Club captain

[wallace]

I may have missed something but who is now our club captain, not just the bloke on the pitch but who represents the club to the public.

 

[SuperGran]

Neves

 

[SuperGran]

Neves

It’ll be announced with his new deal

 

[Aylesbury Wolf]

I may have missed something but who is now our club captain, not just the bloke on the pitch but who represents the club to the public.

It's Jeff.

 

[ToastedWanderer]

IMHO Neves was close to taking the arm band with Coady here given the formation, if Ruben is still with us come September, he'll become a beast of a captain..

 

[Krispy Kreme]

Doris

 

[JOSWolf]

Should be some sort of official announcement on this hopefully. Obviously Neves but would prefer it with a new deal for him. Your club captain needs to be on long deal!

 

[SuperGran]

Should be some sort of official announcement on this hopefully. Obviously Neves but would prefer it with a new deal for him. Your club captain needs to be on long deal!

Got to be a new deal for neves if he’s taking the captaincy

 

[JOSWolf]

Got to be a new deal for neves if he’s taking the captaincy

Agree.

 

[Scallywolf]

Got to be a new deal for neves if he’s taking the captaincy

Have to agree.

Being told he would be our new skipper would have helped.

Conor was a great captain. Hopefully Ruben will have learned a lot from him.

 

[Woody2381]

It'll be Neves. I'd say Moutinho is vice but while he's out maybe Donk

 

[Kcb92]

It'll be Neves. I'd say Moutinho is vice but while he's out maybe Donk

Both Kilman and MGW took the armband in preseason didn't they. More likely to be them than Donk imo

 

[lets all have a disco]

For me Neves Captain, kilman vice captain as he is homegrown and he beats the drum for the academy.....

 

[Alex Rae The Substitute]

I love Neves, absolutely class player. But I do wonder if we’ll still need a vocal voice in the dressing room as one of the captains etc.

Neves will inspire on the field, but I can’t see him doing the Coady stuff in the dressing room.

 

[Shergar]

Jeff has given up his role on printing the shirts in the club shop and has promised to take a step back on developing the cure for monkey pox and will assume the role as Club Captain.

 

[NottsWolves]

I love Neves, absolutely class player. But I do wonder if we’ll still need a vocal voice in the dressing room as one of the captains etc.

Neves will inspire on the field, but I can’t see him doing the Coady stuff in the dressing room.

Thing is we don’t know what the dynamic in the dressing room is like.

Coady was always put up for interviews etc, but behind the scenes who knows if other players are vocal. Some may even come into their own and not done it before as Coady was a strong presence.

Looking at the players social media, it seems like a number of them mix and are quite close off the pitch, nothing to suggest Neves won’t be now.

 

[SilverstoneWolf]

Thing is we don’t know what the dynamic in the dressing room is like.

Coady was always put up for interviews etc, but behind the scenes who knows if other players are vocal. Some may even come into their own and not done it before as Coady was a strong presence.

Looking at the players social media, it seems like a number of them mix and are quite close off the pitch, nothing to suggest Neves won’t be now.

Absolutely agree. Some will blossom with Coady gone (not cheering, just many years of observing behaviour of people in organisations!). The Club captain does NOT have to be the 'rabble-rouser'. There will be different leaders for different purposes:
- to be the eyes and ears of the boss in the dressing room
- to discuss tactical issues before games
- to 'gee' everyone up before a game
- to ******* people during a game
- to encourage during a game
- to be on-field general re tactics
- to be the person doing media interviews post-match
- to be the genial 'nice-guy' face of the club
Can be the same person for all (and Coady ticked many boxes) or could be shared around a mixture. And Collins may be a signifiant chap.

We have lost some 'characters' from the dressing room (Coady and to all account Saiss was a massive character). We need some people to keep the atmosphere cheerful when times are tough. Dressing rooms can be very fractious places with many fragile (and over-developed?) egos.

Let the guys step forwards and fill the roles.
Neves - inspiration by example.
Moutinho - tactician & consummate pro (mentor to all youngsters)

 

[JOSWolf]

When is the announcement ceremony for Neves official unveiling as club captain?

 

[Oh When the Wolves]

For me Neves Captain, kilman vice captain as he is homegrown and he beats the drum for the academy.....

