Next year's captain

[ADT]

Has to be coleman for me
Can't be rooney as he'll probably be on the bench for most of the time since he'll be 33 and coleman isn't a knob
We also cannot be a team that wants to compete for champions league football when we have a 36 year old in our defence. Jagielka needs binning

 

[svenboss]

Never understood the fuss about captains personally. Think it's one of those media driven things where people have been brainwashed into thinking everyone's got to be like John Terry or Roy Keane to be given the armband. It's basically just a figurehead for the club in my opinion, I doubt the players care too much what their captain says to them on the pitch.

A good captain makes a club mate, he shoul drive others on by setting the best examle. Watched Terry and Carragher discuss this topic on Sky. Terry reckoned Chelsea had five leaders in him, Drogba, Cech, Cole and Lampard. Admittedly though he did say it is going out of the game as it is a different culture and generation now.

 

[Big Fat Sam]

yanno what, I don't agree with that kind of opinion for all cases

pickford and coleman will both continue to act captain-like regardless, sometimes (like beckham for England) the captaincy can raise a player from being passive into a leader, coleman gotta be captain for me, but I can deffo see the benefit of maybe giving it to someone to attempt to raise them into something they aren't necessarily now

if you get me

Yannick, you're up then lad.

Sandro Vice Captain.

 

[Goat]

He's doing aight this season yeah. But Allardyce clearly knows that, despite him being arguably most effective player currently, he cannot play consecutive games. Otherwise he'd be playing all the time. He'll be 34 half way through next season. Vice captain at best, for me.

Rooney will be 33 next season, for the whole season.

 

[Efctheblue123]

Wayne Rooney

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Absolutely mortified no one's making the case for our dynamic midfield general Schneiderlin.

 

[captainvindaloo]

Captain Vindaloo! I can't kick a ball, but I would be willing to kick some rear ends in this disorganized squad of misfits.
More seriously, we have not had an ass-kicking, inspirational leader on the pitch in decades.
I would vote for Coleman, purely for his inspirational qualities, not sure about his ass-kicking abilities, maybe Pickford could take up that responsibility (he certainly is one of our more vocal, demonstrative players).
Whoever is the chosen candidate, they have to check all the boxes by being:
1: Passionate about Everton.
2:A Strong, unyielding leader.
3:An inspiration to ALL.
4:In possession of an all consuming winning mentality.
5:Young enough to still have years of quality play in his locker.
6:Old enough to have all the necessary experience to garner the required respect of his peers.
7:Fearless!

I am sure there are more points I have missed, but these, in my opinion, are the must haves!

 

[Big Fat Sam]

Whoever is the chosen candidate, they have to check all the boxes by being:
1: Passionate about Everton.
2:A Strong, unyielding leader.
3:An inspiration to ALL.
4:In possession of an all consuming winning mentality.
5:Young enough to still have years of quality play in his locker.
6:Old enough to have all the necessary experience to garner the required respect of his peers.
7:Fearless!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you Everton's new captain ...

Spoiler: ...

 

[Lanolin]

A good captain makes a club mate, he shoul drive others on by setting the best examle. Watched Terry and Carragher discuss this topic on Sky. Terry reckoned Chelsea had five leaders in him, Drogba, Cech, Cole and Lampard. Admittedly though he did say it is going out of the game as it is a different culture and generation now.

Easy to say when you're winning stuff though isn't it? In theory, we've got loads of leaders, but because we're not playing very well everyone claims they're not leaders at all. Rooney, Williams, Jags, Sigurdsson, Coleman, even Pickford are all theoretically leaders but where's that got us?

I bet very few people could tell you who captains City in Kompany's absence, or who usually leads United, but they're the top 2 in the league. Do we think Liverpool's ability to hammer teams in the CL is down to Jordan Henderson's rallying cries or the fact that they have too much pace and power for most teams?

Maybe when football was just the same XI going out every week a captain really meant something, in these days of huge squads and multi millionaires, I genuinely don't think it makes an iota of difference.

 

[KaiserEFC]

So being a winner over a long period of time isn't needed. But longevity within a club without winning anything is?

Also, with the huge influx of players, how many will be here in the summer, when said hypothetical decision will be made, who have been here for years? So how does he know the dressing room "a lot better" than Rooney?

Jags may be here. Maybe not.
Baines maybe.
Who else?

So it's clear Coleman doesn't know the dressing room a lot better than Rooney. But yes, he knows the canteen staff and the car parking attendants better. Is that the basis for your call of him knowing the club?

Because alternatively, if we are talking about being a "servant" or being at the club the longest, why take it off Jagielka and Baines?

With respect, you're all over the shop here.

Well most likely because Jagielka is off and who knows about Baines with his injury struggles.

Rooney also has zero credibility as a leader and a role model. Leaders don’t get caught shagging grannies, drink driving slags home and bringing their respective institutions into disrepute.

Coleman is the obvious choice. I’m sure Baines will get it though.

 

[Sir Alan]

Coleman of Rooney.

Coleman embodies what Everton should be, determination, skill, dignity and class with a great love for this club.

 

[brieverton]

A good captain is somewhat like a good referee, its goes unnoticed when done well.

Its not a critical role, but I think it can set the tone for the team on occasion.

I like Jags and think he has given us great service but he is not a demonstrable captain for me.

Coleman is a good choice on many levels, not least the determination he has shown to recover from serious injury.

 

[PeregrineT]

To me its got to be Coleman. Any exception to that has to be either Pickford or Gueye.

A captain has to lead by example, in other words he has to be pulling his weight on the field and have the respect of the other players. He also has to put in paramount effort, he cant be pulling his weight on the field only through sheer talent while walking about. That limits it to those 3 on any given day for me. Those 3 are the ones that not only are performing, but even on the odd day they dont, give it their all.

 

[Raino85]

Let's sign Pele then because he used to be ace too. Is Roberto Carlos still knocking about as well? Used to be a cracking left back and we could do with one of them.

Pele and Roberto Carlos dosent average a goal every 163 in the premier league this season, playing mostly in midfield mate,
Rooneys proved he can still do enough, he should be captain with Coleman vice captain

 

[LiamG]

Has to be Coleman for me.

I wouldn't mind if Rooney is made assistant manager under a new manager. That way he could still be involved (I think he has a lot of experience to offer) and play the occasional game.

I guess it also depends how he gets on in a deeper role. His age wouldn't prevent him from starting there for at least another season.