Reports in the Observer suggest that Mick McGuire has not yet chosen a captain for the new season. There is nothing in the report to say he has disregarded Lockers, but that he hasnt yet spoken him to get his thoughts. What that means is anyones guess but if I was Sean O'Loughlin, Id be knocking on his door first thing tomorrow morning.


Which leads me to the question...who do you want as Wigan captain?
There is only one man for me and that is Sean O'Loughlin. Has way too many knockers and would easily be the first man on my team sheet. There is nobody else in SL id rather have captaining my club.

The only likely alternatives I can think of are Deacon, Bailey or Leuluai. Other experienced woudl include Pat or Fielden but I cant think of anything worse.

sorry if that has been mentioned.

Sean O'Loughlin.

Don't fix what isn't broken IMO.

The only other suitable candidate for me would be Phil Bailey but I'd sooner keep Lockers leading the team.

Lockers with Tommy as VC. Sean is Wigan through and through and just because he doesn't read the riot act behind the posts after we concede a try like a certain Brother-In-Law of his, people deem him not good enough to captain our club. He has captained every single side he has been in - bar GB/England. Taking the captaincy of him would be majorly stupid IMO.

Lockers 100%. No need to say anymore.

I await with eagerness the Locker knockers arrival.........

We cannot have a say, we don't know what he is like in the dressing room or behind the scenes, all we see is what happens on the pitch.

Who voted for Fielden?

But the fact that every single person who has coached him has said he is a natural leader is something we should be willing to accept.

Someone taking the p iss i suspect!

The same people who constantly voted for Moran when I used to do man of the match votes on here.

Pie Man?

Sean for me he has matured into a class player and is a great example to follow, Im unsure as to why Paul Deacon is a candidate as he won't know the team inside out like Sean.

Saints fans!

Nobby !!

Sam with Lockers as 'Club Captain' for me

Way too young imo.

Lockers. Can't believe Fielden has two votes, captain of the reserves maybe.

I want to know why someone voted for Tomkins?

And also who the two votes for others are?

IMO it should only be given to Lockers and if he is injured then Bailey would be my vice captain. Its good to see that Lockers has been giving the backing by the fans, last season was one of, if not the best season hes had with us.

Sometimes, your captain needn't be the guy with the biggest gob on them. Sometimes, it's the guy with the work ethic that's the best person to "lead you into battle" and Lockers has that in abundence.

Another plus point is he's a Wiganer through and through.

In my mind, I'd give the VC to Tommy or Pat. Interesting to see that people are looking to Sam to be captain. Sam's a leader and he does that on the pitch, but I think he's a captain for the future IMO.

Personally, I'd have O'Loughlin as captain and Deacon as vice.

From a supporters perspective, I've seen nothing from Lockers to suggest why he should lose his captaincy.

Lockers should stay captain but I don't think it really matters. If Bailey/Leuluai/Tomkins etc aren't captains, they can still talk on the field. They can still give advice and call moves. Captain is only a name really.

On the subject of others ,
i would choose George Carmont a consistent performer who's form and attitude since he has been at the club even got him into the dream team ,an old head who will stick up for his teammates and is a family man to boot.

If it was for twelve months i don't think it would cause to much upset in the camp and may lead to other players stepping up to the job if they knew it was up for grabs when he retires .

Lockers is a great player for us but not a very good captain IMO.
He's had the job long enough and like Noble it's time for a change to see if we can improve IMO. No one should be afraid to change captain and should welcome MM scrutinizing who the captain should be.

So its good to see MM starting everything with a clean sheet but unfortunately we have a very quiet side so there are no obvious alternatives which is hardly a stunning recommendation whoever gets the job be that Lockers or anyone else. The Captaincy and on field leadership has been an issue for several seasons now.

So I voted for Deacon simply because he's captained Bradford to several trophy victories. I doubt he will get it being the new boy though despite his obvious qualifications.

Dave

Wouldn't have said this previously, but Lockers is really starting to take the roll and command some respect.

In light of no other serious options at all (perhaps Bailey but that would be too short term) can't see anyone else at the moment who would be better.

Dave I can sort of see your reasoning, but it looks as though deacon will only be playing for one season, so I don't think that giving him the captaincy for that short period would be the way forward.

Personally I'd still go with Locky, he is well respected throughout the club by all the players.

Long term Sam will at some stage captain the club.

Why? What have we seen that tells us he is not a good captain?