Who will be our next captain?

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Braddles has another one year contract but that could see him out. Sos won't be too far away from joining him in retirement sooner rather than later.

I thought Kouta might be offered the job as an incentive to stay with the club but his five year contract fixes that problem.

Brett Ratten would lead by example but he may be a bit too quiet. Lance Whitnall would be a natural leader. Wise beyond his years and leads from the front. A logical pick I would think. Probably a la Kernahan and Maclure, we have no problem picking CHF's as captain.

Campo might be able to do the job or Andy McKay but I believe Matty Allan would be a good captain also. He has really knuckled down of late and can have a dominate effect on the game. Like CHF, we have also had ruckman like Fitzpatrick and Nicholls as fine captains.

Anyone agree with any of these or do you have an alternative skipper?

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[meg]

I agree with you ODN!

To me, the ideal starters would be Whitnall, Campo, Ratts or McKay.

All of the to me have showed good quality leadership skills. Whitnall is still young, but I believe he is an important asset to Carlton, and maybe not straight away, but in the future, we'll see him as our captain

meg

 

[Bee]

It will be either Campo or Ratten. I would favour Brett Ratten.

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[Bloodstained Angel]

Whitnall - the only logical choice really given that he already runs the show in the attacking 50 as it is and as you say ODN, a Centre Half Forward is the natural for a Blues skipper.

Bluey Whitnall has 'the next Kernaghan' written all over him I reckon.

cheers

 

[meg]

whitnall had a good year in 2000, and if he can prove himself in season 2001 I think he could be seen as our next captain.

But then there's McKay, Ratten and Camporeale. Decisions, decisions....

meg

 

[Dan26]

Yep, Whitnall for me.

Forget his age. Kernahan was made captain after only 20 games !! Whitnall is a natural leader, and leads by example. He is also fair. He will be Carlton best player for the next 10 years and seems a logical choice to lead the famous club.

 

[blues_brilliance]

Originally posted by Dan24:
Yep, Whitnall for me.

Forget his age. Kernahan was made captain after only 20 games !! Whitnall is a natural leader, and leads by example. He is also fair. He will be Carlton best player for the next 10 years and seems a logical choice to lead the famous club.

Totally agree.

Another thing that I like, in an odd, strange way, is that he WASN'T there in 1995, and we aren't living off past glories - we're going in to the future.

I think the very least they can do is give him some form of formal leadership role - dep. vice captain maybe?

 

[Bernie]

SOS - he'll be sensational.

 

[Bloodstained Angel]

SOS would be a total disaster

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Disagree with that BSA. Sos would be a good captain. He has captained Victoria as well. I have only ruled him out because of age. He has been unfortunate to be playing in an era with Kernahan and Bradley. Bradley himself was unlucky to have not been a long term skipper because of Sticks' presence. Sos is deserving but we may need to look to the future. It would be hard to imagine a veteran like Sos having to play under a young gun like Whitnall so Sos may be given the opportunity to captain for a year or so, a la Mark Maclure in 1986.

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[amazonstud]

If he plays on for another season in 2002 I believe SOS will get the job with Whitnall taking the vice captaincy and then becoming captain in 2003. This would be a recognition of SOS and his contribution to the club on and off the field and the high regard he is held in by players and coaching staff.

Ratten and McKay would be worthy captains but I think they will be vice captains as neither appreciates the spotlight of the media. Kouta will be 29 in 2002 and at this stage we don't know how much this knee injury will take out of him. He may have only 2 years left and if it was a 1 year arrangement whilst Whitnall matured further I think SOS would get the nod. Also I think Kouta like Ratten and McKay would prefer not to be the spokesman for the team. SOS on the other hand is comfortable in front of the media and demonstrated by his 3/4 time address in the 99 prelim final he has what it takes.

Allan won't get the position as it was only last year he threatened to leave over more money.

By that time Whitnall will have played over 100 games and be 22 and could captain for at least 6 years.

 

[natmac67]

I agree with Amazon, Whits would be the ideal choice, someone young who can take the reins for a quite a few years. He's a confident person too, which helps being in the spotlight. Campo, Rats and the like are all worthy of captaincy without a doubt but as said previously, don't like being in the spotlight.

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Nat

 

[blues_brilliance]

I honestly think we need a captain that is mid 20's or younger when they begin. That way they are likely to give at least, say, five years service.

 

[amazonstud]

For what it's worth Michael Voss stated in an interview that under 25 years he was not ready for the captaincy role. He's arried with children and settled personally and comfortable with his football situation. He also said that it became easier having a role as vice capatin for a while to become accustomed to the requirements without having the full responsibility.

