Our Captain

[PaulTheVillan]

Reo Coker does lead on the pitch , but I don't think he's a good enough footballer to be on the team sheet week in week out, and a captain should be.

[Dr Butler]

Reo-Coker......there is a good player in there somewhere, but I'm buggered if anyone could coax him out.

[adrenachrome]

I'd give it to Cuellar once he's fit.

And I'd play him centre-half, first choice, and let the others fight it out to play with him. Beacuse when it comes to body-on-the-line all out defending, he's the man, and that would be the example I would wish my team to follow.

Spot on.

Sounds like a plan.

[PaulTheVillan]

Cuellar isn't a leader IMO.

Dunne is a no brainer. Has he been a captain everywhere he's been?

[MoetVillan]

Cuellar is a good call, but I think Dunne is more a leader of men.  As an off the wall suggestion, I would put Ashley Youngs name in the hat.  Shows how much we rate him, so slightly less likely to be tampered with by jellyface, and I think it would do him good having the responsibility.  I watched him rant at the ref the other day, and for his development he needs to get past this.  I also cannot see a more commited player on the pitch.  He really wants success, even on a bad day

[ronshirt]

For me I would give it to Richard Dunne who has a presence about him.

About 28lbs of presence I'd say.

And presents too, thinking about it. He gave one to Carroll.

[Rancid custard]

I recall reading somewhere that Dunne is quite a quiet guy.

[Salsa Party Animal]

He will do thing and have quiet words when necessary ie When Stephen Ireland drive in with that Range Rover. He told him under no circumstance he should drive it again.

[Drummond]

What about James Collins?

[Toronto Villa]

What about James Collins?

My only question is would James Collins warrant a regular place in the team though? He has captained Wales I suppose, but I look at him as a 2nd or 3rd choice player.

[Dave]

After Sundays debacle he should not even be in the team as he goes missing for alot of the games he plays.

Yet you're advocating Dunne instead who was by all accounts even worse in the same game?

[mozza]

Why not do what junior teams tend to do up to age of 12yrs -

Change team captain match to match - give them all a go - yes Downing as well

Ducks down ready for flak !!

[john e]

i suppose the fact that we havent got many stand out leaders that would be naturals for the job is a bit worying

[Dave]

i suppose the fact that we havent got many stand out leaders that would be naturals for the job is a bit worying

I think we have - the problem is that we should be in the process of phasing them out of the side (Reo-Coker, Friedel, Carew, Petrov).

I would have no problem with the earlier poster's leftfield suggestion of Ashley Young. Cuellar is also a good shout.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Leave it for now, If we have to make a change i'd go for Collins or Cuellar