QuoteShay is the only choice.
Kilbane should be dropped like a hot cake.
Duff is too quiet.
Robbie Keane is no leader - he needs to rethink his attitude to the game.
Now that Kenny has retired, who do you think should be made the new captain?
Duff?
Keane?
Given?
Kilbane?
I can't see a natural choice, so although I hate to see keepers as captains, my vote goes to Shay!
Shay is the only choice.
Kilbane should be dropped like a hot cake.
Duff is too quiet.
Robbie Keane is no leader - he needs to rethink his attitude to the game.
I don't see any alternative to Shay Given. There is no outfield player who you would feel will 100% confident handing the captaincy to. Some managers don't like the keeper to be captain as they are too far removed from the general play. I agree generally.
If I was to pick one at the moment, it would be Richard Dunne.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
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Duff is too quiet.
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Since moving to chelsea duff has really come on in that regard. Given would be the obvious choice but as above i dont like seeing goalies as captain. Id go with duff myself
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Shay Given deserves it by a country mile.
Matt Holland, Graham Kavanagh, Richard Dunne and Kevin Kilbane have all been captains at club level but none are up to the Ireland job.
If Roy Keane sticks around for a while longer then he should be reinstated though.
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Somebody else mentioned Dunne to me as well. Is he captain at City?Originally Posted by Kingdom
Might not be a bad choice.
Not great to have keepers as captains but Given is the only mature candidate. Dunne needs to concentrate on his own game & Duff will have lot to do on his own game to worry about captaincy.
Given, obviously.
With Andy O'Brien as another candidate maybe.
I'd go for Given, but as said above generally goalies are not central enough to give the verbal slaps needed sometimes.
Richie Dunne would be my second choice, as I think he'll become a class centreback soon.
"You call that a first touch?"
Duff as captain Robbie Keane as captain Kilbane as captain?????????
Jaysus Christ, people ahve just been going on about Cunningham not being effective as captain, what the fcuk do people think Duff and Keane are going to do?
Give it to Dunne or Given.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
i agree totally
Winners are workers,
Losers make excuses.
I don't really think that a goalkeeper can play a real captain's role so I'd give it to Richard Dunne. That's not taking anything from Given, I was really, really impressed with him last night and the players out there let him down as much as they did Kerr.
Schmeichel, Yashin, Zoff, Kahn, Sepp Maier, etc. were captain for their country. Given deserves it and will hopefully get it.
Eirebhoy, those list of players you mentioned have all been part of great teams made up with leaders all around the pitch. I think this Irish team will need its captain out the field. Richard Dunne for me.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
The only person that deserves to be captain is Shay. I think he'd do a good job.
Think it shoudl be shay but take on board what they say bout outfield players
I would not be surprised if roy keane did NOT retire yet
HE is nothing like him old self but he still can put in a performance
only time will tell
yknow gary breen is still around...i think with cunningham gone now, breen will have to be considered again. week in week out premiership player. never lets ireland down and is vocal on the pitch.
yeah richie dunne wouldnt be a bad option. kilbane should not be let near an irish team again till he has club form back-total confidence player.
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Roy Keane will probably still be around. He intends to leave the Scum so he can get another 2 yrs playing time elsewhere, probably at Celtic. If he's playing at Celtic, the SPL won't take too much out of him so it would be no surprise to see him soldier on with Ireland. As it stands Keane or Given are the only real candidates. Duff, Robbie Keane, Dunne etc are either not mature enough or not vocal enough IMO
so far there has been 3 centre halfs mentioned as captain, Dunne, O'Brien & Breen. I cant see Ireland playing with 3 Centre halfs and surely the captain will have to be an automatic first choice in the starting line up.
Dunne would personally be my choice as my defence would have him and another. He will improve even more as a player getting the experience he is getting and has got already. Playing in a world cup would of brought him on tremendously.
"it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen."
o shea!!
might wake him up!
nah seriously - only shay desrves it - one consistent performer at top level, has kept us in games and has won games for us by himself nearly.
The only decent player last night who stayed out on pitch and clapped the irish fans. I dont agree that the captain needs to be outfield - shay sees the whole game on front of him and can influence others around him.
Ideally it would be a midfield player but none of them desrve it.
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