Captaincy

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

Micky has said today a few senior players will 'audition' for the vacant captaincy role.

 

I would think Pope, Dickinson, Neal and Duffy will be the names.

[Jinkin John Jeffers]

My first thought would be Dickinson but I do worry about his disciplinary record.

[jacko4]

Dicko for me, full of passion, always gives 110% and wants to win every game. He's a leader.

[Tosh]

My first thought would be Dickinson but I do worry about his disciplinary record.

 

Could captaincy help with his discipline?

 

Personally I'd prefer it to be a defender or a central midfielder who's vocal enough and Dicko does seem the obvious choice, he would of course have to set an example and avoid unnecessary bookings.

[Regal Beagle]

Why Neal?

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

He is the obvious choice but I too worry about his discipline and positional play too. I think Micky will end up giving it to him to potentially settle this down.

 

I don't like strikers or keepers as captains so personally I would go for Duffy as he's our only natural talker.

[CandyPVFC]

No hesitation, I would definitely go with Dickinson :)

[Yukon]

Why Neal?

 

Didn't he win players player of the year the last two years?

 

For me, like candypvfc, it's Dicko by a country mile. He always gives 100% and he was the first to re-sign. Plus the programme notes would be legendary!

[valiant_593]

Dicko is the choice, but he will have to be much more disciplined this season, we cant afford to have him missing 6/7 games if he is to be captain. Other than that I would go for Duffy, always think its better have a defender as captain.

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

Why Neal?

 

He's a senior player and he's well respected by his team mates as he won their award last season ;)

[PVFC764]

Dicko for me. Always passionate about playing and it may sort his discipline issues out. Lead by example etc.

 

Duffy or Neal for me when Dicko is not playing due to bans.

 

Pope to take over in matches. You don't normally see Strikers as captains, but he would be passionate as well tho.

[Heatwave]

Dicko is fans' favourite because he has passion. Is that necessarily the quality we need for an on field leader?

 

The best captains keep their heads when everything is going wrong around them. Then they work to put things right. If Dicko has that quality as well, fine, but passion alone isn't a good denominator.

[valiant_2003]

I think Robertson May be considered. Not the greatest player but certainly vocal. I'd personally give it Dicko.

[fairportnick]

Neal or Pope for me. Dicko has to improve his disciplinary record. They should be talking to each other not the ref.

In my youth (and also in my forties when my legs had given up) I played in goal for a while whilst recovering from a serious injury and found it a good place to captain from as you can see the whole pitch in front of you. Just have to have a big gob.:D

[jeffers]

I am surprised that no-one has mentioned Chris Lines. Agree with some of the other posts that passion alone is not the answer but it strikes me that Lines has the ability to dictate play and control things from the middle of the park. As MA said about Doug Loft, he was not the greatest talker but he led by example.