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Jimmy Cantrell
If you were 25 and were made captain of Spurs, it wouldn't have an effect on you?
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Ryan Mason
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If you were 25 and were made captain of Spurs, it wouldn't have an effect on you?
milo
Jack L. Jones
I'm not saying that it wouldn't. I am just saying that I think that Poch thinks that the captaincy is not particularly important.
90291Spur
Paul Walsh
I think Poch knows the psychology of his squad and that some of them - Kane, Rose, Mason - will feel great wearing the armband and leading the team out.
milo
Jack L. Jones
I think that more often that not he just gives it to the most senior player
Spur of the moment
Frederic Kanoute
That's as may be but if so he works it brilliantly, exploiting the honour and prestige it bestows (you cannot take that away) artfully to motivate his players.
90291Spur
Paul Walsh
So with Mason it was the 'not', rather than the 'more often' as Alderweireld is more senior to Mason in every regard - age, appearances, international caps AND tattoos.
milo
Jack L. Jones
By seniority, I mean length of time with the club.
90291Spur
Paul Walsh
By length of time with the club do you mean as a first team squad member or affiliation with the club going back to the academy?
Spur of the moment
Frederic Kanoute
Was Townsend ever made captain?
milo
Jack L. Jones
Well let's have a look at the players he has made captain over the last couple of years:
Lloris
Kane
Rose
Walker
Mason
Lennon
Kaboul
Adebayor
Who have I missed?
milo
Jack L. Jones
You'd have to go back a while for his last start
Spur of the moment
Frederic Kanoute
Verts? As in, has he or has he not, genuinely cannot remember.
90291Spur
Paul Walsh
Ade. Ouch!
Spur of the moment
Frederic Kanoute
According to MEHSTG Verts has captained Tottenham, does not say who that was under though.
Dembele has also been around as long as Lloris.
Roland Beurre
Peter Taylor
FWIW, of our current squad, Rose made his first team debut before any of the others, I believe.
braineclipse
Willie Hall
Overall captaincy for the season probably matters a bit more. For one EL game I don't think it matters all that much.
I wouldn't expect Alderweireld to act any differently on the pitch with or without the armband in a game like that. And off the pitch he'll know he's not the team captain anyway.
Nice to see Mason get the armband I thought. Well deserved for a player that has worked hard for a long time and keeps working hard for the club.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
I think I remember it happening this season - a game Lloris was missing for
He did struggle. I think in the first half a lot of our boys did but we needed someone in that first half to grab the game by the scruff and keep a cool head. As poch said be brave in possession
Bedfordspurs
Arthur Rowe
But mason wasn't in isolation in not taking charge
From what little I've seen none of our players turned up and did their job