So after playing him a lot in pre season and still playing him as Captain it looks like nothing has changed or is going to change in that department before the start of the new season. After another lackluster display yesterday I just can't understand why Eddie hasn't stripped him of the captaincy yet. Maybe he does things in the dressing room and at training we don't see but even if you are a leader off the field to be captain you need to back that up with big displays on the field and he just doesn't do that. I see Gerrard has just recently taken the captaincy off Ming's at Villa and all the pundits on sky where saying he's made the correct decision not only for Villa but for Ming's as well. I honestly think that would be the case if Howe took it off Lascelles. Unlike some I still really like Lascelles and I personally think he's got it in the locker to battle the other lads for a starting spot alongside Botman I just don't think the pressure of being club captain helps at all. Now we have him, Schar and Burn basically battling it out for that spot next to Botman he won't be playing every game even if fit so why have him as club captain then have to give other regular starters the armband? I think Pope, Trips or even Botman should take the armband personally I think that would really help Lascelles on field performances get to the level they need to be at. I'm a huge fan of Eddie Howe but for me this is his only real mistake so far. But then again what do I know. What do you guys think?