Here's the thing for me about the other candidates mentioned here. The Vice-Captain is meant to be a leader on the pitch, even when the Captain is present and when he's not, the Vice becomes the Captain. So you have to look past time served with us and to leadership qualities. Lovren was brought in because, according to Rodgers, the back line needed Leadership in it, something it's lacked since Carragher retired. If Skrtel possessed such qualities then why the need to bring Lovren in? Henderson is getting better and better but still goes missing for parts of games. People admit that freely here on this board so it's not something I'm just saying to be critical about him. So you have to ask yourself if having your Captain going missing for parts of games is going to be a good thing? He might be a future Vice-Captain if he improves that area of his game but not right now. He's not ready.
That really just leaves Lallana (former club captain) or Lovren as the potential Vice-Captains. Out of the two I think it will be Lovren because of the aforementioned Leadership at the back. This again counts against Henderson and Lallana because do we really want the Captain and Vice-Captain playing alongside each other? What would that bring to the team? Making Lovren the new VC gives us a like-for-like replacement for Agger who on paper was meant to be the like-for-like replacement for Carragher. It provides a level of continuity I can see Brendan going for so for me, Lovren is the logical choice.
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