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The Utd Captaincy

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comment by Beeb (U1841)

posted on 29/8/21

In answer to your question: no.

comment by Ruiney (U1005)

posted on 29/8/21

Giving it to a new player just undermines the whole point of the captaincy.

posted on 29/8/21

Why not? Maguire was a placeholder until someone with a bit more credibility could be found. We now have Varane and Ronaldo who both fit the bill.

posted on 29/8/21

comment by Ruiney (U1005)
posted 26 seconds ago
Giving it to a new player just undermines the whole point of the captaincy.
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He’s a special case. There’s also plenty of precedent for new players being made captain upon joining a club. Isn’t that exactly how Maguire got the captaincy in the first place?

posted on 29/8/21

Two minds on this…I think Ronaldo with his relentless drive would be better than Maguire, but I’m just not sure it would be a great idea to switch it.

comment by Ruiney (U1005)

posted on 29/8/21

comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Ruiney (U1005)
posted 26 seconds ago
Giving it to a new player just undermines the whole point of the captaincy.
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He’s a special case. There’s also plenty of precedent for new players being made captain upon joining a club. Isn’t that exactly how Maguire got the captaincy in the first place?
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Well he was made permanent captain when Young left in January. That was after Ole said he was so impressed with his leadership on and off the pitch. I wouldn’t want Ole to just take it off him.

posted on 29/8/21

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posted on 29/8/21

comment by Ruiney (U1005)
posted 53 seconds ago
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Ruiney (U1005)
posted 26 seconds ago
Giving it to a new player just undermines the whole point of the captaincy.
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He’s a special case. There’s also plenty of precedent for new players being made captain upon joining a club. Isn’t that exactly how Maguire got the captaincy in the first place?
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Well he was made permanent captain when Young left in January. That was after Ole said he was so impressed with his leadership on and off the pitch. I wouldn’t want Ole to just take it off him.
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Could make him club captain? Isn’t that what Klopp did with Gerrard/Henderson? We did it in the past too with Neville.

posted on 29/8/21

Pointless, leaders are leaders with or without the armband. No point rocking the boat over something that’s basically superficial

posted on 29/8/21

I'm all for Maguire being stripped of the captaincy, Cavani and Greenwood or Rashfird dropped and Bruno being taken off set pieces. It'll do wonders for the dressing room

comment by Elvis (U7425)

posted on 29/8/21

I did wonder this myself but can't see anything changing. No point rocking the boat. Ronaldo will help the squad by leading by example.

posted on 29/8/21

If you've got Maguire, Bruno, Ronaldo and McTominay you've got natural leaders everywhere, I don't think the title of captain's that important.

posted on 29/8/21

comment by Ballon d’Orginho (U5245)
posted 6 minutes ago
Pointless, leaders are leaders with or without the armband. No point rocking the boat over something that’s basically superficial
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To win at this level requires every edge you can gain. Being led out by Ronaldo is certainly more impactful on an opponent than having him skulking at the back.

posted on 29/8/21

I don't think people really understand what a captain does. So he's the link between players and management/coaching. The one who gets on with everyone, who anyone can go to. The one who looks after new guys, etc.

I suspect Maguire is pretty good at it tbf.

posted on 29/8/21

To be fair, it was rumoured Maguire fulfilled that duty admirably during the ESL fiasco.

posted on 29/8/21

comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 13 minutes ago
I'm all for Maguire being stripped of the captaincy, Cavani and Greenwood or Rashfird dropped and Bruno being taken off set pieces. It'll do wonders for the dressing room
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Ha ha, sounds like a plan, Hoody

posted on 29/8/21

As Keane has said on numerous occasions, leaders don’t just have to wear an armband.

posted on 29/8/21

comment by The Post Nearly Manaldo (U1270)
posted 23 seconds ago
comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 13 minutes ago
I'm all for Maguire being stripped of the captaincy, Cavani and Greenwood or Rashfird dropped and Bruno being taken off set pieces. It'll do wonders for the dressing room
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Ha ha, sounds like a plan, Hoody
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I'd be happy if I was a Utd fan with the signings and I reckon Ole is pretty good at that, but I also think he's going to have to be.

comment by Shugs (U14253)

posted on 29/8/21

Ronaldo is a leader with or without the arm band, as is Cavani, Varane, Bruno

Maguire should keep it, he's been good

posted on 29/8/21

Ronaldo doesn’t need the armband to be a leader, where as McGuire probably does.

Keeping McGuire as the captain is the best way forward IMO. It allows him to grow into the role while Ronaldo and Varane will take on more leadership responsibilities.

Team needs more than one leader on the pitch, so Having several big personalities in the team has to be a positive. Although I would rather have Bruno as the club captain in the long run.

posted on 29/8/21

Was Ronaldo captain of Juve, surely it was/is Chiellini? Just keep Maguire as Captain imo, he’s likely to be here longer than Ronaldo as well.

posted on 29/8/21

comment by Pride of the North (U6803)
posted 11 minutes ago
As Keane has said on numerous occasions, leaders don’t just have to wear an armband.
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Famously coined on his way to Saipan airport…

posted on 29/8/21

comment by The Post Nearly Manaldo (U1270)
posted 17 minutes ago
If you've got Maguire, Bruno, Ronaldo and McTominay you've got natural leaders everywhere, I don't think the title of captain's that important.
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This.

The armband now is basically an administrative issue - Maguire will be the player the officials go to - and an issue of the wider representation of the club.

You want an intelligent, consistent, cool-headed guy who works and trains hard and behaves off the pitch.

The best argument to take the armband off Maguire, and it isn’t a great one, is last summer’s event in Greece.

Otherwise, he’s as strong a candidate as anyone.

posted on 29/8/21

You want an intelligent, consistent, cool-headed guy who works and trains hard and behaves off the pitch.



So we appointed someone who fights police

comment by IAmMe (U18491)

posted on 29/8/21

irrelevant really. it's a team game

Under SAF, for example, there were usually ten captains on the pitch (and one uber-captain when Keane was there).

they were most often players with strength of character, a preparedness to take on personal responsibility, the wit to exploit their courage as well as possessing team intelligence.

Only a handful of this current squad have that.

Ronaldo's limited influence will be in individual moments of athleticism and technical intelligence NOT in any great team intelligence - but that's okay he's not there for that reason. He's is no longer a season defining player, and is not going to turn this squad into a league winning one - there are too many weaknesses in shape and in key positions - but he will have some very positive impacts.

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