4. Colback Has At Least One Rival For The Captain's Armband
If Fabricio Coloccini does depart this summer then that will leave Steve McClaren with a decision to make: who will be his Newcastle United captain? Jack Colback has worn the captain's armband from the beginning of three separate matches throughout pre-season so far and looked nailed on to be McClaren's first choice, but on Sunday the responsibility was handed to Daryl Janmaat. Interestingly, in a WhatCulture.com/NUFC poll last week, Newcastle supporters voted for Janmaat (36%) over Colback (28%) as their choice to be the club's next skipper. It seems McClaren still has a big decision to make on who will captain the Magpies going forward...