Is there a a worse cb in the league? Bad on the ball Gets dragged out of position repeatedly throughout games Can't tackle on his feet Can't pass short or long The worst part is he's our captain.. He's a shocking player and he'll start every game under Bruce. I don't care what by one says about this nonsense schar can't play in a 4 he's on another level in every area of the game to lacelles. Lacelles needs to be dropped and ffs don't get me started on jonjo shelvey vs sidescwe only have 30% possesion it's just unfathomablely stupid.
Players should be in the team on merit/performances. Sadly Bruce has his favourites regardless of how badly they play.
I understand he can't pick everyone, but schar Lewis, almiron, Fraser, Wilson and max ALL have to be in our 1st 11.. It's the others he needs to be playing round with... We cannot afford to be leaving 3 of our best players out every week
I can't understand why he was thrown in last night... Schar played well vs Burnley and he's a full Swiss international thatd even captained their side and he can't get a game at cb in our side? Seriously Bruce could do alot of damage by the time he's gone
Lascelles is ****. We should have got £30-40m for him under Rafa. Schar was also valued at £20m due to his form under Rafa. it seems Bruce is rapidly eroding player values through his ****e management. remember a managers job is to win football matches and his record is one of the ****test in PL history. visually he’s useless. statistically he’s useless.
I saw someone make a good point yesterday, he does absolutely nothing but side pass. I'd never noticed this until last night and now I **** myself whenever he's given the ball. He gets the ball, side passes it, moves into space, gets it back, side passes it. Even Mike Williamson moved the ball forward ffs, infact, Williamson was overall a far, far superior player. Lacelles is quite honestly one of the most useless players I've ever seen, his marking on Maguire for their first goal was an absolute disgrace to defending, he should be taken out back and shot. Unfortunately, our first fat useless sack of ****e decided to make him captain, now this second useless sack of ****e has kept him in the position. So this is a two manager 4 year plus screw job in the making. From two useless old ****s. If Lacelles was not the captain (who instantly tried to shift blame for his own **** up onto his teammates btw) Darlow would have ripped his ****ing head off for that marking. As he's captain he's untouchable. Send that **** to Sunderland, he's just about their level.
Unfortunately this entire argument falls flat, both of those players were younger when Rafa was around, Lascelles was really young in fact. That youth makes them a prospect and gives them a large next worth net to their name. See Sean Longstaff for 60M. The issue is that Rafa, not really knowing this players true capabilties decided to give him the captaincy, since receiving the armband Jamaal has become untouchable, he hasn't developed one iota from the player he was years ago. He has stagnated and became complacent. This is why it's traditional to give older, confident, experienced players the captaincy and not kids. Rafa Benitez is an experienced Champions League winner and I cannot believe he does not know this. So, for me, it's further evidence he didn't give a flying **** about Newcastle United. Bruce is just not good enough, but neither was Rafa. Sorry, that is a FACT.
You're blaming Rafa for Bruce carrying on with Lascelles? We had a much stronger (5 man) defence under Rafa so Lascelles ****ness didn't get noticed as much. Now that it does, Bruce still continues to pick him
You said he's became untouchable since Rafa gave him the armband. That's nonsense, especially since Bruce has deliberately dismantled the good things Rafa done with the side and left alone the worse thing Rafa done
untouchable from a players point of view on the pitch as it directly followed me saying "Darlow woulda ripped his head off, but he's captain and untouchable" which means he's made none responsible for all his mistakes. he can overpower everyone and direct blame onto his teammates. I saw it with my own eyes on camera. My argument is both are old ****ing codgers without a clue. see rafa benitez's win record in china for details currently worse than Bruce's here see his equally aged colleagues record in china for details hint its better than Rafas **** off ben good afternoon.
i reckon what you should do Ben is learn how to first read the post I reply too, before you instantly press the reply button with frothing rage and send a response to me ACS mentioned Bruce destroyed the worth of those players i am saying those players were always ****ing useless, I am bemused that our previous fat slob manager made him captain like i said mate the reading is key for this site
nah i just type with colourful words i'm actually sipping an english breakfast tea, watching a documentary about monkies and considering turning on my hungover girlfriend. but she can be a right grumpy **** when she has a headache. dunno tho
He's useless.. He thinks he's good and keeps rushing out of position and fails to intercept every single time.. If he does get the ball he plays it to the keeper, hoofs it.. Sideways passes are actually his second train of thought from what I've seen.. The biggest issue is we'll never get rid of the ****er
I actually think he's worse than Taylor was, footballing wise. Probably equal when it comes to clapping, pointing, shouting and fistbumps though