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Post by dirtygary69 on Jan 8, 2018 13:08:11 GMT
No...thats part of the problem, the leaders have gone...shawcross leads, but he needs a strong defence with him Shawcross can’t organise his own defence nevermind the players in front of him, he is a long way from the international player we all hoped he could become. A solid PL brick wall style CB at his best, but the game has moved on and he has been a shadow of the player he was 3-5 years ago before his injury troubles. He has also never been vocal enough on and off the pitch to be a captain. What does he need to do off the pitch? Walk around bollocking everyone? "How do these shoes fit, sir?" "NOT FUCKING GOOD ENOUGH. SORT IT FUCKING OUT"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2018 13:15:46 GMT
Can you explain the difference between club captain and team captain? I didn't know we had two captains at the club. The team captain is the player who is present at kick off for the coin toss and is sometimes called by the ref to pass on messages to his team mates. The club captain doesn't have to be present at matches and is normally selected on an annual basis. Gary Neville was club captain for man utd for over 5 years but was missing from the team through injury for a lot of that time. Rio Ferdinand and Ryan Giggs were team captains for most of that time. I don't know how institutionilised this is but there's a tendency to name a couple of vice-captains also. Huth was vice captain at Leicester when they won the League, but as Morgan, the captain, was pretty much ever present, Huth didn't get much practice. I think Fletcher was picked as vice captain at the start of the season. A strange appointment for a newcomer, but Hughes must have thought that a player with his pedigree would be a good choice for a leader. It wasn't.
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Post by stokie23 on Jan 8, 2018 13:51:24 GMT
If we do need a new captain, it isn’t anything to do with Ryan’s ability or leadership as a captain, it’s because of his injury record.
If you class a player playing 35+ league game as an injury free season. He has only had 5 out of 10 in the premiership.
We a captain that actually plays!
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