Of course we should have a different captain. I mean really, if Henderson weren't captain now, would anyone give it to him? would anyone even have him in the starting XI? I doubt it.
This, unfortunately, is another consequence of FSG waiting too long to sack Rodgers. Does anyone remember the last game of the 14/15 season, when we got destroyed by Stoke away, we lost 6-0 or something? Everyone knew he should've been sacked long before that, but that really should've been the last straw. Klopp was already available, he'd already had his press conference saying he was leaving Dortmund etc.
Well, Henderson was named captain in July. By Rodgers. So, if FSG had sacked Rodgers at the end of the season in May, like everyone and their mother knew they should've done, then Klopp could've come in, had a full summer of transfers and working with the squad, and made his own decision on captain. No way in hell he would've picked Henderson.
But of course he didn't come in until October, and Henderson was already captain. An awful decision made by an awful manager. And yet now Klopp is stuck with it.
I honestly think that we're stuck with Henderson as captain for the next 3-4 seasons at least. He is absolutely useless as a footballer, much less as a captain, but I don't think Klopp has the bollocks to take the captaincy off of him. Thanks, Brendan. We're still suffering from the awful decisions he took.
If it were my choice I'd give it to Mane. He's shown an incredible amount of passion for the club in the short time he's been here, he fights, he works hard, he doesn't go missing. And he's arguably the first name on the team sheet, so no one would question whether he is just being put on the field because he's captain.
But I doubt it'll happen.
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