It came up in another thread, but worthy of its own, I reckon
With the new management team coming in I think we need to look again at Jags (33) as Captain, with Barry (35) as backup. Perhaps do this thing of Club Captain and Team Captain? No doubt Jags is an all-round good guy, great servant to the club for nearly 10 years and so he needs to be treated decently, but do we need something more akin to Reidy's / Waggy's character on the pitch?
Looking at the other captains around the league last season, its a bit of a mixed bunch tbh
(I'm not 100% sure about accuracy of the data from here but best I could find http://www.transfermarkt.com/premier-league/mannschaftskapitaene/wettbewerb/GB1)
Player(s) App.
Arsenal FC - Mikel Arteta 0, Per Mertesacker 21, Santi Cazorla 5, Laurent Koscielny 5
Everton FC - Phil Jagielka 21, Gareth Barry 11
Liverpoo FC - Jordan Henderson 15, James Milner 15, Martin Skrtel 1, Lucas Leiva, 2, Jon Flanagan 1
Tottenham Hotspur - Hugo Lloris 37, Jan Vertonghen 1
Southampton FC - José Fonte 37 Steven Davis 1
Manchester City - Vincent Kompany 13, Yaya Touré 10, Joe Hart 1
Sunderland - John O'Shea 23, Younès Kaboul 2, Lee Cattermole 6
Chelsea – John Terry, Cahill, Ivanovic, Fabregas, Mikel
West Ham United - Mark Noble 32, Kevin Nolan 1, Winston Reid 1
Aston Villa - Micah Richards 23 , Gabriel Agbonlahor 1
Stoke City - Ryan Shawcross 20, Glenn Whelan 17
Newcastle United - Fabricio Coloccini 25, Moussa Sissoko 3, Jonjo Shelvey 4
Crystal Palace - Mile Jedinak 15, Damien Delaney 5, Scott Dann 10
West Bromwich Albion Darren Fletcher 38
Manchester United - Wayne Rooney 27, Michael Carrick 7, Juan Mata 1
Bournemouth - Tommy Elphick 11, Simon Francis 26
Leicester City - Wes Morgan 38
Watford FC- Troy Deeney 35, Heurelho Gomes 2
Norwich City - Russell Martin 30, Gary O'Neil 2, Alexander Tettey 1
Swansea City - Ashley Williams 35
I'd love us to find someone with the snide of Noble, ref narking skills of Terry and the necessary on-field team leadership skills. But who as a regular starter in the current squad could do a better job or grow into the job perhaps? Who coming in potentially (Scott Dann?) could step into Jag's on-field Captain's boots? Personally, I don't see Barry necessarily playing all the games next season (as fantastic as he was last season), so I'd count him out for that role. Baines - was a lot more vocal onfield at the tail end of last season. Baines anyone?
With the new management team coming in I think we need to look again at Jags (33) as Captain, with Barry (35) as backup. Perhaps do this thing of Club Captain and Team Captain? No doubt Jags is an all-round good guy, great servant to the club for nearly 10 years and so he needs to be treated decently, but do we need something more akin to Reidy's / Waggy's character on the pitch?
Looking at the other captains around the league last season, its a bit of a mixed bunch tbh
(I'm not 100% sure about accuracy of the data from here but best I could find http://www.transfermarkt.com/premier-league/mannschaftskapitaene/wettbewerb/GB1)
Player(s) App.
Arsenal FC - Mikel Arteta 0, Per Mertesacker 21, Santi Cazorla 5, Laurent Koscielny 5
Everton FC - Phil Jagielka 21, Gareth Barry 11
Liverpoo FC - Jordan Henderson 15, James Milner 15, Martin Skrtel 1, Lucas Leiva, 2, Jon Flanagan 1
Tottenham Hotspur - Hugo Lloris 37, Jan Vertonghen 1
Southampton FC - José Fonte 37 Steven Davis 1
Manchester City - Vincent Kompany 13, Yaya Touré 10, Joe Hart 1
Sunderland - John O'Shea 23, Younès Kaboul 2, Lee Cattermole 6
Chelsea – John Terry, Cahill, Ivanovic, Fabregas, Mikel
West Ham United - Mark Noble 32, Kevin Nolan 1, Winston Reid 1
Aston Villa - Micah Richards 23 , Gabriel Agbonlahor 1
Stoke City - Ryan Shawcross 20, Glenn Whelan 17
Newcastle United - Fabricio Coloccini 25, Moussa Sissoko 3, Jonjo Shelvey 4
Crystal Palace - Mile Jedinak 15, Damien Delaney 5, Scott Dann 10
West Bromwich Albion Darren Fletcher 38
Manchester United - Wayne Rooney 27, Michael Carrick 7, Juan Mata 1
Bournemouth - Tommy Elphick 11, Simon Francis 26
Leicester City - Wes Morgan 38
Watford FC- Troy Deeney 35, Heurelho Gomes 2
Norwich City - Russell Martin 30, Gary O'Neil 2, Alexander Tettey 1
Swansea City - Ashley Williams 35
I'd love us to find someone with the snide of Noble, ref narking skills of Terry and the necessary on-field team leadership skills. But who as a regular starter in the current squad could do a better job or grow into the job perhaps? Who coming in potentially (Scott Dann?) could step into Jag's on-field Captain's boots? Personally, I don't see Barry necessarily playing all the games next season (as fantastic as he was last season), so I'd count him out for that role. Baines - was a lot more vocal onfield at the tail end of last season. Baines anyone?
