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They're professional football players, elite athletes, not a BB troop. If they don't have those abilities within themselves, they shouldn't be playing football. In fact it would suggest they are poor players which has sod all to do with the captain.

Strong mindset is a key part of leadership. The ability to exude confidence and lift everyone around you, you're not getting that from the guy that admits he can't handle pressure well. That mentality rubs off, if your captain/leader/boss is shitting themselves when the pressure is on, why would you be confident? This notion that a captain can't do much is a cop out and excuse for a poor captain.

Of course he has. Not necessarily in a formal setting but the SD might say he’s trying to get a right back from Juventus only Scottish weather is a stumbling block to which the HC might respond by saying he saw a cracking player at Weymouth United last season, only 36 and recovering well from a fourth knee operation with an auntie in Coatbridge, at which the SD worries no more about the Italian. Mibbees.

There’s no text book for it. Keep the players’ minds on the job. Encourage some, cajole others. Most of us remember Richard Gough. You’ll remember Greig and Shearer. John Cumming was an outstanding captain of Hearts and I have to admit McNeill and Miller were pretty good at their clubs. Sergeant Major, if you like. A player has either got it or he hasn’t. Caldow doesn’t fit that description. I have no idea how he did it.

This is Rangers if the past is anything to go by they couldn't arrange flowers

I'm curious what people think the captaincy entails. Do people think he should be changing formations on the pitch during games? Over-ruling the management team on tactics and selections perhaps? Maybe telling the board to sell certain players and who to buy? The expectation some seem to have regarding what the captain does is very strange. The captain is the bridge between the dressing room and the manager, he's who helps new players settle into the squad, who lets's the manager know if someone has an issue, perhaps unconnected to football, who makes sure the various media duties the squad need to do are covered. He's the guy who swaps pennants and calls the coin toss, he'll give an encouraging word or a harsh one to a teammate when appropriate. This suggestion that he's responsible for our ills is ludicrous. At the age of 30 Wes Morgan captained Leicester City to the league title, it was the first honour he'd won in football. Some captains never win anything in their entire career, that doesn't make them bad captains. It's a team game, teams win and lose, not individuals.

Can arrange deals anytime

Think it's the 16th of June before we can sign players lets hope we have a few tapped up and dont get caught in the traps were we end up with a couple of deadline day duds

I've given up on international football i find it mostly boring it should be a celebration of all that's good in football instead it's like the italian leage of the late fifties until the mid sixties with the must not lose attitude

I find Tav tiresome. And it'd be refreshing to see him go.

Some amount of reaching to try and give excuses for him mate. He assessed himself as part of that squad 😂🫠

I'm sure it's just a coincidence that RM tried to sign him for Southampton given RM has no input into our transfer targets.....

Can’t keep up with all the competitions. Spain v Portugal in the final of one of them tonight. May as well call it the Iberian Cup.

All over the place.

He says US not ME - and says THEY get scared. Jeez....its his assessment 9f the SQUAD not him as an individual. Fuck me..... Off course he's a (tiny) part of it. He is one player out of the many who've played for us over the last decade. Not to mention managers / boards who shoulder a far greater responsibility that Tav.

Tav as a captain is subjective. We don't see a lot of what he does. He captained us to 55 and a lot of memorable euro runs, including a final. It's difficult to assess given the lack of quality in the team at certain times. As a player, overall, he's been really good. He's scored a lot of important goals and was integral to 55 and reaching Seville. Our style of play required an attacking full back and arguably we would have performed a lot worse as a team with someone who didn't have his attacking qualities and better defensive ability. There were quite a few seasons where he was the only one in the team driving us forward on the 80th minute, for example. There have been defensive lapses at times but he's not a £50 million player, and it's to be expected that he's not going to be perfect. He's slowed up now and doesn't offer what he did 3 years ago and I'd hope we get another full back in. I can understand people criticising his performances at times or wanting another player in when he's poor, but I do find the Tav hate a bit tiresome.

Correct. Collective responsibility. Doesn’t rule out assessments of individuals though.

It was though - they said RM would have an input.

Anyway, can't wait to be linked with Grant Hanley 😀😀😀

That's a given mate. You wouldn't hire someone that didn't fit the system that you were trying to implement. Purdy and Thelwell will have ideas on who they want to sign, input and names will obviously be put forward by Martin as well. However for the most part I reckon there's a list of players already in place as Thelwell and Purdy have actually been working on this before the official announcements of their jobs.

That's not how the explained how it would work. They were very clear, they wouldn't sign a player without RM approval, but, the recruitment apparently is done by his bosses

Yes, but they are hardly going to hire a coach with a different philosophy than the club. They basically said they align when they explained why RM was always their number 1 target.

It was reported that RM would have an input, so it's obvious he'll mention players he knows and thinks will fit the system It was also reported that RMs system aligns with the way the new board want to play. Its not rocket science so don't know why you are confused. Did you expect us to hire a coach who had a completely different philosophy than the board?

It's a mix, and guess what, he's part of it. Loser mentality dripping right out of him.