World Cup 2010 Blog: “Is the role of captain overrated?” plus 1 more |  |
| Is the role of captain overrated? Posted: 06 Feb 2010 10:20 AM PST
To some extent, I have to wonder quite why such a fuss has been made – afterall it is only the armband that’s been taking away from Terry as Daryl rightly pointed out. Nothing else. When England go into the World Cup in South Africa, just like every other nation they’ll need plenty of on the field leaders. It won’t matter that Terry doesn’t have the armband, there will still be moments where he is needed to put an arm around someone, to fire someone up for a match, to give a rousing talk etc. It makes me wonder – does it matter who is captain, at club or country? I noticed today that UEFA has a celebration of all those captains that have lifted the European Cup. It sure is an impressive list of names – Beckenbauer, Platini, Deschamps etc, but would it have mattered if one of their teamates was wearing the armband? I doubt it. In something like, Rugby, the role of the captain serves some kind of purpose – its only the Captain who is allowed to speak to the referee for example (to cut out these kind of scenes) and that makes sense. I know some countries don’t worry about who is Captain and just give it to the player with the most caps. To me it does seem a bit of a formality, but it must mean something to someone, or else there wouldn’t be this fuss about Terry. I just think that on the pitch, especially at international level, you’re going to need all your players to stand up and be counted. If you’re relying on one player to try and get them in the right frame of mind, you’re in a bad place to begin with, aren’t you?
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| Thierry Henry’s favourite Ref makes the World Cup Posted: 06 Feb 2010 06:55 AM PST
The referee who allowed the goal, Martin Hansson, is in Fifa’s squad of referee’s who will make the World Cup in South Africa. One of his linesmen has also made it, Stefan Wittberg was included but Fredrik Nilsson missed out. But on the other hand – he made a big mistake in a high profile match, which hardly fills you with confidence. And by including him, its only drawn attention to the referees which probably isn’t what they need anyway. A full list of the referee’s picked for SA is available in this slightly awkward document on the FIFA website.
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I’m guessing you’re probably tired of hearing about the whole John Terry situation by now. I know I’m beginning to be fed up of it being seemingly the only news story around. 
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