by P!ssed Off »
07 Apr 2013 20:00
Ian Royal [quote="P!ssed Off"
So if Adkins selects SImon Church as our next captain you'd be fine with that?
Everything I've seen on the pitch this season suggests that McAnuff is not a suitable captain, nothing to do with pig ignorant prejudice.
What if I say I think McAnuff is good winger but a shit captain, which part of this is prejudice.
Extrapolating to the point of ridiculousness does not help your argument. People have been talking the same old shit about Jobi as captain based on nothing since he was made captain. He did a good job last year, he's doing an ok job this year under very difficult circumstances. If he wasn't, he wouldn't have survived as captain for two seasons.
The McAnuff I watch does talk to the players. He does lead by example. He tracks back and does his defensive work, he always keeps plugging away even when it's not going right for him. His head does go down when he's not having much joy against the full back and now when we conceed again, but it doesn't stop him talking to the players or keeping on trying.
Captain is the thing where the fans have the least clue about the job and the attributes of the players to be suited to it.[/quote]
He's probably done his best but he's not a natural born-leader, leadership being the topic of the thread. If, as you say, he's the best candidate within the squad for captaincy then I think we need to get a few influential players in over the summer.