The Four Possible England Captains Are…
There’s quite a big deal being made of the fact that David Beckham will captain England against Trinidad & Tobago tomorrow night. Yes, it’s nice for him. Especially after Steve Mac looked to have ended Goldenballs England career. But it shouldn’t be such a huge shock.
Beckham has done the job (and done it pretty well as far as I’m concerned) before. So with all his experience he’s the ideal choice to lead a team of young players who are a bit green when it comes to international football.
But here’s the interesting thing to come out of all this:
In response to all the hubbub this week, Capello has said:
“When I took over as manager I decided to choose a different captain for each game, and David was on one of the four players I thought of.
“David will be the last captain – but only for this game.”
So that means the final decision will be a four way fight between:
Steven Gerrard
Rio Ferdinand
John Terry
David Beckham
My order of preference:
1. Rio Ferdinand
2. Steven Gerrard
3. David Beckham
4. John Terry
And though I’m not keen on Terry, he’d still do a decent enough job. The really interesting thing here is that England have so many potential captains. So whoever Capello chooses, it’s good to know that the young talents that (we hope) will emerge in the next two years (Walcott, Richard, Lennon etc) will have plenty of older heads to guide them.
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I hope Gerrard doesn’t get it, he just doesn’t stand up and be counted for England like he does for Liverpool.
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Mind you…when the whole Mascherano fracas happened with the Ref in the United game… Gerrard was nowhere to be seen. I dislike Terry, too angry. I always liked Beckham as a captain, as he leads by example.
I prefer Beckham and Rio, but any of these can do a good job.
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Beckham should retired. give the young lads a chance to play because we all know david is not going to participate in WC2010.
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Rio or stevie g for captain
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My favorite would be Steve G but I’ve a funny feeling Terry will get it.




I think that Beckham could end up playing in WC2010. His game isnt based on pace, its based on precision. And I dont think he’ll lose the ability to pinpoint passes and crosses. He should keep playing until someone (Bentley) eventually overtake him.
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@ Drabik
yes beck have pinpoint passes and crosses, however when he plays against a big or high quality opponents his rubbish. when he came of the bench against croatia he was a ghost, barely touch the ball unless its a corner or a free kick. the guy is way overrated.
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world people ll watch romenia,crotia,greece, turkie,russia,poland n the euro 2008..england and other england(scotland,north ireland,wales) teams can’t be elit team of the european now..
they looking down the other national teams..britanian’s problem to be smart-alecky..
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