ohmelads Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Owen should prove his fitness before we go giving him the armband. He might make sense on a couple of levels. He's a professional and likely to be our leading scorer, he's someone the players will look up to because of his quality/professionalism. It might make him stay here, but I'd avoid giving it to him for the same reason. We just don't know where he'll be in 6 months or a year and to have that kind of speculation around our captain could be very disruptive to the team. You can just picture us losing two games on the bounce in January and the papers jumping on it: "Newcastle captain having doubts" or whatever, it's not what we need. Having him as our figurehead could be useful in promoting us as a brand and attracting players, though how much difference that would make is anyone's guess, we can use him for that role regardless. On the field I don't really think he's captain material, for all his effort and attitude he's not a leader and isn't very vocal. My gut feeling is it'd be a bad move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Immsy7 Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Barton...straight swap for Parker tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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