DoomMerchant wrote:xavi6 wrote:I'd give the armband to Nasty Nige. The guy is a hero.
i agree with this. i love him. In a match like today. It's when we play teams who have little interest in playing football where ironically his hardman/tough guy technique gets lost in translation. Too small to win much in the air he often struggles against the Stokes of the world, etc.
Tevez has mentioned how hard he is finding it to motivate himself, and i think Mancini was just trying to throw him a life preserver. When your No 1 Employee comes out and says he isn't so sure about what he's doing with his life it probably can illicit strange responses, and i think Roberto's man management response was to say "Take us higher Carlitos. Here's a mission son."
can't imagine it will last more than a couple matches, but...who knows. My point is that it's ceremonial. A gesture.
Related, do captains matter anymore?
cheers
avoidconfusion wrote:I don't really see a problem with Tevez being the player to wear the armband... he certainly is an inspiration for everyone on the pitch in terms of workrate and passion.
Germany have had Lahm as their Captain, but Schweinsteiger was acting like a Captain as well, so that is not a problem I think.
Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:avoidconfusion wrote:I don't really see a problem with Tevez being the player to wear the armband... he certainly is an inspiration for everyone on the pitch in terms of workrate and passion.
Germany have had Lahm as their Captain, but Schweinsteiger was acting like a Captain as well, so that is not a problem I think.
Didn't Hitzelsberger wear the arm band for Germany last week? And to think people said I'm out of my mind when I said that Hitzelsberger will be a great signing for West Ham.
Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:avoidconfusion wrote:I don't really see a problem with Tevez being the player to wear the armband... he certainly is an inspiration for everyone on the pitch in terms of workrate and passion.
Germany have had Lahm as their Captain, but Schweinsteiger was acting like a Captain as well, so that is not a problem I think.
Didn't Hitzelsberger wear the arm band for Germany last week? And to think people said I'm out of my mind when I said that Hitzelsberger will be a great signing for West Ham.
ant london wrote:
I would be happy for the armband to be passed between Nigel, Vincent, Yaya and Carlos tbh
Ted Hughes wrote:Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:avoidconfusion wrote:I don't really see a problem with Tevez being the player to wear the armband... he certainly is an inspiration for everyone on the pitch in terms of workrate and passion.
Germany have had Lahm as their Captain, but Schweinsteiger was acting like a Captain as well, so that is not a problem I think.
Didn't Hitzelsberger wear the arm band for Germany last week? And to think people said I'm out of my mind when I said that Hitzelsberger will be a great signing for West Ham.
It had nothing to do with your Hitzelsberger comments. ;-)
P.S. Next thing you'll be saying Lahm is a top player because he gets in their team.
(sneaks away giggling)
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