Well, John Terry was sacked so who should it be? Went on to lead Chelsea to the double, however there is no going back. Capello is a strong minded manager and Terry would not command the same respect in the England dressing room as the Chelsea dressing room.
Looking at it their seems to be 4 main candidates..
Rio Ferdinand - The vice captain so in some people's opinion the obvious choice. However has had a terrible season with injury. The games he did play he looked dodgy at times. Would he be a walk up start? Probably, but not with his injury concerns. Not a clean skin off the field, stuff is in the past though.
Steven Gerrard - Has captained England in the past and has often been a inspirational captain of Liverpool. Again though, had a horror season by his own standards. Out of sorts, lacking confidence, could not rally Liverpool to muster anything this season. Was surrounded by poor players but looked like he could not be assed at times. Great player when in form.
Wayne Rooney - England's best player. Inspirational through his performances. A real worker on the pitch, always giving his all. On the down side it might be too much burden given the almost the whole country's weight seems to be on his shoulders. Has curbed his wild ways off the field, although still occasionally a hot head on the field.
Frank Lampard - Probably the outside for the role however he is coming off a great season. Experienced player who has captained Chelsea many times. A walk up start, intelligent, relative clean skin and cool headed. Excellent fitness record. Ordinary form for England for a prolonged period 3 years ago, although has been very good for club and country the last 12 months.
To my knowledge Capello has not announced a captain yet. Which way would you lean? I am biased but I don think Lampard would be a bad coice given his current form, his cool head and his experience. Ferdinand and Gerrard are both coming off awful seasons although they have done the job before. Rooney would be a pretty inspirational choice however do they need to burden him with the captaincy with the pressure he is already under?
I Would go for Rooney or Lampard.
Looking at it their seems to be 4 main candidates..
Rio Ferdinand - The vice captain so in some people's opinion the obvious choice. However has had a terrible season with injury. The games he did play he looked dodgy at times. Would he be a walk up start? Probably, but not with his injury concerns. Not a clean skin off the field, stuff is in the past though.
Steven Gerrard - Has captained England in the past and has often been a inspirational captain of Liverpool. Again though, had a horror season by his own standards. Out of sorts, lacking confidence, could not rally Liverpool to muster anything this season. Was surrounded by poor players but looked like he could not be assed at times. Great player when in form.
Wayne Rooney - England's best player. Inspirational through his performances. A real worker on the pitch, always giving his all. On the down side it might be too much burden given the almost the whole country's weight seems to be on his shoulders. Has curbed his wild ways off the field, although still occasionally a hot head on the field.
Frank Lampard - Probably the outside for the role however he is coming off a great season. Experienced player who has captained Chelsea many times. A walk up start, intelligent, relative clean skin and cool headed. Excellent fitness record. Ordinary form for England for a prolonged period 3 years ago, although has been very good for club and country the last 12 months.
To my knowledge Capello has not announced a captain yet. Which way would you lean? I am biased but I don think Lampard would be a bad coice given his current form, his cool head and his experience. Ferdinand and Gerrard are both coming off awful seasons although they have done the job before. Rooney would be a pretty inspirational choice however do they need to burden him with the captaincy with the pressure he is already under?
I Would go for Rooney or Lampard.
