Synbad wrote:
aboynamedsue wrote:
I wonder how Stevo and Simmo (and Judd for that matter) would feel about hearing Fev say in the media today that Judd is the man to captain the club? I don't reckon Fev needed to come out and say that right now... The time for quotes like that to appear from Fev is after Judd is appointed.
It's probably inevitable that Judd is made captain, but why can't Fev play a straight bat and repeat what Ratten is saying (ie. "we haven't decided yet, we have several good candidates, whoever is going to be captain needs to prove themselves before Round 1")?
every man and his dog knows Fev wants Judd captain.... he tells everybody...
Just like Kouta backs Stevo...
Judd will be captain.....!!!... he is a shoo in... and has been for a long long long long time.... ever since he crossed over.. and probably just before..
I agree with you, and I don't disagree with what Fev is saying. I only have an issue with the timing of it.
There's nothing wrong with keeping private opinions in-house sometimes.
If the club is saying (publicly) "We'll be making the decision as late as possible....we're giving all the guys in the leadership group a chance to prove themselves before Round 1, no decision as been made yet...." etc, surely the players should be singing that tune in the media too. If/when Judd is appointed would have been the perfect time for Fev (and the other players) to come out strongly in support of him.
The club is trying to sell the Carlton captaincy as a prestigious and much sought-after honour in footy again.
They can't be seen to be handing the captaincy to Judd on a platter without appearing to put him through a 'process', and appearing to give an established Carlton player (Stevens) a fair chance to prove his worth. If they can't manage to do that while presenting a united front, maybe they should just announce it's Judd now and get on with it.
As I've said before, it's not the end of the world....but I wish the headline this morning was "Coveted Carlton captaincy still up for grabs" or "Carlton leaders vie for captaincy honour"...
....instead we got "Fev says give it to Juddy".