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stevieg4ever · Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Location: London, England

Honestly, enough of the 'bridge too far' comments.

What do people feel should honestly be done in this situation. The litany of offences are too many to count. He is the England captain after all. Cappello has to drop him as captain surely?

Who should take his place? Gerrard for me even though he has just recently emerged from his misdemeanor (but found innocent in the end). Rooney has too much pressure already for both club and country.

andrewchon · Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 2:26 pm Post subject:

If Cappello is a any judge of character, he should keep John Terry as captain.

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003

probably DAVID BECKHAM!

I mean come on. he has the most experience..
it just seems the most likely choice..

stevieg4ever · Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Location: London, England

Is this the same character that led him to do what hehas just done?

Anyways im all ears. Why exactly?

For me it has to be Gerrard. He is the vice captain after all.

Jimskins · Joined: 07 Nov 2007

(I should preface this by saying it is a bit of a rant)

Terry's a wide boy, most of the chelsea lot are, him, Cole, Lampard, and the other London boys going back to Jody Morris and Dennis Wise were always showing there true characters in the late hours. Not England captain material at all. Though I guess most footballers are these days, only in it for the girls and the money.

These kind of players are usually consistent performers but when it comes to the crunch with England cannot be relied on due to the flaws in their character. Its one thing leading your "bread and butter" out on the pitch each week but England is a different matter, it can be viewed by these players as extra-curricular, raising there status/value/wages but thats it, they have no sense of patriotism.

However there are 1 or 2 pretty decent blokes out there who keep their heads down and work and can be relied on.

I'm not a Liverpool fan, but Gerrard should have clearly been England captain for the last 5 years.

oskinny1 · Joined: 10 Nov 2006 Location: Right behind you!

Ferdinand?! Is he serious? The guy is currently serving a 4 match ban for violent conduct!

Are all English players so lacking in morals that this is the best they could come up with?

Senior · Joined: 31 Jan 2010

For me, there is only one choice for England Captain. It has to be Rooney. I wouldn't have said this six months ago, but his game at Man Utd has changed dramatically since CR7 left. He no longer resorts to blustering around the pitch like the hulk on steroids when things are not going his way. He plays withdrawn but somehow still manages to lead the line like a traditional centre forward. He will probably play for England for another 15 years and plays as hard for England as he does for his paymasters.

Gerrard is probably the logical choice for now. But Rooney's promotion to the captaincy, at some stage, is pretty much inevitable.

Senior · Joined: 31 Jan 2010

Well, well. This is interesting.

http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_5920268,00.html

pugwall · Joined: 22 Oct 2006

Really sad show of suitable captains for England. From the Euro 96 squad you would be happy with Adams, Pearce, Southgate, Platt, Ince, Shearer all captaing your country. Decent blokes and reasonable human beings. (I know that Adams was a bad boy when he was younger but he really reformed his self)

cj1976 · Joined: 26 Oct 2005

I'd go with a central defender, because they make good captains. Their position on the pitch allows them to see the play and dictate what's going on. Even though I'm a Liverpool fan, I wouldn't say Stevie G. He needs to concentrate on his game and learn some discipline and positional sense first.
On current form, I'd choose Lampard in the central midfield role. He is a much better team player than Gerrard (who tries to be superhero action man all the time).
So, I think Rio could be a good choice for skipper.

rusty1983 · Joined: 30 Jan 2007

Rooney is too much of a livewire and why mess with his head when it looks like he is coming into the form of his life?

Stevie would make the most sense but, in all fairness, does it erven matter that much? Youve got the leaders and theyll stay the leaders, I dont think it makes that much of a difference.

I dont think there is one England player who is morally decent anyway

Sergio Stefanuto · Joined: 14 May 2009 Location: UK

From Senior's link:

Senior · Joined: 31 Jan 2010

pugwall · Joined: 22 Oct 2006

I think its more the point that he has disrupted the dressing room than anything else. How can other players trust him or see him as a leader when they are not sure whose wife/GF he would go after next. Maybe thats a bit of an overreaction but if I was in the England team I would have some bad feelings toward him. Nobody is prefect but England captain does come with some responsibilities and this is hardly the first instance involving Barking's finest.

stevieg4ever · Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Location: London, England

He has lost the captaincy and rightly so. Agree with the points above that really we need leaders all over the pitch and in Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard, Ferdinand, Barry et all I think we have that.

And what's more Ashley Cole may be out of the world cup. But considering he gets paid a 100,000 a week and goes home to Cheryl I'll save my sympathies for elsewhere.

There are actually more contenders then just Bridge: Warnock, Milner, Baines, Barry, Lescott have all been touted.