Next Captain

You can see when Kolo plays for Ivory Coast how determined, vocal and influential he is. When he first arrived here he was doing quite a good job of marshalling things from the back, he tried very hard to help Micah. I guess something went wrong in the mean time because that all stopped by mid season, Micah apparently preferred to listen to SWP (ye gods). Although he won't be a first pick, I would stick with him as club captain, as I think he has a superb attitude and bags of experience. Having his brother as a key player in the dressing room will strengthen his ability to influence things. Viera could fill this role but really he's going to be aligned to closely to the coaching staff to be trusted fully by the players.

So we'll still need a deputy. Kolo's brother is not quite as vocal, and can be a bit indisciplined, so that rules him out. Kompany has a great head on his shoulders and is very articulate, but I think lacks the gravitas to rule over people like Bellamy and Tevez. De Jong is not right for the job, he is one of the least tactically aware players in the starting eleven. One of the main problems caused by a lack of true leadership this season was the tendancy to stay too deep too long. De Jong was one of the culprits here. If he can't, or won't push himself out, how can you expect him to get everyone else to do it? Tevez is a talisman but also an individualist at heart, he's an absolute non-starter. Given did okay in the role, he is very strong mentally, and has a big mouth, but I would suggest Barry is likely to find himself wearing the armband on most match-days.
 
I would have loved to see Bellers get it . He wears his heart on his sleeve and tbh I think he would be a perfect captain without the attitude but i would like to see de jong or kompany get it both natural leaders.
 
Call me naive, but... Do captains actually do that much different than other people in the team?
OK, they talk to the ref when a player needs to calm down etc, but thats nothing that should make a player stand out?
 
Vocal leaders will be like that regardless of being given the captains armband.. Should be given to someone who may work a bit harder as a captain..

Kompany De Jong and Bellars will always be the same and as leaders...

according to most younger players Bellamy is the one who helps them in
training and he isn't a captain..
 
It's something that's been overlooked but it's important that the right decision is made.
A clear captain, a clear vice captain and so on.
For me he needs to be vocal, obviously he has to know how to lead and popular in the squad helps.

Kompany, a strong lad, has a lot of respect in the team.
or
Given, a very popular player, has a lot of experience as captain and was nearly always the stand in captain at Newcaslte when they were in between managers.
But he's a keeper, so I don't know. I still think he'd make a good captain.

I remember when Steve Staunton was manager of Ireland (dark times..dark times) and he picked Robbie Keane as captain over Given who was highly favoured at the time, he said in the interview that the reason he didn't was because he was a keeper and at the end of the day, Given didn't need the armband to roar off his line, now if anyone sits behind the goals he's in you will hear just how loud he can be.
And maybe that is the point, players who are vocal will always be vocal, they don't need the captaincy for that to happen.

Just we need to pick the right captain and we need to stick with it. It needs to be someone the players respect and strong enough to take any pressure thrown at them and lead by example.
 
blue_bird said:
Ntini77 said:
He'll be lucky to get a game.
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Oh really? And why's that then?
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I think if Yaya arrives, then it'll be between Barry and De Jong for the deeper lying role. With Yaya being the more creative CM of the three, it's possible, Mancini will go for De Jong as he's the defensively of the three.

It depends how Mancini wants us to play i guess, Yaya could also bring the best out of Barry too, he didn't play in a position that suits him last season.
 
GStar said:
blue_bird said:
Oh really? And why's that then?
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I think if Yaya arrives, then it'll be between Barry and De Jong for the deeper lying role. With Yaya being the more creative CM of the three, it's possible, Mancini will go for De Jong as he's the defensively of the three.

It depends how Mancini wants us to play i guess, Yaya could also bring the best out of Barry too, he didn't play in a position that suits him last season.
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Don't help him out!
 
blue_bird said:
GStar said:
I think if Yaya arrives, then it'll be between Barry and De Jong for the deeper lying role. With Yaya being the more creative CM of the three, it's possible, Mancini will go for De Jong as he's the defensively of the three.

It depends how Mancini wants us to play i guess, Yaya could also bring the best out of Barry too, he didn't play in a position that suits him last season.
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Don't help him out!
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Haha... Sorry, Barry for captain!
 
I can't remember us having a decent captain since Morrison then Pearce! Dunne was player of the season for four years but he had zero charisma and zero communication skills on the pitch which a captain requires!

Kolo isn't a good enough player to be captain!

Kompany absolutely has to be captain from next season and ongoing, surely!?
 
GStar said:
blue_bird said:
Oh really? And why's that then?
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I think if Yaya arrives, then it'll be between Barry and De Jong for the deeper lying role. With Yaya being the more creative CM of the three, it's possible, Mancini will go for De Jong as he's the defensively of the three.

It depends how Mancini wants us to play i guess, Yaya could also bring the best out of Barry too, he didn't play in a position that suits him last season.
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Tend to agree it's between Garth Barry and de Jong. Only one winner there for me, I think Barry is a far superior player. I like Nige but he is a very limited player. They don't have place in the starting midfield of a title challenging team.
 
I'd say 1 of Given, Kompany or Barry. I'd more lead to Given or Barry though for the pure fact Kompany is only 24. I think we should leave him to what he does best whereas we know Barry can be captain when he was at Villa and Given is very experienced :)
 
Who will it be?

At the minute I cant look past Kompany.

We need a captain who will be relied upon and not sat on the bench. Surely Kolo wont be kept on as captain next season?
 
I'd like Yaya to take up the captaincy straight away as he has the winning mentality and leadership skills to go with it. Besides from one Touré to another will be a smoother and more stress-free transition. Either him or VK.
 
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