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I know it's something totally normal and you'd expect someone with any ounce of empathy (and his money, given how much drinks in HanaHana are) to do, but what a top bloke. An absolute credit to the club and the captaincy.

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/newcastle-captain-jamaal-lascelles-incredible-11607604

 

Great display of kindness & compassion, regardless of how much money he has. Acts of selflessness like that are of benefit to all not just the person directly helped, imo.

 

Love him :thup:

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It's important to have a proper stopper in this league, especially with how we play. We need someone willing to do the grunt work, organizing, and general cajoling to keep players going.

 

I think Lejeuene has shown he has some very good defensive ability and can become that type of player for us, but he's having to adapt to a new style and tempo of defending. He's proven himself in Spain so I have no doubt he'll bed in here just fine, he absolutely needs someone to be the lead defender next to him though.

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Always feel like there's backhanded compliments with Lascelles.

 

Wtf is a "proper stopper"? He's a defender, a good one. And seemingly a leader of men and an organiser too.

 

That's the sort of centre back he is - blocks, clearances, aerial battles, deep defending. It's not a backhanded compliment.

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Always feel like there's backhanded compliments with Lascelles.

 

Wtf is a "proper stopper"? He's a defender, a good one. And seemingly a leader of men and an organiser too.

 

That's the sort of centre back he is - blocks, clearances, aerial battles, deep defending. It's not a backhanded compliment.

 

Meanwhile he's a leader, his footwork is improving and he's also a goal threat. :thup:

 

Concur with everyone saying how badly we need him back. He's massive for us, even though he's nowhere near the finished article.

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Always feel like there's backhanded compliments with Lascelles.

 

Wtf is a "proper stopper"? He's a defender, a good one. And seemingly a leader of men and an organiser too.

 

That's the sort of centre back he is - blocks, clearances, aerial battles, deep defending. It's not a backhanded compliment.

 

Are we talking about the same defender here?

 

He's an organiser, a leader, great in the air in both boxes. "Blocks, clearances and deep defending" is you trying to put him in a box. He's no Sergio Ramos but he mostly plays the ball on the ground.

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Always feel like there's backhanded compliments with Lascelles.

 

Wtf is a "proper stopper"? He's a defender, a good one. And seemingly a leader of men and an organiser too.

 

That's the sort of centre back he is - blocks, clearances, aerial battles, deep defending. It's not a backhanded compliment.

 

Are we talking about the same defender here?

 

He's an organiser, a leader, great in the air in both boxes. "Blocks, clearances and deep defending" is you trying to put him in a box. He's no Sergio Ramos but he mostly plays the ball on the ground.

 

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How is «proper stopper» a backhanded compliment? It literally means Lascelles is a proper stopper, whereas other stoppers are not as proper as he is. It’s a literal compliment as it elevates him above others at his position :lol:

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Always feel like there's backhanded compliments with Lascelles.

 

Wtf is a "proper stopper"? He's a defender, a good one. And seemingly a leader of men and an organiser too.

 

That's the sort of centre back he is - blocks, clearances, aerial battles, deep defending. It's not a backhanded compliment.

 

Are we talking about the same defender here?

 

He's an organiser, a leader, great in the air in both boxes. "Blocks, clearances and deep defending" is you trying to put him in a box. He's no Sergio Ramos but he mostly plays the ball on the ground.

 

As we're in the Jamaal Lascelles thread, yes, I think we're talking about the same defender.

 

Of course he can do other stuff, but that side of defending is his main game at the moment and really important. He's not a particularly great reader of the game, interceptor or tackler, IMO, not that he can't get better. He has obvious limitations on the ball which is absolutely fine for us, for both now and in the future, because he keeps it simple. I already mentioned he's a good organizer and leader.

 

As if you're digging someone else out on football terminology, like. To my knowledge, stopper is a pretty old-fashioned term for a type of defender, my 63-year old Dad uses it :lol: Weren't you banging on about Matuidi being a 'shuttler' or some utter s**** last year?

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Former Nottingham Forest defender Jamaal Lascelles modestly insists a heart-warming act of kindness to a former Marine in Newcastle is “not a big deal”.

 

The 24-year-old took help for heroes into his own hands as he came to the aid of a disabled ex-serviceman who had fallen out of his wheelchair while crossing a road.

 

Newcastle United captain Lascelles, who is currently sidelined with an ankle injury, was going for dinner with his girlfriend when he saw the man in difficulty.

 

And, in an interview with next week’s MOTD Magazine, he explained: “The other day me and my girlfriend, we just went to Hana for some food and as I was pulling up there was a guy kind of falling out of his wheelchair.

 

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“So obviously I went over and helped him and his wheelchair had broken, one of the wheels had snapped off so I was trying to fix that.

 

 

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“I was raining, it was freezing, it was about 8 o’clock at night.

 

“I couldn’t fix it. I felt really bad because he was with his girlfriend or wife, I think she was pregnant too. I felt really bad for him so I thought ‘okay, I’ll try and get him in my car and I’ll give him a lift home’.

 

“It was only in Gateshead where he lived. I lifted him up but I think he’d just had an operation – he didn’t have any legs. I tried to lift him but it was too painful for him.

 

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“My car’s quite high up so I didn’t know what to do, so I said ‘come inside the restaurant’. I got him a few drinks, I was chatting to him and I rang him a taxi that could take people with wheelchairs.

 

“That came, I got him in there and said ‘I’ll get you a few tickets’. I gave him my gloves, gave him £20 for the taxi. I felt sorry for him.

 

“When it comes to things like that I’ve got a proper soft spot. He’s battling on, he said he had to push himself 30 minutes back to his house!

 

 

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“It just makes you wake up and think we’re in a really fortunate position as footballers, we get things handed to us – obviously we’ve had to work hard to get ourselves to this situation, but he went to work one day and his legs were blown off.

 

“It gets me annoyed about this ankle, I can’t train, but he’s wheeling himself around Newcastle with no legs. I added him on Facebook and we’ve exchanged a few messages. I’m going to give him a few tickets.”

 

“I do have a soft spot for things like that and he was the nicest guy ever,” he added.

 

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“I think he was about 27, he lost his legs when he was 24.

 

“It just makes you think about how fortunate we are as footballers, we don’t have anything to moan about, at all.

 

“He was an ex-marine. I think he was out in Afghanistan, I think he stepped on a mine. He lost his legs, but his upper body is so strong because he’s always wheeling. It was only 10 to 15 minutes out of my time.

 

“I was on the way into the restaurant, to me it’s not a big deal. To him it probably is.”

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