Chancel Mbemba

[Dan Gleebals]

If Rafa stays can see him making them a great partnership. Get two decent fullbacks and they could work. That said can see rafa bringing in an experienced cb as well.

 

Dont think we will see colo or taylor again unless we are desperate. 

[The College Dropout]

Haven't seen that scan stuff.  I read that article from CNN saying Chancel think he's born in '90.  A Congolese court ruled that he was born in '94 after he was sent home by Anderlecht due to the age thing and that was that. 

[Geordie Ahmed]

If that NFL player (a'shawn robinson) is 21 then I have no reason to doubt M'bembas age

[timeEd32]

He can be a bit suspect on the ball within our half, which led to a lot of hoofs yesterday but can't complain otherwise.

[triggs]

Mbemba doesn't look any older than early twenties to me

[TRon]

 

Anyway - he looks so much better alongside  Lascelles.

 

 

It shouldn't be that much of a surprise since there was a fair few of us who thought that he would look a lot better alongside a big dominant defender. Some decent organisation at the back won't have done any harm either.

[Andy]

It's helped that we've had two defensively-competent fullbacks playing as well tbh. The centre backs were getting pulled all over the backline covering for Janmaat in particular

[Kanj]

Mbemba doesn't look any older than early twenties to me

 

Yeah he actually doesn't really look old at all in most pictures. Some are damning though

 

He's got a hell of a last ditch slide clearance.

[Deuce]

Chancel Mbemba puts the recent rise in Newcastle’s performances and confidence down to one thing.

 

The influence of Rafa Benitez.

 

Chancel Mbemba says that Rafa is ‘the number one – the leader’ and that everything ‘trickles down from the very top’ and ‘every single one of us has confidence’.

 

I think there was something ‘trickling down’ from the top when Steve McClaren was in charge but I don’t think it was confidence…

 

Except in exceptional and poisonous circumstances inside a football club, you are never going to get a player slagging off the current manager.

 

However, with Rafa Benitez you do get the feeling that the players genuinely do respect him and have reacted to the best of their abilities in this relegation fight under the new boss.

 

Even the first team players who have been dramatically dropped, such as Wijnaldum, Shelvey and Mitrovic, appear to have reacted in the right way.

 

It does really confirm what we all knew, the most important person inside any club isn’t any player, it is the person you rely on to pick, train and motivate your players.

 

We knew that Pardew, Carver and McClaren weren’t up to the job and now we just hope against hope that Rafa Benitez is here for the long haul.

 

Chancel Mbemba talking to the official club website:

 

“Every single one of us has confidence in ourselves and in each other.

 

“It’s thanks to the coach, who is the number one – the leader. He instills that in every single one of us, players and staff.

 

“It trickles down from the very top and the whole squad have that confidence now.

 

“With Karl Darlow, I watched his performance (win over Palace) from the very beginning to the final whistle, I had absolute faith in him.

 

“When they got the penalty, I looked at him and said to myself ‘he’s going to save it, and we’re going to win this game’.”

 

“We were really happy, every single person in the dressing room was delighted.

 

“We deserved the win. Not just us, the players, but everyone involved, the staff and fans as well.

 

“We worked hard to take the three points. We identified it as a must win game and we needed it. We knew that it could mean we leave the relegation zone.

 

“We just need to continue to work hard to make sure we stay out of the relegation zone and stay in the Premier League.”

 

http://www.themag.co.uk/2016/05/chancel-mbemba-rafa-benitez-number-one-leader-newcastle-united/

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[Ikon]

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[Darth Crooks]

Chancel Mbumme

[toontownman]

Thought, like many others on the pitch for us, he had a great game today. Very important we find a way to keep him if we can. Building a defence around him and Lascelles is pivitol. Can see one of Saylor or Colo being retained to keep as experience but hopefully we bin them both and just bring someone new in.

 

If Brighton fuck it at home to Sheffield Weds, which the basically already have Dunk will be off and be a good option to compliment Lascelles and Mbemba. 

 

[afar]

Hopefully our crapness most of the season, especially at the back, have helped masked this guy's ability, if PL teams did their research he should be one of the first poached, when you consider his supposed age he can only get better.

[The College Dropout]

Hopefully our crapness most of the season, especially at the back, have helped masked this guy's ability

 

He's been pap. But aye, reckon there's a good chance he stays and he would do well at that level imo

[TRon]

Hopefully our crapness most of the season, especially at the back, have helped masked this guy's ability

 

He's been pap. But aye, reckon there's a good chance he stays and he would do well at that level imo

 

He's been almost flawless since Benitez got the back four organised. Looks a million dollars right now.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

He's always looked good man, great signing.

[The College Dropout]

Hopefully our crapness most of the season, especially at the back, have helped masked this guy's ability

 

He's been pap. But aye, reckon there's a good chance he stays and he would do well at that level imo

 

He's been almost flawless since Benitez got the back four organised. Looks a million dollars right now.

Like the silly back header against Sunderland? Or that brilliant performance against Norwich?

 

He's looked good recently aye. 

[TRon]

Hopefully our crapness most of the season, especially at the back, have helped masked this guy's ability

 

He's been pap. But aye, reckon there's a good chance he stays and he would do well at that level imo

 

He's been almost flawless since Benitez got the back four organised. Looks a million dollars right now.

Like the silly back header against Sunderland? Or that brilliant performance against Norwich?

 

He's looked good recently aye. 

 

That's why I specifically said since Benitez got the back four organised. It does sometimes take a few games for a coach to get a team used to working how he wants. Putting Lascelles in there alongside him instead of Taylor definitely helped.

[The College Dropout]

Hopefully our crapness most of the season, especially at the back, have helped masked this guy's ability

 

He's been pap. But aye, reckon there's a good chance he stays and he would do well at that level imo

 

He's been almost flawless since Benitez got the back four organised. Looks a million dollars right now.

Like the silly back header against Sunderland? Or that brilliant performance against Norwich?

 

He's looked good recently aye. 

 

That's why I specifically said since Benitez got the back four organised. It does sometimes take a few games for a coach to get a team used to working how he wants. Putting Lascelles in there alongside him instead of Taylor definitely helped.

Okay and I agree.  But over the course of the season he's generally been pap.  This is true for pretty much everyone except Dummett, Townsend, Elliot.  Who all missed legs parts of it anyway.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

That's just wrong.

[Gallowgate Toon]

I thought he started the season OK, was reasonable in that period when we actually won some games but then he went downhill. Been generally good for the final stretch, especially when paired with someone that complements him.

[Disco]

Amazing what a bit of proper coaching & finally getting to grips with the league and it's demands can do for a player, particularly a young centre half. Starting to look like the player he should've been from the start.