Kilman isn’t from the academy

 

[JonahWolf]

When is the announcement ceremony for Neves official unveiling as club captain?

Does seem odd that it hasn’t appeared.

 

[Bryce]

Neves as Captain would be great

Sa as Vice captain for me.
1. It will give him responsibility and he thrives on it
2. It will temper his natural flair a little and help cut out his mistakes

 

[WickedWolfie]

When is the announcement ceremony for Neves official unveiling as club captain?

Personally l'd make Mouts club captain and Neves team captain.

 

[SuperGran]

Personally l'd make Mouts club captain and Neves team captain.

Mouts has one year left think we need more continuity than that

 

[WickedWolfie]

Mouts has one year left think we need more continuity than that

That's a reasonable comment that actually highlights that our squad now has very few if any players older than late 20s. Most teams have some older heads around. My rationale was that the club captain is often a distinguished older figure who doesn't necessarily always play. The team captain should be a gimme starter.

 

[Shergar]

When is the announcement ceremony for Neves official unveiling as club captain?

I think he would have to sign a new deal first.
My 2nd hand club source just before the pre-season tours started said that Neves has not asked for a move but won't sign an extension either. Hopefully, things have moved in a more positive direction since then.

 

[Westbakejazz]

Posters talking about neves being captain. Have I missed something, is he staying . ??

 

[Dawnwolf]

Posters talking about neves being captain. Have I missed something, is he staying . ??

We live in hope.

 

[Hoganstolemywife]

Word on the street is new contract with a release clause.

He's available now but Wolves aren't budging on big big price.

So I hear anyway!

 

[Black Country Wanderer]

Neves for sure if he stays
What i did notice was Collins was the guy appearing to give the huddle pep talk before the Leeds game,which i found interesting

 

[Golden_Wolf]

Word on the street is new contract with a release clause.

He's available now but Wolves aren't budging on big big price.

So I hear anyway!

any news on the backroom developments you mentioned previously?

 

[SuperGran]

Neves for sure if he stays
What i did notice was Collins was the guy appearing to give the huddle pep talk before the Leeds game,which i found interesting

Collins is very vocal on the pitch and captained Stoke, definite captain material too early yet though

 

[Wednesbury Wolf]

I imagine Lage is waiting for the end of the window as no point in giving it to Neves if he leaves a few days later. If he stays then Neves should get it with Collins his stand-in.

 

[AndyY]

When is the announcement ceremony for Neves official unveiling as club captain?

Probably waiting until the transfer window closes. Until then, he could still go.
Hopefully not, but you never know.

 

[Derbywolf85]

Letting Conor leave was a big sign of intent.

This is Rubens team now. He will be skipper and as a result any teams wanting him will need to shell out MORE than they would've needed to before Monday.

Probably added another £10-15m on to his value now just by giving him the armband.

 

[Hoganstolemywife]

any news on the backroom developments you mentioned previously?

Without betraying any trusts, not really im afraid! But there's more ambition than perhaps the last two seasons had led us to believe, and more basis for that too.

I just hope we can start delivering on the pitch again.

 

[SuperGran]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1557720286711119873

 

[Woody2381]

Both Kilman and MGW took the armband in preseason didn't they. More likely than its be them than Donk imo

Forgot about them taking the armband tbf. Bruno interview does put emphasis on those two as well.

 

[Deleted member 8455jwf]

For me Neves Captain, kilman vice captain as he is homegrown and he beats the drum for the academy.....

Academy a massive stretch, he joined us as a 21 year old and played U23s only.

 

[Golden_Wolf]

Liam Keen

@LiamKeen_Star

On captaincy: "Ruben (Neves) for now will be captain. I am also thinking about Max (Kilman). He understands his role and there's a space for him to step up." #wwfc


Liam Keen

@LiamKeen_Star
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On Kilman leadership: "What Coady did is impossible to do because it depends on personalities. I have big respect for what Coady did but it's time for Max to move on and learn. They spent a lot of time together, so it's important for him what he learned." #wwfc

As vice captain. Like the idea of Kilman as a VC. Seems to be a bit more vocal through pre-season and the Leeds game.

 

[Planty]

"Ruben for now will be captain"