theboyangel Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Nothing against Meatball but he’s not captain material for me, especially with Mings at the club. Also, we need to be looking at better midfielders than him in our starting 11. No doubt he’s a great player and ambassador for the club but we could do better. Hoping the additional responsibility gives him something extra on the pitch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icouldtelltheworld Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Seems I'm something of a minority in that McGinn still gets into my first XI, but he has nowhere near the temperament or leadership qualities to be captain IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 This is McGinn most weeks. 0-10 minutes - dictates play, gets on the ball, presses a few people. "McGinn is on it today!" I exclaim. 10-45 minutes - trundle about, occasionally ping (an admittedly great ball cross field or through to the forwards) wave arms and symbol for the lads to wake up. "Ah this is McGinn, I remember now." I sigh. 45-80 minutes - invisible, generally blowing, hide behind people when we have the ball and on the odd occasion you get it, either stand still and put arse in and fall over, or shell it. 80-90 minutes - run around like a mad man, leave one on someone and scream at the team to put in more effort. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 I don't think no one on here voting for him as captain means anything, people on here won't have much of a clue at all who should be captain as they don't know the players personally and aren't around the team, so who should be captain is something we can only really guess at. Also not sure why people are talking as if he isn't very good or whatever, I agree that we need to strengthen midfield, but if McGinn was to leave he'd be going to a club in a better situation than us, he's nowhere near as bad as people make out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, useless said: I don't think no one on here voting for him as captain means anything, people on here won't have much of a clue at all who should be captain as they don't know the players personally and aren't around the team, so who should be captain is something we can only really guess at. Also not sure why people are talking as if he isn't very good or whatever, I agree that we need to strengthen midfield, but if McGinn was to leave he'd be going to a club in a better situation than us, he's nowhere near as bad as people make out. He isn't bad, but he shouldn't be undroppable, which he has been, and now will continue to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 LET THE MELTDOWN COMMENCE. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Congratulations to John on this high honour. He should be very proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Just now, brommy said: Congratulations to John on this high honour. He should be very proud. Reported 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 16 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: It's actually **** staggering Captaincy doesn't matter much but it does symbolise you will be starting and finishing lost games. You see McGinn about 6 minutes a match max. The absolute blind spot Gerrard and Smith have for him is remarkable. I enjoy the assumption that the blind spot is with the people who work with him literally every day and absolutely not with the fanbase, a large amount of who seem to think he's fat and unfit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyklip Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) 23 minutes ago, useless said: I don't think no one on here voting for him as captain means anything, people on here won't have much of a clue at all who should be captain as they don't know the players personally and aren't around the team, so who should be captain is something we can only really guess at. Also not sure why people are talking as if he isn't very good or whatever, I agree that we need to strengthen midfield, but if McGinn was to leave he'd be going to a club in a better situation than us, he's nowhere near as bad as people make out. It's something the fans probably know the least about as far as the team is concerned. How could we? It's pretty much some people mad at the implication that it means he'll play more than they want him to. It says nothing about his actual leadership abilities. You'd have to be among the players and staff to have any idea. Edited July 27, 2022 by tyklip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Oh No. Here we go… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 I've always thought he should be captain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 First ever meatball as club captain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisvilla4 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Well done Ginny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted July 27, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2022 I guess that means Luiz is out of the team for most of the games this season. To be honest, I was kind of hoping to see... Coutinho Buendia Bailey Kamara Luiz ... for the Bournemouth game, but I don't think we'll ever see it now. This is absolutely not an anti-McGinn post, I love him and I hope he stays here for years to come, but I don't think he should be a guaranteed starter every week given his form and the players competing for his position. I would have given the captaincy to Martinez personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Well it's not like it wasn't guaranteed already but that's his place locked in for every game. The idea to make McGinn captain is absolutely ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Awful decision. He shouldn't be a guaranteed starter never mind captain. I'm seriously shocked. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, bobzy said: I enjoy the assumption that the blind spot is with the people who work with him literally every day and absolutely not with the fanbase, a large amount of who seem to think he's fat and unfit We've all watched plenty of games last season where we was losing and Mcginn was nowhere to be seen the last 30 minutes. We all see it. McGinn has good attributes , he plays high risk passes in the final third, he has a great range of passing, and can often use his body to good effect. His performances ratings are often relatively high because of this. For a CM he goes missing all the time. Often we'd be under the cosh in games begging for McGinn to get on the ball and he doesn't. Games last season several where he didn't hit 20 passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted July 27, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2022 Kamara behind Luiz and McGinn then? Coutinho and Buendia 2 10s and one up top? 4-1-2-2-1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Congratulations to Mcginn, we all know he is an all action kind of midfielder and hopefully we see him back to his best this coming season. Gerrard probably sees him train very hard day in day out, also im sure Gerrard thinks the fans will be happy with the decision as he knows we have the Mcginn chant and that might appear to him to make this a good decision.| Interesting that the vice captains job went to Emi though, thats hard on Mings but Emi is also a good leader so perhaps a just reward for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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