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Daws is obviously a legend, but he would not help us at all in our current defensive predicament
I hope that makes you feel better, but it makes me very sad. Dawson WAS great for us in the past but we managed to get an offer and him out of the club. He WAS a great servant and a man who was perfect as CLUB captain (NOT TEAM CAPTAIN playing each week). I'm sad because LLORIS is at the club, recently signed a long extension, he is playing week in and week out because he is the best and he is captain of his country! This also is past- it might come true- time will tell.Shouldn't have sold Dawson. There I said it.
For Pochettino, making Kaboul our captain and Adebayor our vice captain were the first seeds of doubt for me.
Everybody, and i genuinely think everybody wanted Hugo Lloris to be our captain, he should have been, and still should be.
Lloris was the only captain/vice captain to front the cameras after that terrible defeat. Adebayor chose to blast the fans to a gutter news rag, and kaboul, our "captain", has said nothing.
Agree. But for me the captain needs to be an outfield player so he can get his point over to the ref.I agree with those things but shouldn't a captain be good enough at football to warrant a place in their team? It's just been one mistake after another for a long time now from Kaboul.
Agree. But for me the captain needs to be an outfield player so he can get his point over to the ref.
By the time a goalie has ran half the length of the field, the ref has weighed it all up.
So if we do not want Kaboul at RB, and want an outfield player currently just about warranting their place under MP's formation...that narrows it down considerably. er... Rose? Mason?
I think he is a good captain.
He buzzes around the refs respectfully and I think he influences them.
And when anything starts to kick off, he breaks it up and no-one messes with him. No-one.
The problem is that he is not a very good CB.
I'd play him at RB - he likes to have a gallop up field.
Did you see Dawson pre-season? Veljkovic made him look second rate in comparison.Shouldn't have sold Dawson. There I said it.
I'm surprised we don't give this a shot.
He was great there a while back, built his confidence. If we give Dier a shot at CB and move Kabs to RB we might see that they are actually more suited to those roles. It can't be much worse than the current situation.
Also, is it really true that Poch delegated captain picking to the team? First I've heard of it. If true: absurd. Our spineless lot can't be trusted to pick the man tasked with shoving a rocket up their collective backsides.
Just on Dier because this has been annoying me:
It's interesting, i've seen from both us and the media about how we need to protect Kane and introduce him slowly, build up his confidence, etc...but nothing similar for Dier.
He's 20 years old, adjusting to a new country, playing out of position and the poor guy has looked more and more lost each time i've seen him. He needs more protection and more help if we're not going to 'Spurs up' his career here.