Comments on: Vlog on the Pitch — who’d be your England captain?

By: Rolls Eyes

Rolls Eyes — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:13:33 +0000

You need a captain to be a great leader - in both victory and defeat. After the CL final, JT should have been consoling the younger lads in the squad - instead he just blubbed like a big girl because he kicked a ball squiffy. You never saw Stuart Pearce do that! And his outrageous accusations against a referee this season proves he’s neither sporting nor a gentleman either. Terrible choice.

Best candidate is Ferdinand - he has proven at Utd that he can do the job well, the other players respect him and by learning from his past mistakes he is a good role model for younger lads in the squad. Gerrard as a back-up - although he clearly doesn’t need the armband to inspire himself or others.

By: NIKS123

NIKS123 — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:41:22 +0000

What i feel is Capello is just changing the armband just to give that extra fire to the person who would permanently have captain’s armband.In a way just showing his power.In no way or the other i feel there is a better option then JT….look his performance against USA…he can go fwd..score gaoals and makes last line of defence so strong.If you call taking the fifth penalty when Drogba is red-carded limelight then probably u dont understand Football my friend.Owen hargreaves probably needs more time to win ARMBAND…..

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:58:27 +0000

England didn’t qualify for the grown-ups cup, so let’s see which player is left in the squad for the next major campaign.

BTW - Wales v. Iceland. C’mon Cymru!

By: Michael Burwell

Michael Burwell — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:35:32 +0000

Does it matter who gets the armband. Most of the players that Capello is relying on should of quit international football if they had any pride after the performance they put up to try and qualify for euro 2008. It is not all Maclarens’ fault.

By: Five Times

Five Times — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:31:23 +0000

As a Liverpool fan, i’m favouring Stevie G of course but really, England should concentrate less on who wears the armband and sort their football out first.

By: Luke Goddard

Luke Goddard — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:13:10 +0000

Hargreaves is a great shout for captain and as Capello seems to be giving everyone a go on the arm band I’m sure he’ll get his chance. But will he remain, I very much doubt it. It has just become annoying that Capello won’t make a firm decision on the captaincy - I mean what benefit does it have making Terry captain against USA tonight, it’s a meaningless friendly that’s hardly going to light the fire in his belly.

By: Dan Drage

Dan Drage — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:02:20 +0000

JT, no question.

By: Jay Cutler

Jay Cutler — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:49:45 +0000

I agree 100% Hargreaves for captain.It’s an obvious choice.I don’t see much leadership ability from those other candidates at all.

By: Al Sefati

Al Sefati — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:32:21 +0000

Here are my candidates:

Rooney, Lampard, Gerrad then Terry

Soccer fan

By: Riley

Riley — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:20:24 +0000

Make Stevie G captain of England. There is simply no player in the English game who responds better to being given the responsibility of the captain’s armband than ‘El Gigante’ Gerrard. And my, how much do England need the scouse dynamo to put in big performances, driving our dire national team to success above their station, like he has done with Liverpool (most notably on the biggest stage of Champs league and cup finals) over the last few seasons.

‘Stevie G, Stevie G, wear that armband just for me’