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title: "Fans on social media blast ‘awful’ Jamaal Lascelles for ‘terrible’ performance"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2021-11-29T17:24:41Z"
modified: "2021-11-29T17:24:42Z"
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# Fans on social media blast ‘awful’ Jamaal Lascelles for ‘terrible’ performance

Newcastle United’s winless start in the Premier League continued following a [2-0 defeat to Arsenal on Saturday](https://www.nufc.co.uk/matches/first-team/2021-22/arsenal-v-newcastle-united/) afternoon and Jamaal Lascelles was one of many players criticised for his performance.

The 28-year-old captained the side at centre-back as Arsenal had 24 shots over the 90 minutes and was given a player rating of 5/10 by [Chronicle Live](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/arsenal-newcastle-united-player-ratings-22295086).

Lascelles also picked up a fifth booking of the season and will be [suspended](https://www.premierleague.com/news/2287133) for Newcastle’s next game, so it’s not surprising that supports on [social media](https://twitter.com/search?q=jamaal%20lascelles&src=typed_query&f=live) slated his contribution.

https://twitter.com/pat\_furious/status/1465264650321285125?s=20

> Lascelles is so terrible
>
> — AZult (@Sarvioo) [November 29, 2021](https://twitter.com/Sarvioo/status/1465352900864057348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/LittlerGeordie/status/1464921665427673093?s=20

https://twitter.com/PaulProud3/status/1464939648883515392?s=20

> Lascelles has been really poor this season, Ritchie isn't a lb or lwb, needs to be playing on the rm for me, it's where we've seen him play his best.\
> Go back to a back four of manquillo, schah, Fernandez and Lewis
>
> — Mal (@nuttyboyrich) [November 29, 2021](https://twitter.com/nuttyboyrich/status/1465299336779214851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Our Captain Lascelles isn't up to the job.\
> He needs gardening duties and not played any more. He's very poor.\
> My opinion.
>
> — John Hunter (@Hillas64John) [November 29, 2021](https://twitter.com/Hillas64John/status/1465342312993771526?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

[Against Arsenal](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1549659/LiveStatistics/England-Premier-League-2021-2022-Arsenal-Newcastle-United), Lascelles played a full 90 minutes, had 51 touches, won one aerial duel, failed to block a shot, completed 82.1% of his 39 passes, failed to make a tackle, made eight clearances and failed to make an interception.

The 28-year-old has made [11 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jamaal-lascelles/leistungsdaten/spieler/183318) in all competitions this season, scoring one goal. He’ll miss the Magpies’ home clash with Norwich City on Tuesday evening, however, so Eddie Howe will be forced into a defensive change.

Ciaran Clark was on the bench against Arsenal and might be starting in Lascelles’ stead. Only a win will do as Newcastle sit rock bottom of the [Premier League](https://www.whoscored.com/Regions/252/Tournaments/2/Seasons/8618/Stages/19793/Show/England-Premier-League-2021-2022) table with six points from a possible 39. They’re without a win in the league and have conceded 29 goals already.

***[In other news, fans on social media react as Newcastle are linked with Nathan Ake](https://readnewcastle.com/2021/11/27/fans-on-social-media-react-as-newcastle-are-linked-with-nathan-ake/)***