“Don’t think he’ll be a miss tbh” – A lot of Newcastle fans seem to be not worried by the latest injury news on Jamaal Lascelles.
The Newcastle captain has played every league game this season but was substituted in the 20th minute of our 2-1 win over Bournemouth.
Callum Wilson appeared to push Lascelles into Martin Dubravka, and the Evening Chronicle is reporting that the 26-year-old will be out until 2020 with suspected knee ligament damage.
Luckily Newcastle have five other players capable of playing centre-back, and we should be able to deal with the loss of Lascelles for the next few weeks.
Both Fabian Schar and Florian Lejeune should be available after the international break meaning that Lascelles’ absence should not affect the team too badly.
Do you think we will miss Lascelles?
Yes
No
The Newcastle skipper is a superb organiser and leader, and we will miss those qualities, but the strength of depth we have in defence should be enough to see us through till the skipper returns.
See the best of the reaction below.
Not great news… 😩
Newcastle United seem likely to be without Jamaal Lascelles until early 2020 after the centre-back suffered a knee injury in the 2-1 win against AFC Bournemouth.https://t.co/2NtxlhXk8o #NUFC
— NUFC360 (@NUFC360) November 12, 2019
Not great news, but on the form of Clark, Schar and Fernandez, and with Lejeune returning, we should be OK #NUFC
— Dean Burns (@deanoburns) November 12, 2019
Bright side – #NUFC is by far the deepest at CB.
And if we being honest, Lascelles probably isn’t one of the three best CBs on the squad.
— Adam P. Tait (@aptait) November 12, 2019
He’s our fourth best CB, it’s no drama at all.
— JamboMalumbo (@JamboMalumbo) November 12, 2019
Don’t think he’ll be a miss tbh. Lejeune, Fernandez, Schar all better defenders
— Kris. (@karcher_nufc) November 12, 2019
These Newcastle fans feel we will cope without Lascelles.
Wishing you a quick recovery.
— Maxt (@TownsonMax) November 12, 2019
Speedy recovery Captain
— Ginkoh_NUFC (@Ginkohro) November 12, 2019
That is gutting. But defense is where we have most depth. Just a shame its our skipper
— Classified (@Alonosi) November 12, 2019
Other Toon supporters are wishing our captain a speedy recovery.