New Captain? (Gary Sawyer - confirmed)

[Cobi Budge]

If he's fit then Fox is almost gaurunteed to play any game, whereas I don't think Sawyer is.

Fox or Ness would be my preference.

 

[Aaron D.]

Fox I think. Could be one of the reasons he decided to re-sign.

 

[Emu]

I think the choice will boil down to whether on not Sawyer is seen as a first eleven player. If he is, then I'd imagine he will remain captain.

 

[cheshiregreen]

Sawyer it is.

https://twitter.com/Only1Argyle/status/ ... 16992?s=19

 

[Argyle Nutter]

‘Twas looking forward to seeing a new left back but it looks like Sawyer will be first choice.

 

[Tugboat]

Slightly surprised but understand the decision.

 

[PlymOdi]

‘Twas looking forward to seeing a new left back but it looks like Sawyer will be first choice.

Same, I worry about him in that position. Not to say he's a bad player, but he has been targetted before.
Still good luck to him. Hopefully, he proves me wrong.

 

[Martyn]

What is more noticeable, is that Foxy is vice-captain

 

[Argyle Casual]

Respect Sawyer but cant help but feel slightly underwhelmed here. I Was hoping that Smith-Brown would start the season as the number one left back but this has dented his chances massively. I wonder if he will continue to get dragged for the last 20 of each match this season?

 

[Deacster]

I think as soon as he re-signed, Sawyer was always going to remain captain and would have been rather nuclear to take the captaincy off such a well respected senior pro. Just listening to TalkSport and interesting Brentford are going to share the captaincy this season and a good debate on what makes a good captain.

I don't think Gary is the most vocal but does lead by exampled, as does Fox and Carey in their own way. I really hope our centre halfs are vocal and sounds like Wootton is, as that really can make a difference to have a strong vocal presence at the back, regardless of whether they have the armband.

 

[yashin]

Wide men on the right side will be delighted with this,plenty of space to work in.

 

[Ghost]

Wide men on the right side will be delighted with this,plenty of space to work in.

Oh wind it in FFS! Well done Gary. Fine choice, fine player.

 

[Frazer Lloyd-Davies]

Sawyer leads by example, consistently performs and appeared in all 46 league games last season. Makes sense.

 

[Tugboat]

Wide men on the right side will be delighted with this,plenty of space to work in.

I don’t think that’s the case at all. Yes he can be caught out on occasions for pace alone but that weakness gets somewhat cancelled out by his experience and reading of the game. He’s a stalwart LB that knows his exact attributes and limitations, as does his manager.

He’s also a viable option for attack and when allowed gets forward to deliver a pretty well executed cross that most wide men would be envious of.

 

[Mark Pedlar]

Spot on Tuggers, one of the best crossers of a ball at the club and the volume of attacks down our left says more about the absence of the man in front of him.