Essendon Captain 2008 on

[Strike Swiftly]

IMO Matty Lloyd should step down as captain for the good of the club. Lloyd is a champion full forward, however since becoming captain, has rarely played a full game out of the square, mainly due to his captaining requirements. If he are to get the most out of Lloyd, the best FF in the game, we need to play him from the square.

We need an onballer as captain next year and beyond. A player with passion for the club, has influence over others and a good media profile. I reckon Mark McVeigh would be a perfect candidate for the position.

What do you think?

 

[Merv]

We will be having a poll on that shortly to decide who that will be as a part of this

 

[Strike Swiftly]

beauty. well you have my vote as above

 

[Longy413]

Matthew Lloyd is a damn good captain.

The job is his for a couple of years yet.

 

[The_Young_Gun]

There are many players at the essendon footy club that can be captain but Lloyd was the best and only choice for captain in 2006 after james hird. Reason is that he was the only one stepping up for the job making him and other players better over time and letting off pressure for hird making him the best player at the essendon footy ever.
I'm also betting for monfries to take the captainsy after lloyd.

 

[Strike Swiftly]

There are many players at the essendon footy club that can be captain but Lloyd was the best and only choice for captain in 2006 after james hird. Reason is that he was the only one stepping up for the job making him and other players better over time and letting off pressure for hird making him the best player at the essendon footy ever.
I'm also betting for monfries to take the captainsy after lloyd.

I am pretty damn sure that hirdy's last two years havent changed his standing at the Essendon footy club. He was a champion already.

Monfries needs to show a lot more on the ground if he is ever gonna make captain.

 

[GoDons]

Matthew Lloyd is a damn good captain.

The job is his for a couple of years yet.

I certainly hope so.

Has led the way at different times this year, moments like his 2nd, 3rd and 4th efforts in one particular contest in Brisbane and his bump on Adam Selwood come to mind.

I see no one better to fill the role and I don't feell that the captaincy has dropped his performance.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

That's an interesting point. Lloyd is a fantastic captain, probably the best captain from a leadership perspective in the league, but he certainly hasn't played anywhere near his best this year. He plays best coming out of the square, kicking 100 goals a season. For the good of the club, we need to change captains, so that Lloyd can play to his best.

 

[The_Young_Gun]

just adding to my post before, but if Matty Lloyd somehow lost captaincy, the only guys that deserve it in '08 would be either Lucas, Fletcher or maby McVeigh if he was lucky.

 

[Strike Swiftly]

Fletcher no, for the same reason as lloyd. prob same with lucas. need them in their key positions, not up the ground

 

[The_Young_Gun]

Fletcher no, for the same reason as lloyd. prob same with lucas. need them in their key positions, not up the ground

Yeah fair enough but what do think about McVeigh, people are saying around he will be next but I don't know if he can do it.

 

[Strike Swiftly]

as i said earlier, i reckon McVeigh would be gold! He loves the club, he is now very disciplined and mature. He is in the best 22 week in week out, has a strong media profile and the younger players look up to him. he is also a long term captaincy prospect, not like the others named. I reckon he would relish the role of being the onfield leader of the club.

 

[The_Young_Gun]

Well McVeigh is now around 26 yo and hopfully our next coach will consider him to be captain in 2 years time.

 

[Strike Swiftly]

IMO it would be a better appointment now, rather than later. If he is selected now, we would have a captain for a good four or five, maybe six years. By that stage, Monfries Stanton etc would be experienced enough to take on the role from McVeigh. Only my opinion.

 

[The_Young_Gun]

To be honest i dont care about the captaincy I just want essendon to play good next year whoever the captain is.

 

[Strike Swiftly]

Good captaincy and a successful team stroll hand in hand.

 

[red+black]

I'm concerned that Mark Bolton may not be playing for Essendon next year.

Thus give him the captaincy to ensure he stays at the club.

 

[The_Young_Gun]

I'm concerned that Mark Bolton may not be playing for Essendon next year.

Thus give him the captaincy to ensure he stays at the club.

Hey don't give our new coach any idea's

 

[Strike Swiftly]

Bolton can be captain of Bendigo as he will be a Bendigo listed player

 

[B-Bomber]

I think McVeigh would be a wonderful captain!

However, I think that Lloyd should be given one more year, after he's had a year of time to get over his injury and a year of captaining the club without Hird around.

After next year, I think we should reassess Lloyd as captain.

 

[windyhill]

I'm concerned that Mark Bolton may not be playing for Essendon next year.

Thus give him the captaincy to ensure he stays at the club.

Magnificent !

 

[windyhill]

Lloyd will have the job for as long as he wants it.

 

[fish_bowl]

lloyd is a fantastic captain. he may not be a media darling as hird was, but he is leader which captains need. we hardly need a captain that is there to promote the club, and the last thing i wanna see is dual o 5 captains. lloyd is the man for the job, he may not have kicked 100 goals, but the last time he did that was years ago, well before he was given captaincy. anyone reckon his injury had an impact on that! last year before he was injuured people was calling him captain amazing, and i reckon he will turn out to be just that. we need to concentrate on developing leaders for after ie: hille, watson, gus, welshy, mcveigh and co.

lloyd 2008 will kick 90+

 

[retroparty]

Anyone here think that having Co-Captains are any good? We could have Lloyd up in the foward line while having someone else in the midfield or backline.

 

[Longy413]

Anyone here think that having Co-Captains are any good? We could have Lloyd up in the foward line while having someone else in the midfield or backline.

If you play in the midfield or backline and need a title to be a good leader, then you aren't much of a leader to begin with.