West Ham’s next captain
So with Declan Rice almost gone from the club who do you think the captain’s armband should be passed to. My choice would be Aguerd or Paqueta. Thoughts please.
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Bowen for his last minute goal
There's not really a stand out canddidate. If Cresswell was staying/more involved if staying I'd probably pick him
Fabianski - current third captain
Fabianski would be my guess if Emerson becomes a regular, if not I imagine it could be somebody new we sign. Aguerd seems the only other possible candidate, possibly Soucek.
We could do with a longer term option imo, so Aguerd is my preference of players currently at the club, although I wouldn't be surprised if it's Cresswell, he'd be a very Moyes selection.
Unfortunately the lack of a natural successor to Rice as captain is a worry in that 2 of my worst potential signings might be more likely for Moyes if he feels we need a new captain from outside the club; Maquire (absolutely my no.1 worst signing unless it's on a free) and JWP (very likely to be hugely over-priced if we sign him).
I think he was a bit of an exception to the rule though because he'd been captain at his previous club and in fact he was bought with the very intention of him being g captain. Sam had said as much - the acquisition of Nolan was one of the key strategies for promotion.
There are exceptions as If you had bought Roy Keane, he is Captain, John Terry the same and Nolan probably fell into that category also. I can't recall if Lucas Neil came straight in as Captain or not but I recall him being a good one.
I know I'm repeating again but Noble talks a lot about being captain in his autobiography and its a lot more than wearing an armband.
The captain has to be a leader on and off the pitch so unless someone has a lot of personality it needs to be a player who has been with the club for a few years. If we sign Ward-Prowse or Maguire then its going to take them a while to settle in before they can take on the captain's job.
Apart from Oggy and Cressers the only player who has been captain at any level is Tommy Soucek
If we do have a lot of changes in personnel it might be appropriate to move to a different model of captaincy....
It’s obvious we have a great team spirit, the team should pick the captain.
I'd even go as far to say that if he got transferred this season i wouldn't be unhappy.