davieG Posted 23 September 2010 Posted 23 September 2010 From the Merc - http://www.thebluearmy.co.uk/news/Leicester-City-boss-Sousa-nurturing-young-midfielder-future-City-skipper/article-2679091-detail/article.html Paulo Sousa believes Andy King is a future Leicester City captain.The City boss gave the 21-year-old midfielder the captain’s armband for Tuesday night’s Carling Cup victory at Fratton Park. Regular skippers Matt Oakley and Jack Hobbs were rested for the 2-1 win, but Sousa believes it is a role King can adopt for City in the future. Sousa said he chose King to lead the side because he felt the Wales international is ready for the extra responsibility, and he wants to bring the softly-spoken midfielder more out of his shell. “I think Andy is a player for the present and for the future at the club,” said Sousa. “He is someone I want to help mature, especially in leadership. “He is a lovely person but he needs to express himself a little bit more and he needs to be part of the decisions in the squad, the leadership on the pitch, and we need to help players to do that. “We want to help him have more communication on the pitch. He understands the game so well and he can help us. It will help him be more of a leader on the pitch.” Sousa was also delighted with the performances of Japanese midfielder Yuki Abe and Portuguese defender Miguel Vitor, who made their first starts for the club. Sousa made eight changes for the visit to Fratton Park, and he admitted he now has a welcome selection headache for Friday’s Championship clash against Pompey. “Yuki is someone I have said from the beginning will help us a lot and he played a fantastic game, especially in the first half,” said Sousa. “He made good decisions, with good passing and good energy. Also without the ball he fought and challenged to win the ball back. “He can score and he can cross and shoot. “He is everything that will be important to us to win games. “Miguel has some experience, but not in this league. “It is very intense and the demands are very different than he is used to in the past. “But he is someone with different characteristics and he reads the game very well. He takes good decisions and he was fresh mentally and physically. “This is what each manager wants to have, this headache, and everyone is ready to help us win games.” Also discussed in the King of Kings topic.
Uncle Monty Posted 23 September 2010 Posted 23 September 2010 Interesting, I didn't know he was our captain for the pompy game. Paulo says he needs to express himself more, but I thought most of his goals were scored ninja style. Mind you that doesn't stop lamps scoring when he is the captain.
Finnegan Posted 23 September 2010 Posted 23 September 2010 Being more of a gobshite won't stop his goal scoring. No footballer should be shy, nice move from Sousa.
Dan Posted 23 September 2010 Posted 23 September 2010 Agree with his comment about being more involved, but surely if he's got to "teach" him into being more involved, it'd be a more suitable choice who has that ability naturally?
davieG Posted 23 September 2010 Author Posted 23 September 2010 Agree with his comment about being more involved, but surely if he's got to "teach" him into being more involved, it'd be a more suitable choice who has that ability naturally? I think it's more a case of giving him the confidence/authority to speak up. You need to remember that he's the only player in the team who's come through our academy and is surrounded by seasoned professionals so probably still feels 'junior' and is viewed as such by his team mates. This happens in business with ex-apprentices trying to be heard, they tend to get viewed as 'trainees' for a long time after, it takes time to shake off that image. This will only help give him and the team the message that even though he is relatively young he has a football brain and has something worth while to say.
Finnegan Posted 23 September 2010 Posted 23 September 2010 Good post, davie. I agree entirely. Well put.
Ric Flair Posted 23 September 2010 Posted 23 September 2010 He just needs to give one of the other players missus one or chin one of them (the players that is)
Corky Posted 23 September 2010 Posted 23 September 2010 Would make a good captain in time, definitely would lead by example.
Guest BlueBrett Posted 23 September 2010 Posted 23 September 2010 No plans to cash in on his form in January then?
MPH Posted 23 September 2010 Posted 23 September 2010 Clever move by Sousa for Andy King's sake as well as ours.. this could keep him at the club for a couple of years longer.Chances are that one day he will move on but with this sort of feather in his hat he'll be here a while longer so instead of moving to the Boltons and stokes it might be the evertons or the Villas of the prem and I think I woukd feel much better about that.... Unless we progress to that sort of level ourselves, of course
Wymsey Posted 23 September 2010 Posted 23 September 2010 Has AK ever captained Wales @ senior or youth level at all?just wondering.
Finnegan Posted 23 September 2010 Posted 23 September 2010 Has AK ever captained Wales @ senior or youth level at all?just wondering. Not as far as I know. He's been a fringe player at most levels for Wales, not a starter really.
helsy33 Posted 23 September 2010 Posted 23 September 2010 Has AK ever captained Wales @ senior or youth level at all?just wondering. Yes, he captained the U21s last November against Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Finnegan Posted 23 September 2010 Posted 23 September 2010 Yes, he captained the U21s last November against Bosnia-Herzegovina. Well there you go then, congratulations Andy.
Edmund Posted 24 September 2010 Posted 24 September 2010 As much as I love King he seems to be too quiet a character to be captain. The same could be said about Hobbs and Oakley. Wellens or Waghorn strike me as natural captains.
davieG Posted 24 September 2010 Author Posted 24 September 2010 As much as I love King he seems to be too quiet a character to be captain. The same could be said about Hobbs and Oakley. Wellens or Waghorn strike me as natural captains. Being mouthy is not an attribute on it's own there are many attributes to being a captain I haven't got the time or inclination to list them besides I'm sure you already know. People tend to focus on the vocal side because it's the most visible/obvious but not necessarily the most important. As I've said previously it will come with confidence, belief in them by the manager respect from the players and experience. As for Wellens and Waghorn there's no reason why they and all the other players shouldn't give each other visible vocal support it's not exclusive to the captain's role.
Edmund Posted 24 September 2010 Posted 24 September 2010 Wether you like it or not being vocal is the most important attribute as a captain. Any good leader is a good communicator otherwise the role would be void. cap·tain (kptn) n. 1. Abbr. Capt. One who commands, leads, or guides others, especially: a. The officer in command of a ship, an aircraft, or a spacecraft. All the above are done with communication. There was an interesting blog about this subject by Walshy on his Soar blog when Hobbs was given the captains armband under Pearson. He had his concerns over Hobbs becoming captain with his naturally quiet nature. I'd like to think Walsh knows what he's talking about considering he was one of our most successful captains in recent times. Good luck to Kingy though and I'd love it if he became a successful captain and leads the club to glory but either way he'll have to command respect from the other players and become more vocal as he doesn't strike me as a natural captain at present.
davieG Posted 24 September 2010 Author Posted 24 September 2010 Wether you like it or not being vocal is the most important attribute as a captain. Any good leader is a good communicator otherwise the role would be void. cap·tain (kptn) n. 1. Abbr. Capt. One who commands, leads, or guides others, especially: a. The officer in command of a ship, an aircraft, or a spacecraft. All the above are done with communication. There was an interesting blog about this subject by Walshy on his Soar blog when Hobbs was given the captains armband under Pearson. He had his concerns over Hobbs becoming captain with his naturally quiet nature. I'd like to think Walsh knows what he's talking about considering he was one of our most successful captains in recent times. Good luck to Kingy though and I'd love it if he became a successful captain and leads the club to glory but either way he'll have to command respect from the other players and become more vocal as he doesn't strike me as a natural captain at present. There's a big difference between being visibly vocal, shouting and talking to your team that's why I deliberately used the word mouthy which on the whole tends to be not good communication. Of course communication is vital, but it needs to have quality and just because we don't see it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. A quiet word in someone's ear can carry a lot more weight than a Wayne Brown type bollocking especially if it's a respected voice..
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