Jamaal Lascelles ‘If Ayoze Perez gets a half chance, he normally puts it away.”

Newcastle United Official Statement: Newcastle Captain named for new season by Rafa Benitez.

Absence of injured Chancel Mbemba stirred the debate of whether Grant Hanley or Jamaal Lascelles gets the Captain’s job this coming season.

So is this a not so well hidden subliminal message from the club as to who will be Newcastle Captain for the rest of the season, or just another example of NUFC incompetence…the truth is out there..

A clear choice by United fans of who should take over as Newcastle Captain against Stoke, in place of the injured Coloccini.

We have came up with eight live possibilities to be Newcastle Captain v Stoke in Fabricio Coloccini’s absence – vote now.

It’s not the first time that Fabricio Coloccini’s captaincy has been questioned, so how credible is Jonjo Shelvey as a challenger for the armband?

Giving Coloccini the job of Newcastle Captain originally was bizarre, then even more baffling when he was allowed to keep it season after season…

McClaren says Coloccini ‘absolutely’ stays in the team and remains as Captain but what do the fans say…definitive poll result in now.

Fabricio Coloccini is just one of the many problems Steve McClaren has inherited at St James Park…