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Written by Neil Harrison

10:49am Sunday, February 23rd, 2020

Commented 60 times

Of the three loan lads, Valentino Lazaro by far looked the best for Newcastle. He was one of the few Magpies playing with any urgency to bring the ball forward.

The Austrian also did a commendable job on Wilfried Zaha, who was kept quiet for significant periods of the game.

Unfortunately, Valentino was given a straight red for his professional foul in the final minute, meaning he’ll be unavailable for the crucial match against Burnley on Saturday.

After the match, Steve Bruce was asked about Lazaro’s sending off. The Chronicle have published some of his comments:

“With 10 seconds to go, does the referee really have to send him off? Is a yellow not sufficient? But rules are rules and we will abide by it.
“He played very well today, we didn’t find him enough – in wide areas, we ignored the lad. We needed to get it out to him, but he played very well.
“Our biggest problem all season has been evident – we have to create more of a threat in the opponent’s area – we have to look at it and analyze it, maybe change is sometimes for the best.”

Bruce mentioned changing things a lot after yesterday’s performance. The first thing Bruce may need to do is bring Isaac Hayden and Matt Ritchie back in for Nabil Bentaleb and Danny Rose.

The midfield pairing of Longstaff and Bentaleb does not complement each other, and that has been apparent in the past two games. We’ll also need some of Ritchie’s fire at St James Park against Burnley.

Hopefully, Javier Manquillo can come back in at right wing-back and pick up where he left off before he was injured on New Year’s Day.

Lazaro will miss next week, but we like some of what we’ve seen from the 23-year-old. It wouldn’t surprise us if Manquillo comes back and plays well, that Lazaro could put Miguel Almiron’s place at right-wing under threat.

Who Was Newcastle's Best Player At Crystal Palace?

Martin Dubravka (79%, 1,121 )
A. Saint-Maximin (9%, 133 )
Valentino Lazaro (3%, 45 )
Joelinton (2%, 30 )
Dwight Gayle (1%, 19 )
Fabian Schar (1%, 15 )
Miguel Almiron (1%, 13 )
Sean Longstaff (1%, 10 )
Federico Fernandez (1%, 9 )
Matt Ritchie (1%, 9 )
Nabil Bentaleb (0%, 6 )
Danny Rose (0%, 5 )
Jamaal Lascelles (0%, 4 )

