Newcastle 1-2 Club Atlas – NUFC Match Ratings

5. Jamaal Lascelles - 5/10

The Willo effect certainly toyed with the youngster's emotions during this game. Lascelles, who trained with England's senior side last Autumn no less, looked shaky and struggled to deal with the movement and pace of the Atlas forwards. He also needs to learn how not to give away pointless fouls, which he concedes all too often due to his size and strength. Remember when Fabricio Coloccini and Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa played alongside each other away at Everton against Romelu Lukaku? Well this was similar in the way that two similar players, with very similar weaknesses, played against a front line that exploited them to the max... The former Nottingham Forest man would benefit from playing alongside a smaller, ball-playing centre half who isn't Captain Colo... (He's past it, isn't he?)