Originally Posted by ags_rule:
“It should be De Gea. The only player whose performances have never slipped. Arguably the best goalkeeper in the world. Didn't get his big money transfer to Madrid - did he sulk about it? Did he hell. He signed a contract extension and played better than ever before. He is fully behind the team.
The only issue with De Gea of course is that he probably won't be here for the long-haul - I still think we will see him at Madrid in the next 2-3 years - but by then we'll have someone else ready to step into the role.
NB: Not suggesting De Gea is like a Roy Keane - by all accounts he isn't that sort of figure, and as you say, we don't have one of those in our squad - but his sheer talent commands confidence. How can you be inspired by your captain given Rooney's insipid performances?”
“It should be De Gea. The only player whose performances have never slipped. Arguably the best goalkeeper in the world. Didn't get his big money transfer to Madrid - did he sulk about it? Did he hell. He signed a contract extension and played better than ever before. He is fully behind the team.
The only issue with De Gea of course is that he probably won't be here for the long-haul - I still think we will see him at Madrid in the next 2-3 years - but by then we'll have someone else ready to step into the role.
NB: Not suggesting De Gea is like a Roy Keane - by all accounts he isn't that sort of figure, and as you say, we don't have one of those in our squad - but his sheer talent commands confidence. How can you be inspired by your captain given Rooney's insipid performances?”
Captains come in a wide variety of styles of course, some will be like Keane, others like Cantona (who wasn't looked upon as Captain material till he got the job). I'm not saying that Rooney's performance's have been great, far from the standard he's set himself, but for him to get the England job as well perhaps says he does his best work in terms of the captain's role inside the dressing room, and on the training pitch.
I'm not a huge fan of keeper/captains, I'm not sure they can be effective and at least with Rooney, you've got someone who has always been happy to "chat" to officials, so giving him the armband has given him some leeway to do that in a official capacity.
With Martial and Rashford competing for the striker position, Mata and Mkhitaryan for the number 10 and everyone else really picks themselves as theres no competition. 