Total Voters: 1,419

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60 comments so far

geordietom
Feb 23, 2020 at 11:30 AM
Comment #41
OP …
next time your walking your dog and Bruce is there ask him what the F..k he’s playing at …
😀
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#BoycottAshley ( OP)
Feb 23, 2020 at 11:32 AM
Comment #42
Geordie Tom
He would probably reply
“Walking the cat”
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wardy06
Feb 23, 2020 at 11:34 AM
Comment #43
I’d like to see us narrow the front 3, play them closer together. Switch Saint and Almiron, take a body out of back line and play higher up. This passive, defensive shite is pathetic. Only upside of us continuing to lose might be we stay up by skin of our teeth, i.e carver season, and we change managers in the summer. A Man can dream
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Rotonda heights
Feb 23, 2020 at 11:36 AM
Comment #44
Hibbitt
we got all the pre season bluster from bruce about how he was going to introduce attacking play yadda yadda yadda. Then despite effectively 8 new signings he started to play the ridiculously toe curling blame game with rafa. Is the guy really so guileless and lacking any kind of gumption that he can not stamp his own type of playing identity. I think this is as good as it gets with Bruce, as plan A if there is one, is anyone’s guess, let alone B, C + D.
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#BoycottAshley ( OP)
Feb 23, 2020 at 11:36 AM
Comment #45
https://www.themag.co.uk/2020/02/journalists-set-to-lose-in-6-days-time-their-steve-bruce-v-rafa-benitez-points-pointless-argument-newcastle-united/
A line in the sand could be crossed against Burnley
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geordietom
Feb 23, 2020 at 11:37 AM
Comment #46
OP …
tell him he dont walk the walk . he dont even talk the talk …
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Jib
Feb 23, 2020 at 11:37 AM
Comment #47
Cheers for that Micky
(thumbs up smiley emoji)
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Rotonda heights
Feb 23, 2020 at 11:38 AM
Comment #48
wardy
spot on, it’s like bruce is paralysed when it comes to changing anything. His motto seems to be, if it’s broken, don’t fix it.
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geordietom
Feb 23, 2020 at 11:39 AM
Comment #49
is this bruce’s song …
https://youtu.be/vgiDcJi534Y
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geordietom
Feb 23, 2020 at 11:46 AM
Comment #50
A friend of mine asked me which which writer had the best dinosaur stories , i suggested he Try Sarah Topps…
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geordietom
Feb 23, 2020 at 11:50 AM
Comment #51
What do you call a dinosaur with a extensive vocabulary? a thesaurus.
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Jib
Feb 23, 2020 at 11:53 AM
Comment #52
What do you call a blind dinosaur?
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Do-you-think-he-saurus.
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geordietom
Feb 23, 2020 at 11:53 AM
Comment #53
We do what we want, We do what we waa-ant, We’re Mags, We do what we want! Oh when the Mags (oh when the Mags), Go marching in (go marching in), Oh when the Mags go marching in, I wanna be in that number, We’re Magpies supporters, Loyal through and through, Over and over, We will follow you. We are the Geordies, the Geordie boot boys, For we are mental, we are mad, We’re the loudest football supporters, the world has ever had… Stand up if you hate Sunderland, Stand up if you hate Sunderland, Stand up if you hate Sunderland, Stand up if you hate Sunderland
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Rotonda heights
Feb 23, 2020 at 11:58 AM
Comment #54
OP @ 45
That link really gets to the nub of it.
I think many of us and those with even a little bit of perspective and rationale could see the car crash that ash had set in motion, forcing out rafa and 2 top goal scorers and bringing in the Z lister of all Z listers in Bruce and an impotent expensively assembled new strike force. Ash just couldn’t leave well alone when for once things were lookig on an upward curve. Why always us!!!!
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Rotonda heights
Feb 23, 2020 at 11:59 AM
Comment #55
jib that’s awful but did made me chuckle
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Jail for Ashley
Feb 23, 2020 at 11:59 AM
Comment #56
Nufc-83,
So if Rose and Bentaleb look no better than what we’ve got what would Graham potter have been able to do with them. People keep talking about these young progressive managers but who are they. Viera, Gerrard and Arteta turned us down, Jaap Staam reckons he knocked us back.
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Rotonda heights
Feb 23, 2020 at 12:01 PM
Comment #57
brucey boy get on the floor
everybody walk the dinosaur.
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Moonraker15
Feb 23, 2020 at 12:02 PM
Comment #58
Tom
Gibraltar is an interesting place a little bit of UK really with British style bobbys and phone boxes. There’s not a lot there really once you’ve seen the apes on the mount.
We regularly fly into Gib when we go to southern Spain as the airport is a lot less stressful than Malaga.
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Assassins Inc
Feb 23, 2020 at 12:04 PM
Comment #59
Only positive I can see from yesterday’s game is we are now one more game closer to not having to watch this shite for a few months.
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Moonraker15
Feb 23, 2020 at 12:09 PM
Comment #60
I think our only hope of getting rid of Ashley (and Bruce) is to drop down to the champo and cut the money streams.
Although, is there any slim possibility that a buyer is waiting to see if we stay up before bidding?
I’m dreaming again aren’t I ?
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17 February, 2023

I have an update on what's happening with my treatment for prostate cancer.

Last week, my oncologist called me late in the day and said he thought it was best to terminate my treatment with radium 223 dichloride because it was having such a negative effect on my health - specifically my digestive system.

I had completed 3 of the planned 6 infusions.

They had looked at the bone scans and three CAT scans I had early last week, and they showed no signs of the cancer spread being slowed or stopped: in fact, it was continuing to spread and my PSA account continued to rise.

The only treatment left now is to go back and have another bout of chemotherapy with docetaxel being the medication used.

I understand this will be a 7-month job with 10 sessions 3 weeks apart - almost double my first chemo treatment in Apil 2017, when I has 6 treatmnts.

The problem I have is that I'm in a very poor physical state right now, due to my digestive system being basically torn apart by the radium 223.

The radium 223 has leaked into my digestive system and caused me to have severe diarrhea, nausea, and heartburn, and it was (is) very serious.

They said it was too dangerous to proceed with the radium 223 treatment, with little benefit being shown.

I am also suffering from severe exhaustion, basically, because I have zero testosterone, and all the treatments I've had for the cancer, have further lessened the energy available to me.

It reminds me of the saying that if cancer doesn’t kill you - the treatment will (laugh).

It will probably take up to 8 weeks to get back to a physical state where I can start chemotherapy, and that's where I am now, but the cancer continues to spread in the bones.

I've also been put in touch with the dietitian from UNC Healthcare, who will help me get back my health - she is very helpful.

So that's where it stands it's been quite a journey over 12 years and I think I've had almost every treatment available.

It has really taken a toll on my body and on my energy, but that's where it stands and obviously, I'll do the best I can in the upcoming months with chemo and hope I can get through it.

It is as it is - and another challenge in life.

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