Our next leader

[Exiled_red]

Meh.

Gerrard wasn't a great captain. He was a great player. He transcended captaincy but I reckon his leadership skills are overstated. Particularly in the first two thirds of his career.

How important is captaincy? I can't tell you a single captain of a rival team nor the England team.

It's meaningless.

I agree that captaincy is not that important but having leaders in the team is. As you say Gerrard wasn't a great captain or leader but for much of his career he didn't need to be because there were a lot of players who were leaders or captain material. In the Benitez era half of the players on the pitch could have been captain we were almost spoilt for. Now we have the opposite problem. With the lack of leaders in the current side having some sort of leader is really important. Anyone who is a regular in the side with remote leadership skills is likely to be captain. Unfortunately I don't think that that player is currently in the squad.

[SB]

I agree that captaincy is not that important but having leaders in the team is. As you say Gerrard wasn't a great captain or leader but for much of his career he didn't need to be because there were a lot of players who were leaders or captain material. In the Benitez era half of the players on the pitch could have been captain we were almost spoilt for. Now we have the opposite problem. With the lack of leaders in the current side having some sort of leader is really important. Anyone who is a regular in the side with remote leadership skills is likely to be captain. Unfortunately I don't think that that player is currently in the squad.

So shouldn’t we be targeting players with these skills ?

[Exiled_red]

So shouldn’t we be targeting players with these skills ?

Yes we should. These player largely tend tof be defenders or midfielders and the fact that these are the areas that we are struggling in probably highlights the problem.

[SB]

Yes we should. These player largely tend tof be defenders or midfielders and the fact that these are the areas that we are struggling in probably highlights the problem.

So do the players that we’ve been linked to process the required skill set of leadership within their current club set up?

[cream]

The captaincy is not important, it's leaders on the pitch we are lacking.

[dom9]

So shouldn’t we be targeting players with these skills ?

Yes. As should every team.

But that's got little to do with this notion of captaincy.

[Lecter]

Next leader will be Johnny Evans

[Norbs]

Eh?

Edit. Alan Smith's suggestion. Say no more, thickest man in football

[Tee]

Our next leader isn’t here yet.....

[SB]

Our next leader isn’t here yet.....

Thanks for that Mystic Meg

[Tee]

Thanks for that Mystic Meg

Hopefully we will see him in January 2018

[Fierce]

I couldn't tell you who is the captain of united, arsenal or chelsea this season tbh, the age of great captains is gone. The current crop coming through academies dont have those personalities.

I think the captain, just need to keep the dressing room/welcome new lads etc and Henderson does that job fine

I don't even think Gerrard was a great captain per se, he was more of an inspiration

Agree with those saying we need leaders, regardless of whether they end up as captains or not

Big personalities, intelligent footballers, confidence etc

[baitman]

The leader we all seem to be wanting in January will arrive in july, at city.

we better have some alternatives lined up.

[Norbs]

Who's that?

[Fosterbloke]

who's that?

vvd