So who do we want as team captain?

I think it’s pretty hard to say without being involved in training on the day-to-day basis and knowing characters. It will be unfair to ask but I would imagine @YT would have the best idea.

I would be looking for someone who is humble, puts team before self, who leads by example, and someone who has an iron-will to succeed.

these are usually characteristics that develop with experience. From the outside looking in I think Luca Connell displays some of these but the responsibility that came with captaincy was perhaps a little too early. Having said that, will he have learnt from last season? I would expect so.

 

I still think Robbo.
Strong, silent type but leads by example.

 

Assuming Luca is still here, and has the smile on his face that he has displayed thus far in pre-season; I think it is best to try let him regain the form of the Duff season with as few distractions as possible. Including captaincy. Yes, he'll have learnt from last season, but what harm will a season of watching someone else have a go, whilst at the same time improving his game, do?

 

To be fair, quite a lot of the lads I know have since left themselves (I left a year ago yesterday funnily enough). And whilst I do know Conor, Tom Harban and others, I don’t know them as first team staff. I don’t know what their dressing room looks like, how they like to do things etc.

It’s usually based - primarily - on things off the football pitch. How they carry themselves in training, in the club, the respect of teammates, stuff like that.

Of those I do know who are still at the club (and aren’t youngsters like Flav etc) it’d be Robbo and nobody else even considered. Hugely respected. Barnsley lad. Experienced. Been there, done it, got every t-shirt.

But if Luca stays, would he be stripped of it? Maybe he was a great captain last year? I wouldn’t know. But he wouldn’t be my pick.

 

If he stays it should be Luca

 

Robbo if he's going to be a regular in the starting 11.

 

Connell stays skipper for me. If he does leave, De Gevigney or Keillor-Dunn. Both lead by example in my opinion.

 

DKD is a great shout

 

How about having a club captain and then a first team captain. Didn't we have something like that a few years ago. This allows a lot of the behind the scenes stuff (some community, media, liaison between management and players etc) to be performed by someone who is respected by the playing and backroom staff but may not be able to play game in game out, and then have a regular on pitch captain who just has to worry about stuff during the match and can always hand teh armband back over every so often if people feel that its neccessary.

 

As Tom Jones once said, it's not unusual.

 

If he’s still here, Luca for me.

 

Luca.

 

Not sure. But definitely not the Goalkeeper.

 

For me, based on his performance yesterday, there's no question. Marc Roberts: the effort he puts in is exemplary , if he isn't "leading by example" then I can't see who else is.....

 

If he's staying, I'd like to see the armband taken off Luca, and given to somebody else.
And I don't mean that as a criticism either.
Maybe taking the captains responsibility off him, might make a positive difference.

 

Marc Roberts. Pre-season games are great for noticing who is giving out the orders on the pitch, and Roberts is constantly in dialogue with the rest of the team.

 

Roberts is the only logical choice for me, if he's going to be a regular. I would take it off Luca purely to see if it makes a positive difference to his game because I think it weighed heavily on him. Plus, if he is not captain, he can't then use captains privilege to take most dead balls, which would be good because he is sh.t at them.

 

Robbo . And with pressure off I think connell will play better

 

I don’t know. But Conor is one of this best captains we’ve ever had. I’ll trust him to choose.