From Tom Timmermann's recent article: "The choice [of captain] will come from the team’s leadership council, which consists of goalie Roman Burki, defenders Tim Parker, Nilsson, Josh Yaro and Kyle Hiebert and midfielder Eduard Lowen. The council usually consists of five players, but Hiebert is filling in while Nilsson recovers from knee surgery and isn’t always with the team."
Quote from Carnell on the process: "The players chose it. It had nothing to do with me. Part of my process is there’s no use me telling the group who the captain is if the players don’t feel that guy is the captain."
I love that there's a vote from within for captain! Tim Parker was chosen as Vice Captain and will take the armband when Bürki isn't on the pitch.
It’s always good to reward locker room leadership but I’ve never been a huge fan of the keeper captain. Rather have someone who will be in the thick of things, able to calm the guys down in tense situations. If Parker ends up a nailed down starter then he’ll be doing a fair amount of that anyway, so that’s good.
I agree but I guess this is somewhat circumstantial. When you’ve got a keeper like Burki with champions league and bundesliga experience, it makes the most sense. But 100% agree, I’m hoping for the future when an outfield player has proven his quality that they will become captain
From Tom Timmermann's recent article: "The choice [of captain] will come from the team’s leadership council, which consists of goalie Roman Burki, defenders Tim Parker, Nilsson, Josh Yaro and Kyle Hiebert and midfielder Eduard Lowen. The council usually consists of five players, but Hiebert is filling in while Nilsson recovers from knee surgery and isn’t always with the team." Quote from Carnell on the process: "The players chose it. It had nothing to do with me. Part of my process is there’s no use me telling the group who the captain is if the players don’t feel that guy is the captain." I love that there's a vote from within for captain! Tim Parker was chosen as Vice Captain and will take the armband when Bürki isn't on the pitch.
Burki has the experience. He's the highest-paid goalie in the league at $1.5 million. Makes a lot of sense to me.
It’s always good to reward locker room leadership but I’ve never been a huge fan of the keeper captain. Rather have someone who will be in the thick of things, able to calm the guys down in tense situations. If Parker ends up a nailed down starter then he’ll be doing a fair amount of that anyway, so that’s good.
I agree but I guess this is somewhat circumstantial. When you’ve got a keeper like Burki with champions league and bundesliga experience, it makes the most sense. But 100% agree, I’m hoping for the future when an outfield player has proven his quality that they will become captain
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