bluebarn said:I agree that in an ideal world the captain would have earned the right to be so over a period, however, when you consider that 8 of our starting 11 last night (excluding SWP as it's his second spell) have been at the club less than a year, and of that 8 5 were signed in the summer, then earning the right has to be secondary to giving it to the best man for the job irrespective of his time at the club.
Tricky_Trev said:In my honest opinion, Barry is not vocal enough to be captain. He's in the "lead by example" category of captains, but i prefer captains to be organisers. Despite him only just walking through the door, Toure has been commanding everyone, encouraging everyone, bollocking those that need to be bollocked, etc. I think he's a great captain. Barry will no doubt be vice-captain.