Just shows how much you know about football fella,
Hendo is our captain, milner is vice both appointed by Brendan our manager,you might have heard if him,
Milner captained last night cos Hendo was injured, you know not fit to play,
He, Milner is vastly experienced and leads by example his words of encouragement and advice rang out the whole match as Lovren stated in his post match interview,
It's is without doubt we drew with Arse by competing as a unit from back to front led by James milner,
Get off his back, ffs, he was pivotal last night and will be again throughout this season.
Fantastic player, brilliant signing imo.
YNWA
I know henderson is our captain. talk about stating the obvious.
I know a few things about football.
I know Milner wasn't a regular for city and came to us because he had a better chance of getting first team football.
I know when City came knocking for sterling it was a 'no brainer' for him because the perception is that they are a far bigger club, looking to do BIG THINGS.
I know if I was a younger player like Gomez or Coutinho, seeing a guy would couldn't get into the city team come right in and be vice captain as a sign of where we are as a club.
There is more than one way to be a leader. Shouting and directing is one way. Some players lead silently, some lead by example. British think 'passion' and 'hard tackles' as a sign of leadership.
Milner could still do what he does and contribute without the captain's armband.
You can't tell me Coutinho doesn't lead in the way that he plays.
'experience' and 'winning' things clearly hasn't been a factor for our last 2 captains. Gerrard was young when he was named captain. What has hendo won?
I'm not denying Milner is a fine, experienced, hard-working midfielder.
I'm saying buying a city cast off and making him captain/vice captain is Spurs & Villa territory. If we want to compete with the top 4 and keep our top young players it's not a good look. Perception wise. If you can't see that then that's fine. But it's bleeding obvious.
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