Who is the best captain right now?

[random260]

So who is the best captain?

My vote goes to hodge.

 

[Roddy]

Hodge by several light years.

 

[kneecapper]

Undisciplined on and off the field, so no.

Nathan Jones.

 

[random260]

Undisciplined on and off the field, so no.

Nathan Jones.

Forgot about him hodge and jones tie.

 

[doona]

Hodge by several light years.

I think Hodge is one of the best players in the comp and would be one of my favourite players outside of Sydney.

Though, the best captain I would have to say is Watson. Yes, he needed time off at the later end of this season, but what he has done for Essendon, there group, i dont think many people could have done as well.

 

[wal]

Forgot about him hodge and jones tie.

Is Hurn still captain of WCE?

 

[kneecapper]

Forgot about him hodge and jones tie.

Nah, Bob Murphy is a better captain than Hodge too. Good captains lead by example, especially when the chips are down. I don't think elbowing opponents in the throat or drink driving meets that criteria.

 

[SSSSSS]

Hodge on-field and it's not even close.

Watson off-field no competition there. Had the world on his shoulders and not many men have the strength of will to get up everyday after the s**t he had(still is) going through.

 

[DrEvil_]

I think Hodge is one of the best players in the comp and would be one of my favourite players outside of Sydney.

Though, the best captain I would have to say is Watson. Yes, he needed time off at the later end of this season, but what he has done for Essendon, there group, i dont think many people could have done as well.

hahahaha, subtle troll

 

[Bulldog1954]

Most of the factors that contribute to being a good captain are not viewable to the fans. We don't know how the captains are behind closed doors, how approachable they are, what they say on match day, their relationships with their team mates and coach etc. Opinions are formed purely based on how they play as a footballer, whether they lead by example and how they come across in the media. No doubt these are important factors but they make up a small portion of what a captain does.

 

[HugeJohnson]

Very happy with ours and not really interested in the seemingly endless subjective opinions of who is the best at everything

 

[doona]

hahahaha, subtle troll

Hodge is one of my favourite players (outside of the swans).

But I think Watson has done an amazing job under circumstances.

How is that trolling?

 

[doona]

Jobe definitely.

It's hard to suffer the kind of baffling form loss and running ability that he had in 2012. Brave.

Be careful, I said Jobe and was accused of trolling.

 

[Lithium]

Boak

 

[craffles]

Not cotchin, rockliff or Marc Murphy

 

[melbournemartin]

I love Chunk but I think he's a little off being the best captain in the league.

He gets extra points for sticking by a team that has been awful in all but his first year.

 

[JohnnyFontane90]

subjective rankings based on most casual and superficial observations of passive fan:

hodge

riewodlt
pavlich
r murphy
selwood
watson
walker
jones
boak
ablett
mcveigh
pendelbury
hurn
davis
cotchin
swallow
rockliff

m murphy

no coincidence that 1 and 18 mirror ladder positions...

 

[Severe]

Murphy IMO.


For many reasons. He may not be there to see the rewards but easily my favourite AFL player.

 

[go you pups]

Be careful, I said Jobe and was accused of trolling.

I think Hawkforces was more of a subtle troll than yours

 

[Severe]

Very happy with ours and not really interested in the seemingly endless subjective opinions of who is the best at everything

You can lead a horse to water but you can't stop it complaining.

 

[P Train]

Hodge is one of my favourite players (outside of the swans).

But I think Watson has done an amazing job under circumstances.

How is that trolling?

What has Jobe done that's been amazing?

 

[Altum Volantes]

Murph because Hodgey got done for DD and Murph is next on the 'Good Bloke' rankings.

He also speaks well in the media despite being some kind of Hipster-Hobbit.

 

[Ron]

Watson off-field no competition there. Had the world on his shoulders and not many men have the strength of will to get up everyday after the s**t he had(still is) going through.

The same one that ran over to England this year to get away from it as he needed a break.

Nah.

A real captain would have stayed no matter how bad it got, not ran off because he couldn't handle it.

 

[AstonSouffle]

The same one that ran over to England this year to get away from it as he needed a break.

Nah.

A real captain would have stayed no matter how bad it got, not ran off because he couldn't handle it.

Watch the Captains Doco, the sheer pressure they were all under. It would have broken normal person. Jobe did a great job, everyone knew when WADA came in Essendon promptly went to s**t. That's not on Jobe, that's on Essendon and Hird. People shouldn't forget that Essendon players were thrown under the bus by their own club.

 

[YES! YES! YES!]

Captain Cook