Holdsworth as captain

[wigster]

This is not just a reaction to his excellent performance today - for me he's been player of the season by miles - but why not make Andy Holdsworth the permanent captain. He's full of enthusiasm, runs for 90 minutes and is one of the few there at the moment who do seem to care about Town.
Today he was shouting, cajoling and looked a natural leader.
I thought Frank Sinclair also showed why he's been a centre-half most of his career - he was superb - I said when he came that he was never comfortable at Turf Moor on the few occasions they played him at full-back, and as centre-half he shows the leadershipdrive and refusal to be bullied that neither Mirfin nor Clarke have. He's still got some pace as well, unlike those two.

[arnhemterrier]

Oh Hippy lock his FRED, I just made that point me sen

[kamaraisking]

worthys done nowt wrong he should be capt all day long

[skinner05]

what for the one game every 3 months hes turns out for.Heard today its his groin again, could well be an early retirement if it doesnt improve

[kamaraisking]

hes had one bad season since he came through and imo is the best midfielder weve got when hes fit he is simply awsome and weve missed him so much this season

[Polish Hippy]

Town through and through, always plays with his heart on his sleeve. If we can hang on to him i'd give him the arm band every game.

[andyhudd]

stan said:

Town through and through, always plays with his heart on his sleeve. If we can hang on to him i'd give him the arm band every game.

Yeah, couldn't agree more.

[kamaraisking]

try thinking about writing youre own response andyhudd unless youre andys dad

[andyhudd]

kamaraisking said:

try thinking about writing youre own response andyhudd unless youre andys dad

You've said that once before.

[kamaraisking]

come on andy tell me why holdsworth should get the arm band over worthy when fit DOSENT WORTHY WERE HIS HEART ON HIS SLEEVE

[Polish Hippy]

kamaraisking said:

try thinking about writing a response youre self andyhudd unless youre andys dad

What kind of a lame reply was that? Oh I get it, people aren't allowed to agree with me. Maybe you should start a poll ;D

[andyhudd]

kamaraisking said:

come on andy tell me why holdsworth should get the arm band over worthy when fit DOSENT WORTHY WERE HIS HEART ON HIS SLEEVE

I think Worthy's a very good captain only he's very injury prone so he's not always in the team and he has a poor disciplinary record which hardly sets an example to the younger players. He tries hard, he gets stuck in and I think he's an excellent captain but has a couple of faults. If Worthy was to try and improve his disciplinary record it'd make him a worse player, it's all about getting stuck in to those crunching tackles and I'm all for Worthy going into those tackles. But is it reasonable to have a man with such a poor disciplinary record in charge of the younger lads, setting them an example? I think as he's more or less ever present and has a better disciplinary record Holdsworth makes a decent claim for captaincy. He too is passionate about his game and wears his heart on his sleeve. Worthy's a great captain and I think Holdsworth would make a great captain too, admittedly I can't say outright that Holdsworth is a better captain as Worthington has certain qualities in his tackles that suggest a never say die attitude, and this is very important, as hopefully it'll rub off on the players around him. At this point I'm undecided, Holdsworth impresses me very much with his leadership abilities but Worthington too stakes a real claim. However, Worthington misses several games through injury and suspension, Holdsworth is more or less ever present so even if Worthy's captain and Holdsworth vice captain, that's gunna do a lot of good to be honest. They both have some qualities, perhaps Worthy more so on the grounds of captaincy but Worthy isn't always available for selection and has disciplinary problems.

Andy.