Kasper for Captain

[AmarteyAndChill]

52 minutes ago, Hawk17 said:

Wholeheartedly agree, Kasper was absolutely outstanding today and has been our onfield leader all season anyway just minus the armband.

But to be fair to Wes, none of us have any idea the toll the amount of games he plays are taking on his body and the mental pressure the captaincy might be placing on him on top of that.

Genuinely believe this is a massive win-win, Kasper is a natural born leader and will make a phenomenal captain and an exhausted, wonderful servant of Leicester in Wes may well start finding a bit of form again with the weight of the captaincy pressure off his shoulders.

 

But Wes Morgan cannot even pass the ball more than 5 yards. That's not tiredness, that's basic footballing ability. Same with Huth.

[Koke]

He went absolute apoplectic at Fuchs when he nearly scored an own goal. 

 

Huth and Morgan look intimidating but they won't give anyone a bollocking for not doing their job.

[leicesterlad1989]

Giving him the armband won't make any difference. Having the captains armband has a lot less importance in football compared to a sport like cricket for example. Morgan merely does a coin toss and that's about it.

 

What we lack are leaders all over the pitch. We could do with 4 or 5 more Kaspers on the pitch. Giving him the armband won't suddenly take pressure off Morgan and it won't suddenly change our fortunes. If Morgan continues as captain, I'm sure Kasper will carry on shouting and bollocking players, as he does.

[Sammy]

Schmeichel is Schmeichel whether he has the armband or not, I'm sure it doesn't bother him and I think we just have to be grateful we have such an excellent leader in goal.

 

Reading Vardy's autobiography and looking at our last 2 title winning seasons the players clearly have respect for Morgan particularly off the pitch. That accompanied with Ranieri's deciding to persist with Morgan as skipper when he arrived (probably based on the recommendation of Shakey). No need to change to unsettle anything, Schmeichel has a lot of influence at the club both on the pitch and in that committee with King and Wes

[foxy boxing]

well he certainly leads by example making some great saves and keeping us in the tie and was constantly barracking his defenders who were playing poor that first half. he is one of the most experienced players at the club who commands a lot of respect but the captain should be an outfield player who is able to talk to the other players on the pitch for example Kasper only commands the penalty area and cannot talk to players that are upfield 

[deep blue]

37 minutes ago, leicesterlad1989 said:

Giving him the armband won't make any difference. Having the captains armband has a lot less importance in football compared to a sport like cricket for example. Morgan merely does a coin toss and that's about it.

 

What we lack are leaders all over the pitch. We could do with 4 or 5 more Kaspers on the pitch. Giving him the armband won't suddenly take pressure off Morgan and it won't suddenly change our fortunes. If Morgan continues as captain, I'm sure Kasper will carry on shouting and bollocking players, as he does.

True, but if Morgan didn't have the armband he just might not be quite  so undroppable.

[woznotwos]

Without a doubt should be captain.

[leicesterlad1989]

8 minutes ago, deep blue said:

True, but if Morgan didn't have the armband he just might not be quite  so undroppable.

Very true and a good point. Arguably I'd say that Huth is performing worse than Morgan at present, yet he seems to continue to start. Can't see both being dropped either.

[fairbanksh]

Loris seems ok as Spurs captain so why not

In perfect world

New captain

New manager

New DOF

Dream on

[Manwell Pablo]

1 hour ago, Babylon said:

Once again people massively over estimating the armband... funny how he's always a shit captain when we're losing rather than winning the the top two divisions.
 

Leaders take many different forms and not one of you have any idea of his relationship with players away from the cameras. Screaming and shouting doesn't instantly make you a good captain, just as being more reserved doesn't make you a bad one.

 

If people think we're struggling because Wes Morgan is captain then they are beyond deluded. Swapping captains isn't suddenly going to make people support each other when they have the ball, or be able to control it and pass to a similar coloured shirt.

 

Quite.

 

It'll make no bloody difference what's so ever, He'll still act the same and have the same influence only he'll have a plastic armband with "C" written on it. 

[sylofox]

2 hours ago, ultrafox said:

It is what needs to happen. How can we make it happen?

 

Chanting  SCHMEICHEL FOR CAPTAIN at the Liverpool match?

 

Set up a petition? Any ideas?

 

I think such a change would probably take some weight off Morgans shoulders and he 'might' repsond more positively on the pitch.

 

 

An open letter to CR?

[AKCJ]

Sick of people undermining Wes' captaincy as though he's not led us to promotion, the great escape, the title and now the last 16 of the Champions League.

 

He's clearly a very highly respected member of our squad, you don't necessarily need to be screaming your head off for 90 minutes to be a good captain.

 

You don't need the arm band to be a captain. Everyone should be leading their team mates through the 90 minutes.

[AKCJ]

4 hours ago, ultrafox said:

It is what needs to happen. How can we make it happen?

 

Chanting  SCHMEICHEL FOR CAPTAIN at the Liverpool match?

 

Set up a petition? Any ideas?

 

I think such a change would probably take some weight off Morgans shoulders and he 'might' repsond more positively on the pitch.

 

 

Have a rethink you weapon.

[Parafox]

I know the theorists are sure that CR has lost the dressing room, but what if Morgan has? He must know he is a weak link in our defence and surely the senior players must be saying something to him about his, often inept. performances, in particular Kasper.

 

Maybe that would explain Morgan's apparent indifference to his penalty save last night given that it was his daft tackle that resulted in the penalty.

 

Maybe he is aware that the players are losing confidence in him as a player which must undermine his influence as captain. How can he motivate and demand more from players on the pitch when he himself is so often at fault? Maybe he is aware that players are talking behind his back and feels the lack of trust in him and he is therefore less committed to the captaincy as a result? Maybe it also explains why he seemed to take no part in the huddle and let Kasper do the talking

 

Kasper seems to be the one doing the motivating and trying to pump the players up to try harder, particularly after the second goal went in and again after Vardy scored.

 

What did Morgan do? Nothing, just turned and walked away as if he had no feeling for his team or the players in it anymore.

 

Also what was he doing in the opposition left back area receiving a throw in and then trying to outplay 3 Sevilla players, ultimately l

 

If Morgan no longer has the respect of the players, Ranieri needs to stop showing such loyalty in him and that might be the reason why the dressing room seems to have lost some respect for the manager. They know what needs to be done but the boss isn't doing it.

[Wymsey]

He should've been handed the captaincy bandage a while ago.

 

From watching him yesterday, it was clear Schmeichel was the actual leader in both instructing and shouting constructively to the back-four - whilst Morgan often appeared to moan a lot to himself and blame others despite certain things being his fault (like not marking the player that scored after he tried to tackle another player Huth already had marked).

[Foxxed]

The only thing it would do would make it easier to drop Morgan. Which may be a good thing.