Comments on: Gerrard the right man to captain England…for now

By: rob

rob — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:44:06 +0000

Tim, it doesn’t even matter what they sound like, it’s a sport called football, its not Hollywood.

By: Betting Blue Boy

Betting Blue Boy — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:16:39 +0000

Well Terry himself said that if England failed to qualify for the European Championships this Summer he would take full responsibility and also relinquish his title as Captaincy back to Beckham. It will be interesting to see if JT decides that he should stick to his word - well partly - and hand the duty of guiding England to the World Cup finals to whomever Capello sees fit.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:50:15 +0000

Gerrard is a good footballer and can be inspirational. The thing that stops me from backing him 100% is his post match interviews. No offence meant to scousers but his accent really grates and he starts most of his responses with the word errrrm (if that is a word). As for Rio I have to say that I have been immpressed with his interviews of late and he too is a good candidate. Lets not forget that our captain needs to be good on, and off the pitch.
For the record, Im a Tottenham supporter. I suppose I really ought to be advocating JJ for captain….lol.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:34:52 +0000

I think it is a good test to see if Gerrard can do well as England captain.

But i think Rio Ferdinand and Owen Hargreaves should be given the chance as both will make excellent England captains.

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:13:08 +0000

Whoever is captain, England will still suck!

By: Kevin Fylan

Kevin Fylan — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:07:16 +0000

I think it’s up to Gerrard now to show he’s the man for the job. We’ve all seen that at Liverpool he has that rare gift of being able to inspire his team mates and bring the best out of them (in big games as well). If being captain brings those motivational qualities to the fore, and inspires him to up his own game, it will be of great benefit to England. Worth a try, I’d say.

By: Graham Fisher

Graham Fisher — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:58:35 +0000

I’m not convinced by Gerrard’s credentials to be England skipper but agree that there weren’t too many alternatives at this time.

People keep saying that Rio Ferdinand is not suitable to be captain, but his poor behaviour is some time ago now.

I think in time he could make a fine skipper for England.

By: Five Times

Five Times — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:26:28 +0000

I think it’s unfair to put the blame entirely on Gerrard for being lost. England on the whole were lost most of the time under Steve McClaren.

That being said, I would say it’ll be a 60/40 chance that the captain’s armband will be handed back to Terry when he recovers.

I’ve always favoured captains playing in central roles i.e. center midfield, center defender, goalkeeper. This way they can have a good view of the field. And while football captains don’t really contribute as much as cricket captains, sometimes they help in keeping the formation tight and correct or shout for teammates to plug holes. This was what I did before albeit in the smallest of stages in school football haha

By: England Betting Lad

England Betting Lad — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:12:05 +0000

I agree with Mark, captains don’t actually do that much but will always be in the game. However, to me Gerrard is a better skipper than Terry. We cannot knock him yet as he is yet to captain the national side and I personally don’t like Terry as a captain, though of course others will think differently. I just do not find him passionate enough. Gerrard however actually looks like he wants to play, most of the time anyway.

I wouldn’t like Ferdinand as a captain either, he is very laid back and with some of his behaviour isn’t exactly the best person to look up to. Owen to me is too quiet and isn’t really ‘Mr. Motivator’.

I hope Stevie keeps the armband, as long as he shows the same passion and commitment to the role as he does at Liverpool.

By: Mark Meadows

Mark Meadows — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:03:37 +0000

Im not so sure. I think captaining England is too much of a weight for Gerrard, who in any case never plays as well for country as for club.
Even Terry is shaky for England when he’s a rock at Chelsea.
Ferdinand would have been any interesting choice. He is so laid back I dont think it would have caused him extra pressure and just might have made him concentrate a little more.
Actually do we even need captains in football(it’s not like cricket)? All they do is hand over a pendant and shout a bit. If all the players played like captains England would have qualified for Euro 2008.