I think Whits would be in a similar situation as both are very good young players who are vital to the success of their team. So a stint as vice captain for a year or two and then the captaincy amy be the way to go with Whits.

 

[blues_brilliance]

Makes sense Amazon. Whits is how old - 21? No matter how many games he's played (he'd be near 100 now) it's still pretty young. It all depends on when S.O.S retires, I believe. If it's at the end of the year, maybe Brett Ratten or someone of that ilk would be good for a year or two. If it's at the end of 2002 Whits would probably be old enough to do it.
I keep on thinking back to Scotty Camporeale. Every one has been saying he is primed for leadership of some kind at the club. Which is not a bad idea because I think he's a) good at it and b) about 25 with about six years experience.
However, the club will need to make a decision between the two because if they put Scotty in as captain Whits won't be able to take over 'when he's ready' a few years later. Unlike Rats or SOS or Mc Kay, the age difference isn't enormous.
Mentioning Brisbane, I thought they had a good set up with the old head (Lynch) and the young gun (Voss) as co-captains. Slightly soured, of course, by the fact that Lynch was always unfit to play.
There is something to say about appointing co-captains at Carlton, whether it's on a
S.O.S - Campo level if we really do want one experienced captain, or a Campo-Whits combo if we're looking for youth.

By the way, who IS the deputy vice captain? It's published NOWHERE and no one seems to know whether it's Andy McKay or Scott Camporeale!! Or is it both?

Dep V.C is a position that could possibly be thought about this year as it will probably be our next captain.

I feel quite bad, I'm a passionate Blues girl and I don't know!

 

[Bee]

I don't understand why some people think you don't pick a player for captain because he doesn't like being in the spotlight.
Bradley doesn't like the spotlight either, but it hasn't done him any harm.
You pick someone with leadership skills, someone who has the respect of the other players. You don't pick someone because his PR skills are excellent.

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[The invisible mullet]

The Campo with the evil goatee will be the next captain rather than the Rhino lookalike.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

That's very true Bee.

Just look at Steve Waugh, he certainly isn't a media darling and seemingly was quiet on the field but he controls the world's best cricket side.

I think more to the point, we need somebody who can communicate with his teammates. Somebody who can fire them up when they need to, calm them down when they need to and even dress them down when the occasion calls for it. For that, you need to have a strong presence in the side, where the players will respond to you. Braddles can do that because he has been around longer than any of them and he leads by example. Sos is the next in line and is not afraid to voice his opinion. If somebody else gets the job while Sos is still playing, I don't think they'll be given any seniority over him. Would not be befitting the full back of the century. Maybe Sos/McKay co captains would be good and then Whitnall after that?

 

[Bee]

ODN, SoS no doubt has the unconditional respect of all the players, but I have my doubts whether it would be a good move making him captain when he probably doesn't have many more seasons left.
I still stick with my original prediction of Campo or Ratts.

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[natmac67]

I think the decision to promote Campo to captain for the Ansett Cup may have answered the question. He has captained Ansett Cup matches before, so he probably is being primed for the top spot. If that's the case, then Whits as V.C. would seem the probable combination.

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Nat

 

[chattys_slut]

I would say that if SOS is still around when Braddles retires, he will be given the captaincy for the remainder of his career out of good service to the Blues. After that, or if not before, I think it will be Camporeale, as an incentive to keep him at the club, His contract runs out soon!!! Lance could also be a future captain.

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[Kobe]

Camporeale will be the next captain..his contract expires at the end of 2001 and Adelaide are already chasing him to come back to SA. He had a go as skipper in the Ansett cup/practice matches and has Kernahans vote....Ratten deserves the job..but it will go to Camporeale as incentive to stay.

 

[blues^rock]

we've got so many players that deserve a chance to lead our team it's hard to choose but i think it'll be oneof Whitnall, SOS, Kouta, Campo or Ratten.
their all great but i think if it was sos it'd only be for or 2 years, Whitnall would be the longest standing because he is the youngest and hasn't even reached his peak yet- but he's still bloody amazing
Kouta, Campo and Ratten are reallyt great players and i think they could lead our team to glory, again we don't know how good kouta will be after that injury or how long it'll take him to get back to giving 200% every game, but when he does do that i think it'd be pretty hard NOT to consider him

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Well Ratten was given the job against the Bombers and did it well. A pretty good indicator. He is not as quiet as he used to be and seems accomplished in the post match interview.

 

[blue gunslinger]

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