He's been much improved so far this season -maybe he's adapting to playing out wider and cutting in rather than directly up top. Whisper it, it might even suit him.
But captain material? I don't see that. He's a local lad and all the rest of it, but captains need as bit more about them. Ash crossed the line plenty of times with his petulance, but he had that fire. Barry far quieter, but lead by example and was regularly our best performer. Stan is an experienced old pro, past his best maybe, but most of the squad respect him. Bannan was very complimentary about him last year, how he always went out of the way to make the young players feel involved, and looked out for them.
It does throw up a genuine conundrum though, should we be needing a new captain in the not too distant. Dunne is an obvious choice, but I'd sooner see him moved on, in all honesty.
Maybe Given -who fulfilled that role for a time at Newcastle IIRC and has captained his country. But that throws up the issue of whether keepers can be good captains. They do spend large chunks of the game completely uninvolved afterall.
