The pundit believes that Lascelles has failed to live up to the expectations over the years. Despite having the physical prowess to succeed in English football, he hasn’t quite fulfilled his potential.
Bent said (cited by Chronicle): “He’s a funny one Lascelles. For someone who’s been captain of Newcastle for a long time now, you think to yourself he’s captain at a big club like Newcastle, he needs to have a look at what’s going on. With that physical frame, he should have been at least capped once for England or been spoken about. The fact that he’s not, he needs to have a look at himself, this is too frequent with him.