Yes I noticed. Luckily, we've got a manager coming that will be thinking with his head, not his heart.Which was the sentiment of the OP - however he seems to have been ridiculed for even mentioning it.
It's quite simple for me, as long as Kompany is at City then he is club captain. When he isn't playing the vice captain takes the arm band. Clearly as Kompany misses so many matches then the choice of vice captain is fairly important and needs to be somebody who plays most matches but why on earth would Pep come in and actively look to take away the captaincy from Kompany?
I don't think I have answered my own question at all because I made it pretty clear that despite the injuries I think there is absolutely no need to replace him as captain.Kind of answered your own question there chief.
I'm sure Pep's not going to come in and say, "sorry Vincent but you had a lot of injuries last season, so you're not captain anymore". I'd love to see Kompany have a relatively injury free season and keep the arm band. He's a great captain. However, if he continues to have injury, after injury, surely then a new captain will have to be considered.
It will be interesting to see who is vice captain next season. Surely Yaya (if he stays) won't be vice captain under Pep. It baffled me why MP chose a captain that didn't turn up until the 80th minute.
Yeah, you're right. What am I on about. Lets just keep him captain forever because he is a top bloke!I don't think I have answered my own question at all because I made it pretty clear that despite the injuries I think there is absolutely no need to replace him as captain.
No, just as long as he is a player at the club. It is ok you know, we can have different opinions on this without you attempting to belittle my opinion.Yeah, you're right. What am I on about. Lets just keep him captain forever because he is a top bloke!
I agree with this up to a point. That point is the ever growing doubts concerning VK's availability for selection. Quite simply put he just cannot afford to have another season like the one just past. Yes he is a legend but we cannot afford to have a captain/player who sometimes fails to mak it past the 15 min mark. My personal view which I have stated at least 5/6 times on here is that Vinny may well be forced into early retirement. It is not an easy one for us to digest but it is a prospect very much on the horizon I fear.No one in the squad deserves to lead the team more than Kompany.
Oh really? Have you read some of the replies to this post? "Absolute horse shit", "mind blowing bullshit", "up there with the shitest threads", "no new captain move on"....No, just as long as he is a player at the club. It is ok you know, we can have different opinions on this without you attempting to belittle my opinion.
You seem very passionate about Kompany not being captain, I can tell it means a lot to you.Oh really? Have you read some of the replies to this post? "Absolute horse shit", "mind blowing bullshit", "up there with the shitest threads", "no new captain move on"....
Of course you're welcome to your opinion, as is everyone else. I just think some people need to look at the bigger picture before dismissing it.
Some have even suggested the thread should be deleted. That's the equivalent of closing your eyes, sticking your fingers in your ears and saying no, no, no, no, hoping the issue will go away.
You may well be right but his injury record hardly suggests he'll be able to put it behind him.I'm sure Vinnies Injury problems will be put behind him, he's City through and through and going nowhere anytime soon..!
You can tell that? I already told you, I hope Vinny has an injury free season! I hope he keeps the arm band! I think he's a great captain! We all agree on that.You seem very passionate about Kompany not being captain, I can tell it means a lot to you.
Nobody knows exactly how Kompany's injury problems are going to pan out. Maybe his career is more or less over, maybe he will turn a corner with it and have a relatively injury free season. Either way, I don't really see why it would be an issue to have him as the club captain who is captain on the pitch when he plays and have a vice captain who takes over in his absence, even if it means the vice captain has the armband for 30 matches over the season. Kompany is a huge figure at the club, I suspect that actively taking the captaincy off him would have a bigger negative effect on the squad than the negative effects (whatever they are, can't really think of any myself) of having a vice captain who ends up having the armband on the pitch more often than not.You may well be right but his injury record hardly suggests he'll be able to put it behind him.
He's missed about a third of games since he arrived and the percentage of missed matches is getting progressively worse.
Five or six comebacks from injury this season alone makes grim reading and what's most worrying is they seem to happen when he's doing the most basic parts of the game.
It'l be a tragedy if his career is cut short but we have to put the club first and consider the possibility of a future without him on the pitch,I would give him this season as it's the least he deserves to see whether he can make a sustained recovery.
Wholeheartedly agree on the captaincy issue,I don't think in modern day football its that relevant from a playing perspective anyway.Nobody knows exactly how Kompany's injury problems are going to pan out. Maybe his career is more or less over, maybe he will turn a corner with it and have a relatively injury free season. Either way, I don't really see why it would be an issue to have him as the club captain who is captain on the pitch when he plays and have a vice captain who takes over in his absence, even if it means the vice captain has the armband for 30 matches over the season. Kompany is a huge figure at the club, I suspect that actively taking the captaincy off him would have a bigger negative effect on the squad than the negative effects (whatever they are, can't really think of any myself) of having a vice captain who ends up having the armband on the pitch more often than not.
My feeling is that with Peps managerial style the captaincy is even less relevant on the pitch as he is almost continually involved from the touchline,something we haven't been used to these last couple of seasons.