Voted lloris as he is the only real option. Is he still France captain?
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I always prefer good experienced players to be captain, so because Friedel was bizarrely left out off the poll I have voted Lloris
Yes who was the 'numpty' that put him in the poll
Kaboul is also 29 years old in January. How much longer will he be playing with us? Two, maybe three more years?
I like Lloris, but i am another one who doesn't think keepers make good captains.To be fair, i don't think we have a natural skipper.We need a Graham Roberts /Steve Perryman type leader who "grabs people by the scruff of the neck" when the chips are down.We dont have that.I think the nearest we did have now wears a blue and white hooped shirt.
As for jan........No.His attitude stank last season
As for jan........No.His attitude stank last season
Interesting reading from our Squad list, Younes Kaboul and Kyle Walker both in the same amount of caps for the club (102), despite Younes being around for 6/7 years in total..
Even sadder that it's been like that for years. I mean, we're not the only ones though tbf. Look at when the scum made fibreglass their captain. Back then he was just a little mincer.
Today is the day, according to Pochettino. I think it will be Vertonghen, maybe with his new contract announced at the same time.
I think that will be the case too, although it won't make me too happy. Lloris all the way for me, i know people have a thing about Goalie captains, but there are advantages too
I agree that Lloris deserves it more. He was quoted some weeks ago saying that he didn't need the armband to act like a captain (or something along those lines), so maybe he already knew it would be someone else..
I read an article full of quotes from him several months ago on his thoughts on Goalies as Captains and the way he put it forward was insightful to say the least. Obviously he was pro goalie captains and alot of what he had to say made perfect sense. The goalie has the most time to observe what's going on, and has a unique perspective on the game. I wish i could find the article now, but i'm buggered if i can!
If Pochettino shares that opinion it's a no-brainer. Anyway, we'll probably just end up with Kaboul getting it permanently :kaboullol:I read an article full of quotes from him several months ago on his thoughts on Goalies as Captains and the way he put it forward was insightful to say the least. Obviously he was pro goalie captains and alot of what he had to say made perfect sense. The goalie has the most time to observe what's going on, and has a unique perspective on the game. I wish i could find the article now, but i'm buggered if i can!
I wouldn't be too sad at that. Kaboul has been getting some stick recently, and hasn't come back up to the form that we might have expected but he is a commanding figure and if he can stay fit i can see him regaining his previous (2011/12) form and if he did, he would be a natural choice for me over Vertonghen who I suppose is obvious contendor along with Lloris.
I do find it a bit strange how Kaboul has captained every one of our games this season (did he wear the armband Saturday? I didn't take note) if he is not going ot be named captain.
Kaboul probably needs the armband(s) because he's been out of his depth recently.
He's been the captain so far, but I think that's because he's done it before and has seniority in the group. I would be very disappointed if we continue to have our most error prone player as captain, and I have all but lost hope that he'll regain his former brilliance. Having said that, if he gets the nod, then obviously Pochettino feels differently, and he should know best afterall!
I haven't lost hope quite yet! More fool me, perhaps, but i would like to see him get an extended run of games it's been a long long time since he did (mainly due to injury of course)