3 Captains

[Sanecow]

Did you get the memo re:"One Captain for the finals"?

[Tuesday]

Originally posted by Charlie
Que?

sera sera.

Maxfield wasn't playing.

But that the end of the year, the total number of players who had captained the Swans stood at seven.

[Charlie]

Originally posted by Tuesday

But that the end of the year, the total number of players who had captained the Swans stood at seven.

The total number of players that had captained the club and were actually playing stood at six.

[giant]

Perhaps it's a cop-out but I doubt it - I think they really did think the rotating captaincy thing worked well and wanted to try it on a revised basis. Happy to wait & see how it goes rather than the kneejerk reaction from the usual suspects.

[ScottH]

Congrats Barry, Ben and Leo.

ABC

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by ScottH
Congrats Barry, Ben and Leo.

ABC

I assume you mean Barry, Brett and Leo

[ScottH]

Originally posted by goswannie14
I assume you mean Barry, Brett and Leo

No.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by ScottH
No.

Just looked at the ABC link again...I assume that they meant Barry, Brett and Leo

[ScottH]

Originally posted by goswannie14
Just looked at the ABC link again...I assume that they meant Barry, Brett and Leo

Correct.

[j s]

Originally posted by goswannie14
Just looked at the ABC link again...I assume that they meant Barry, Brett and Leo

The A BC has now corrected their error....

The Sydney Swans have named three captains for the 2006 AFL season, with Barry Hall, Brett Kirk and Leo Barry all sharing the responsibility.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by j s
The A BC has now corrected their error....

They must read RWO

[j s]

Originally posted by goswannie14
They must read RWO

Doesn't everyone?

[Nico]

WE WON THE FLAG.

Thanks Roosey and all the captains.

[Sanecow]

Also thanks to the two players not to make captaincy in 2005.

[Xie Shan]

Originally posted by Sanecow
A total embarrassment.

Not quite, though I agree that they should have appointed one captain.

Three isn't too bad though. I think it'll help share the responsibility of motivating the players in each position (defence, mids, forwards) - it does help the message across during a game.

Now if only they could decide who leads the team out each week.

That's the embarrassing part.

If they must go down this route, I'd make the three of them vice-captains of their respective positions, but also pick one of them (preferably Kirk - him addressing the team in the PF was what swayed me) to be the captain of the side.

Having an (internal) leadership group is all very nice, but I reckon you need that one captain who can pull the players together, someone to rally around, look up to when things are going against them.