship Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Really happy for him. Great to see someone so passionate that wants to play for us. He isn't the most technically gifted. But he is a bit of a monster and puts it all in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Did great today And I've been on his back every now and then, but all cred to him for today. Early days obviously, but I like the options we have at CB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Heard he's s*** and not good enough for the Championship He rightly has been criticised for mistakes and poor performances in the past. Credit where it is due today mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Heard he's s*** and not good enough for the Championship He rightly has been criticised for mistakes and poor performances in the past. Credit where it is due today mind. This. Though in his defence he was injured for 2nd half of last season and IMO shouldn't of been playing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 In his post match interview when asked about his last ditch save against Abraham he said he shouldn't have ball watched to let Abraham into that position in the first place. Good to see that our players can be so self-aware these days even when they've had a match changing moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Nice touch to blame himself for needing to clear that one off the line. Manquillo played Abraham onside, otherwise the line was perfect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Led by example today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Absolute captain's performance today, really well done, hope he keeps this up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Love Lascelles. He's limited technically and never seems too far from a rick, but he leads by example and gets in the way of things. Cracking leap and finish for the goal and he changed the game today. Get in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Deserves huge praise today. A tremendous performance, really had a fantastic game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Can't remember the last player we had that was so good in the air though, in defence that is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 So glad Rafa stripped Shelvey of the captaincy a few weeks ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Lascelles has always been ahead of Shelvey for the captaincy. It's just that Lascelles didn't start against Spurs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 So refreshing to see a player who really loves and cares about the club. He clearly has a big impact on and off the pitch, when he plays well the rest of the team play well. Football needs more players with the attitude of this lad, regardless of his limited natural footballing ability. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Lascelles has always been ahead of Shelvey for the captaincy. It's just that Lascelles didn't start against Spurs I know you plonk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Lascelles has always been ahead of Shelvey for the captaincy. It's just that Lascelles didn't start against Spurs I know you plonk Eh? You are in the wrong Joey is right, Shelvey has always been vice, and lost it due to a suspension. He still would of just with Lascelles returning Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 F365’s early winner: Jamaal Lascelles Jamaal Lascelles has had to grow up pretty quickly. Having made his first Premier League start as late as January 2016, Lascelles only became a regular in Newcastle United’s team after Rafael Benitez’s appointment. Less than seven months after that first start, he was named as the club’s captain at the age of just 22. There was no one reason for Benitez giving such an inexperienced defender the armband, but Newcastle’s manager must surely have been swayed by an interview given when Newcastle were in the midst of their ultimately unsuccessful relegation fight. Lascelles accused his teammates of failing to pull their weight. “We need bigger characters on the pitch, players who care and who are going to get after each other,” Lascelles told the BBC. “We have lacked it this season and no matter how good you are, if you don’t have that fight and hunger and desire, it doesn’t matter.” Do not doubt how difficult it is to lead a team of players who are both older than you and have significantly more experience. It demands both a strength of personality and a conviction in your own leadership skills. There are only two Premier League captains under the age of 27. Lascelles is the youngest by two full years. Those difficulties only increase when your own place in the team is insecure. Ciaran Clark, Florian Lejeune and Chancel Mbemba both have designs on a place in Benitez’s first team, and at the start of the season Lascelles was forced to sit and watch from bench as Jonjo Shelvey captained the side. The difference between the two personalities could not be greater. If that wasn’t enough, Lascelles has led Newcastle through a period of great change. If Championship promotion was expected, it brought its own pressure to perform. This is a club again fractured by the relationship between supporters and owner, accusations of negligence and neglect thrown in Mike Ashley’s direction after a summer of transfer market stagnation. Squawka Football ✔ @Squawka Jamaal Lascelles' game by numbers vs. Swansea: 100% tackles won 10 clearance 2 interceptions 1 clean sheet 1 goal A captain's display. In these circumstances, a captain’s job is to ensure that the players’ full focus is on the matches ahead, but also to try and unite the supporters behind the team despite the off-field distractions. It is a task that has proved beyond many seasoned professionals. Some captains lead through demonstrations of emotion and passion, the chest-beaters. Others lead through example. Lascelles’ sprint and slide to thwart Tammy Abraham when the Swansea striker had rounded Rob Elliott was magnificent. You can blame Abraham for not lifting the ball over the defender, but Lascelles made up four yards on the ball and his opponent. Plenty would have given up. This is not a young man who gives up easily. Having saved his team at one end, Lascelles then dragged his team to victory at the other. Matt Ritchie’s corner found the defender six yards from goal and inexplicably unmarked by Alfie Mawson. The header was drilled past the excellent Lukas Fabianski. Yet the clearest indication of Lascelles’ maturity came after the game had ended and he had applauded the away support to 3,000 cheers. Asked about his sliding, saving tackle, Lascelles smiled. “It was my fault. I was ball-watching. I have to do better.” It is easy to place too much emphasis on a player’s words over their actions, but on Sunday Lascelles excelled in both. Newcastle’s squad may not have been afforded enough summer investment, but you can’t buy commitment. This is a club and city that makes heroes of its loved ones. Some players revel in that, but it is just as easy to feel suffocated by the weight of expectation. It is a cliche, but the mood of Newcastle is truly defined by the results of its football team. As the leader of men, you are the leader of them. Rafael Benitez may have missed Sunday’s game after recovering from a hernia operation, but in his captain he has the perfect standard bearer for his own philosophy. Lascelles is proof that neither age nor experience are necessary ingredients for strong leadership. http://www.football365.com/news/f365s-early-winner-jamaal-lascelles This is a wonderful article. Just a pleasing read. He really was fantastic today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 He protec, but he also attac Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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